off the coast of cape cod, blair miller, fox25 news. dan danvers a good story there. >>> a local woman is being sent off into retirement in style. >> come on in. >> daniel: the special goodbye for a long-time fast food worker. more controversy surrounding td bank's new intern, bart, is one of those robots from an other bank, we're training him to bank human. uh-uh, bart? why are you winding the clock back? the clock stated 11:35 pm, but they are still working. the clock is fine. our live customer service is available all night, and all day for that matter. he's learning. at td bank we do things differently, like live customer service 24/7. bart: hello? hello! >>> now at 4:30. an uber driver accused of exposing himself to teenaged girls. the other crime on his record that is creating public outrage. >>> plus, a fbi raid at a holliston house lands a man in jail without bail. the list of threats he is accused of making targeting everyone from muslims to the president. morning, and the city wants to use a little bit of imagination for a ped

fox 25's blair miller got a rare access today to a special shark research team and he was out of the water when the team actually spotted those sharks. >> mark: blair found out how their research is now leading towns to change how they warn swimmers and for some, it's turning from fear to fascination. >>> we're out here with research he was looking for great white sharks an we're not too far off the coast. part of what they're doing out here is education, but another big part to this -- public safety. racing along the coast of cape cod, we leave chad ham on board with researchers from the atlantic white shark conservancy, a group seeing more shark activity this summer. too early to tell if we are seeing an early peak in activity, or if that's going to be sustained through the season. >> the reporter: with the help the sharks. >> can you see it. it's that big shadow if the water. >> the reporter: a 12-foot shark, less than 50 yards from the beach. sky fox also there today, as we find one after another, four sharks in just a couple of hours.

live in the control room, blair miller, fox 25 news. >> mark: take a good look. this will probably be the last time we see tom brady speaking practice until october. pats star quarterback getting ready to serve his deplate gate suspension and brady didn't have much to say about his plans for his time away from the team. fox 25 sports director tom leyden and tom, it's the patriots way to keep quiet. >> mum is the word. that seems to be the game plan and the little we heard from brady is likely the last we'll hear from him until october. 19 months in the making, the most ridiculously overblown suspension in the history of the nfl is about to begin. so what are the plans as he's forced to watch his teammates? well, he's newt going in to too much detail. >> you know we'll do what we always do, work, use all these days in the best way that's possible to, you know, stay prepared and stay sharp, and you know, i have ideas of what i need to do. i'm going to use these days the best way i possibly can. >> the reporter: could you imagine being as competitive as brady is, th

blair miller, fox 25 news. >> elizabeth: new at 6:00 p.m., a scientist at m.i.t. says he's created the fountain which i say, ock, sign me up. according to new york magazine, the daily anti-age willing supplement claims to optimize and support your most critical metabolic systems. right now, trials are underway to see if the drug actually works and actually does extend your life, or if it has any side effects. >> mark: stay tuned on that front. new at 6:00 p.m., a 5-year-old boy from mattapan, entertained mayor marty walsh and a small crowd at city hall. ashton antwione, quite accomplished for his age. not only does i play the violin, and biography called "5, my magic number," he signed a copy of the book for the mayor, but ashton told fox 25, he still has other plans for when he grows up. >> is there anything particular you want to do when you're old, like 18, 19? >> to be a police officer. and a commissioner. >>> >> mark: just might make it. i wouldn't bet against him. in the meantime, ashton says he plans to write another book. >> elizabeth: i love it. he's got

blair miller spent the day at the better section and witnessed it first hand. >> reporter: in the heart of quincy there is plan tee going there are plenty drivers doing this, sounding and looking confused and many asking this. >> i go now or what. >> reporter: it is all because of the new traffic signal at this crosswalk. there is no green light. instead at times a flashing yellow or red light. at other times, no light at all which means it is safe to drive. we pointed out to cynthia elies. no actual green light. it is red right now. >> no is at any time. >> reporter: yeah. >> reporter: for people trying to walk across, it is just as confuse approximating yeah, i noticed actually when -- when they were counting down to the crosswalk. people started to drive. and that may be a concern. >> and i see people actually blow through too. it is still red no matter what. >> reporter: isn't a result of pedestrians hit and killed and to ease traffic going around.what being built here. a new park. new pattern and they put up these bright signs hoping it clears up any confusion. this woman hopes so

as station's blair miller shows us this morning more than 200 massachusetts teacher unexpected donation. >> reporter: a speech therapist at boston public schools and works at quincy school in upper chinatown. onerm and ready to get into the classroom. told us via skype how that was largely due to an unexpected donation. >> huge shock to find out that people want to support you and your students. so it is just a wonderful, joyful way to start the school year. >> reporter: this donation came from staples and pop singer katy perry through donors donors chooses gives $437,000 to cover every boston metro west project posted on the web site. the impact huge, helping 255 teachers in boston and statewide. 96 schools seeing the benefit. he says the money will help him cover a classroom computer and even the cost of basic supplies to help low-income students who can't afford back to school shopping. >> our school is a high all the help we can get. >> reporter: katy perry got involved after a similar donation saying teachers need our support. pencils, paper and folders but the impact goes further

good evening, i'm vanessa welch. >> blair: i'm blair miller, in for mark ockerbloom tonight. police say the suspect is a male who likely has fresh scratches or bruises on him. fox 25's katherine burcham is live in princeton and investigators have also narrowed down a timeline of when sewent missing. >> the reporter: there's a two-hour window where police shoulder of brook station road and may have even walked along that road. they're now hoping that someone saw that vehicle or even that man, with visible injuries. after completing the autopsy on vanessa marcotte, on tuesday, and testing evidence from her body, investigators now say that evidence is painting a new picture of the man who killed her. the district attorney says they now know vanessa fought back against her killer when he attack her, possibly striking or scratching him. struggle was enough that vanessa left him with visible injuries. this new lead comes after a new search of the area, off brook station road, near where vanessa's body was discovered sunday. we saw investigators carrying brown evidence bags from tho

good evening, even vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm blair miller in for mark ockerbloom. police are asking people in the princeton area to be on the let. tonight, fox 25 has team coverage for you. malini basu is live in princeton, where a vigil will be held within the next hour. but we begin with katherine katherine? >> the reporter: yeah, the district attorney tells me that at this point, they are considering anyone and everyone to be a suspect in this case. and that's why they safe, it's information from the public they believe will help break it wide open. all day, detectives inside this room here behind me have been accepting tips from a dedicated tip line and they say they are grateful for a steady stream of information from the public. in this quiet town, life is venture out alone with a killer on the loose. >> it shouldn't affect our lives, but it has, i mean, it's scary. it's too close to home here. >> at the morningside bakery, the talk is centered on one thing, the murder of vanessa marcotte. the surveillance cameras here are already part of the police investiga

live in the control room tonight, blair miller, fox 25 news. >> mark: a warm day if boston. here's a look at the tobin bridge from earlier today. a nice shot. fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz is here now, an kevin, after a stormy weekend, the threat for more storms, that returns tomorrow. >> kevin: hope you enjoyed the break today, mark, because as warm as it is outside, you have the lower humidity and you don't have any storms. the satellite-radar picture shows, well, no radar, because there's nothing out there that would show up on the radar. you're seeing the satellite view showing some clouds. we go off to the west, same idea, satellite-radar, but it really starts to show green, here. severe weather that erupted through the mid-atlantic states, it's all pushing toward us and has the tropical connection to the gum, -- gulf of mexico, which means the humidity is going back up. going to ring it out over us, that's going to cause heavy rain to fall especially tomorrow afternoon. the warm front pushing toward us, the clouds start to increase and here

blair miller has more on how it happened and the impact it's having. >> the reporter: tom is a speech therapist for boston public schools and works at quincy upper school in chinatown. he's one teacher who is now armed and ready to get into the classroom. he told us today via skype how that's largely due to an unexpected donation. >> a huge shock to find out that your students, it's a wonderful joyful way to start the school year. >> the reporter: that donation came from staples, and pop singer katy perry, through donors choose.org. the web site allows teachers to seek donations for things they need for the classrooms. donors choose gave $437,000 to cover every boston metro west project posted on the web site. the impact -- huge. helping 255 teachers in boston and statewide. 96 schools seeing the benefit. the money will help him classroom computer and even the cost of basic supplies to help low income students who can't afford back to school shopping. >> hour school is a high poverty school, and our kids need all the support they can get. >> the reporter: katy perry got involved after

i'm blair miller. fox 25 news. >> massachusetts high schoolers are top in nation scoring high on the a.c.t. than any other state. the class of 2016 averaged 24.8 out of a possible 36 used by many colleges. the national little more than 20. the a.c.t. tests are in four categories, english, math, reading and science. 52% of massachusetts high schools met all four benchmarks. >>> the dogs split out for a good reason. a lot of people smash a window to let them out. they have tried to find a police officer and has called 9-1-1 beforehand. >>> the t.s.a. called out son all because they wouldn't let the boy on the plane because of his pacemaker. >> it was really terrible. >> reporter: for more than an hour phoenix high harbor. 9-year-old chili. >> i thought it was my fault. >> remains traumatized. >> he woke up with nightmares on saturday night and sunday night. >> reporter: in his lifetime of travels all around the world and 15 life-threatening surgeries. >> chili was born with golden heart syndrome and that

. >> fox 25's blair miller at the braintree police department where officers tell him this is happening more and more. >> i'm here inside the braintree police department and want to show you something they've recently been finding on the streets. can you tell? is this a real gun or fake gun? these are -- have the look and feel of a real firearm. >> reporter: it's here in this bu too real, says braintree police chief russ jenkins who laid them out for us. he says these guns are showing up in the area more and more. >> they assemble real firearms, very realistically and designed to be realistic and it can be >> some of them are clearly not a real gun with bullets. whether it's this one specially marked on the tip of this one with a special color. but others not so clear. >> how real does this look right now as it's being pointed at someone? >> reporter: last month these guns turned up in boston, serious enough that the officers who responded pulled out their own guns until the suspects yell, they're fake guns. yesterday braintree police posted this picture on facebook, and the response ov

as fox 25's blair miller shows us, nearly 100 massachusetts teachers got quite a surprise when the funding requests were all covered by an unexpected >> working at quince see school in china town, one teacher amed and ready to get into the classroom. he told us today via skype how it's largely due to an unexpected donation. >> it was a huge shock to find out that people want to support you and your students. it's just a wonderful, joyful way to start the school year. >> reporter: the donation came from staples and pop singer katy perry threw donorschoose.. the web site seeks informa for their customers and $30,000 was donated to cover every project posted on the web site, helping 255 teachers in boston and statewide, 96 schools seeing the benefit. schultz says the money will help him cover a classroom computer and the cost of basic supplies to help low income students who can't afford back-to-school shopping. >> our school is a high poverty school and our kids need all the support they can get. >> reporter: katy perry got donation a few years ago, saying teachers desperately need our suppo

i'm blair miller. fox 25 news. >> massachusetts high schoolers are scoring high on the a.c.t. than any other state. the class of 2016 averaged 24.8 out of a possible 36 used by many colleges. the national average was a little more than 20. the a.c.t. tests are in four categories, english, math, reading and science. 52% of massachusetts high schools met all four good reason. a lot of people smash a window to let them out. they have tried to find a police officer and has called 9-1-1 beforehand. >>> the t.s.a. called out tonight by a minnesota mother and her 9-year-old son all because they wouldn't let the boy on the plane because of his pacemaker. >> it was really terrible. >> reporter: for more than an hour phoenix high harbor. 9-year-old chili. >> i thought it was my fault. >> remains traumatized. >> he woke up with and sunday night. >> reporter: in his lifetime of travels all around the world and 15 life-threatening surgeries. >> chili was born with golden heart syndrome and that includes four different heart defects. >> reporter: never did they expect chili's disability wou

good evening i'm blair miller. >> and i'm jacqui heinrich. tonight twesbury police are talking with whoever left this threat. this message is not sitting well with the community? >> reporter: it certainly is not. we talked to some parents who tell us that they are words kill cops were found on a skate ramp like this one here in texbury that some people say they're not as surprised. >> reporter: in a place popular with kids. >> a park where all the kids go down and play. >> reporter: an unexpected message these threatening words kill cops written in living at livingston street -- in red at state street. >> we want to make sure everyone is watch. >> reporter: weeks. bury police were tipped off by a resident parents like jonathan whitton whose 5-year-old comes here to play basketball are uneasy about this message. >> it's scary. having two little ones you don't know what's going to happen now days. it's just a scary message in general. >> reporter: lisa chandler is using this incidents as a lesson in her kids. because i respect cops. >> reporter

in the control room, blair miller, fox 25 news. ended up there. >> ahead at 10:00, the one thing the homeowner did differently last night that may have prevented it. >> for the second time in as many days a local dentist is in trouble. what he's accused of doing to a why other patients are is is. >>> a worcester dentist is free on bail tonight after being accused of sexual assaulting a woman while he was working on her teeth. dr. pa teleappeared in worcester court today charged inappropriately assaulting his 35-year-old patient. the woman told police pa teletouched her four times on her breast using his hand and fingers. the doctor's attorney says he denies the charges. >> of course the charges are serious. we take them very seriously and he's going to vigorously defend himself in this court. >> the judge ordered the doctor to stay away from the patient until the master is resolved. >>> more than 100 people armed with baseball bats, bottles and knives fought in the street of worcester. it happened early monday morning near harrison

as fox 25's blair miller shows us, nearly 100 massachusetts teachers got quite a surprise when the funding requests were all covered by an unexpected donation. >> working at quince see school in china town, one teacher amed classroom. he told us today via skype how it's largely due to an unexpected donation. >> it was a huge shock to find out that people want to support you and your students. it's just a wonderful, joyful way to start the school year. >> reporter: the donation came from staples and pop singer katy perry threw donorschoose.. the web site seeks information for teachers who need supplies for their customers and $30,000 project posted on the web site, helping 255 teachers in boston and statewide, 96 schools seeing the benefit. schultz says the money will help him cover a classroom computer and the cost of basic supplies to help low income students who can't afford back-to-school shopping. >> our school is a high poverty school and our kids need all the support they can get. >> reporter: katy perry got involved after a similar donation a few years ago, saying teachers desperate

. >> fox 25's blair miller at the braintree police department where officers tell him this is happening more a police department and want to show you something they've recently been finding on the streets. can you tell? is this a real gun or fake gun? these are -- have the look and feel of a real firearm. >> reporter: it's here in this bucket full of guns that look and feel is very real. too real, says braintree police chief russ jenkins who laid them out for us. he says these guns are showing up in the area more and more. to be realistic and it can be extremely. >> some of them are clearly not a real gun with bullets. whether it's this one specially marked on the tip of this one with a special color. but others not so clear. >> how real does this look right now as it's being pointed someone? >> reporter: last month these guns turned up in boston, serious enough that the officers who responded pulled out their own guns untilhe and the response overwhelming from some people who could not tell the difference between what's real and what's not, exactly the point. >> the police officer does

. >> blair: a major study on how parents put infants to sleep blair miller: a new study suggests many parents are taking risks when putting their babies to sleep. fox 25 jacquelin felt explains the unsafe conditions and items that could be putting kids in danger. >> reporter: for the first time, cameron slept through the night. every -- all the time. a little too much. >> reporter: she follows doctors recommendations to put him to sleep. he lies on his back alone. >> they say not to have anything in the crib. just on his back. i give it a little piece of blanket that i give him to hang on to. but that's it. >> reporter: a new study finds, that too many parents putting their babies auto to sleep in unsafe sitti cribs with loose bedding, stuffed animals or loose pillows increasing the risk of sufficient to occasion, also placed on stomachs or sides or in bed with them, increasing the chances of injury or death. >> every parent wants to take good care of their child. just their gut to make things soft and cuddly and comfortable, turns out not to be creating the best sleep environment for

. >> what blair miller found was a lot of inconsistencies. >> it can come down to a matter of minutes or even seconds. >> it can be the difference between life and death. chief richard white says that every second counts when a call goes out. >> see the difference between a fatal fire and a rescue it can be that serious? >> absolutely. >> fox 25 investigates for year more than a third of massachusetts fire departments reported average response times higher than the national standard 46 at 10 minutes a fire build can anybody who is in surviving. >> almost 11 and a half days per call. so we double checked they told their average response was 5.8 minutes for 2015. when we start comparing we found 14 other departments that doubled, tripled or even quadrupled their response time from from year to year like bridgewater the minutes but the fire chief showed us data with an average response time of just under four minutes. >> the massachusetts department of fire services told us it's up to each department to review, correct and resubmit their data. they said mistakes can happen due to typos.

. >> mark: fox 25's blair miller is at the braintree police department, where officers tell him, this is happening more and more. >> the reporter: i'm here inside the braintree police department. i want to show you something they've been recently finding on the streets. gun or real gun? this is the same concern police have. >> it has the look and feel of a real firearm. >> the reporter: it's here in this bucket, full of guns that look and feel very real. too real, says braintree police chief russ jenkins, who laid them out for us. he says these guns are showing up in the area more and more. r, very realistically and designed to be realistic and it can be ng up in traffic stops and other routine calls, but the guns are usually bee-bee and pellet guns. some of them at closer examination are clearly not a real gun with bullets. this one specially marked or the tip of this one, but others, not so clear. >> how real does this look right now, is it being pointed at someone when they can't see the part right there? >> the reporter: last month, these guns turned up in boston, serious enough t

blair miller: a reported shark sights only five feet from shore brought swimmers out of the water at martha's vineyard. they claim the shark was about so feet long biologists say it's unlikely a hammer head because they don't normally swim so close to shore. >>> police searching for the shooter who fired at a car yesterday afternoon. an officer nearby heard gunfire and raced to the scene and found a bullet hole in the front and back windshield. no one was heard and the owner didn't know what happened. police now dusting the car for finger print. >> polic killing two high school students in atlanta both shot in the head. police searching a home collecting evidence. neighbors can't believe someone in their community can be connected to such a brutal murder. >> it seemed even over the top for children to get murdered, but in that kind of fashion, i don't understand it. >> police believe the 20-year-old suspect acted alone. they aren't releasing any information about a motive or whether he knew the victims. entertained fans for 19 years at bush gardens had to be put down after a park vis

blair miller, fox 25 news. >> and the impact is also becoming more severe. simply this time of year the herring are finishing their run harry warden shows us the dry conditions along the herring run, which has stopped the fish migration from whitman's pond. many did make it out before the drought but there are a lot still waiting for water levels to come back. >> that's what they are, food are fish for everything else out there. the more herring we have, the better it is for us for the fish that we eat. >> when water levels continue to rise again, they'll start releasing water which means the herring can start running once again. all kinds of ways to look at this d out what's going on here, kevin. we need rain. any in the forecast? there is some in the forecast but not so much tonight. showers have all withered away. we'll watch these but it's not likely. however, by the middle of the day tomorrow, you'll see a couple of these showers trying to make it over southeastern massachusetts but it's really toward lunchtime and beyond that we get to the higher risk

they told fox 25 blair miller about their concerns. he is live in the control room tonight about more on the warning they have, all new 5:00 p.m. >> the reporter: they are seeing four times the number of boating deaths this year, compared to last. many of them on kayaks, canoes and paddle boards, but the coast guard says in many cases, these deadly accidents can be prevented, and very easily. it's the summer beauty along boston's coastline, where people look to relax and cool off, but it's also here where the coast guard has recently seen problems, much more so than normal. this video shows the crew of pulling two kayakers out of the water in boothbay harbor maine. these two survived, but many have not, probably due to the increased popularity boards. >> with the increased popularits inherent inexperience with being out on the water. >> the reporter: the coast guard says so far this year, there have been 29 boating deaths in new england. 18 of them involve people on smaller paddle boats, like canoes, kayaks and paddle boards. on saturd

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. >> and i'm blair miller. it is not just the humidity out there but the heat. advisory. >> today temperatures 70s, 80s we're thinking that's not too too bad but the heat will be building on in. it is now out to the west. we'll be talking about these 90-degree temperatures heading our way for the day tomorrow. yes, we've had 90 degrees already this summer. but now we're going to combine it with a press of humidity it's going to make it feel extremely hot and dangerous heat. we have some showers that erupted throughout the day today. most of the activity is now for the most part we've got some clouds breaking apart. temperatures mild in the 70s. but take a look at these dew points when they're in the mid-70s this feels like it's tropics. it is very, very thick the air out there. we've got a lot of moisture to work with. so likely going to see some low clouds, areas of fog otherwise we're going to be fairly dry overnight as temperatures only fall back into the 70s. as we get in the day tomorrow that's just the have a heat advisory starting at noon. i'll show what

. >> mark: we are seeing more normal and rescuers talked with fox 25's blair miller about their concerns. >> the reporter: it's the summer beauty along boston's coastline, where people look to relax and cool off. but it's also here where the coast guard has recently seen problems, much more so than normal. this video shows the crew of this coast guard helicopter pulling two kayakers out of the water in boothbay harbor maine. these two survived, but many others have not, possibly due to the recent popularity of paddle boards. >> with the increased of paddle craft, there does come some inherent inexperience with being out on the water. >> the reporter: the coast guard says so far this year, there have been 29 boating deaths in new england, 18 involve people on smaller paddle boats like canoes, kayaks and paddle boards. on saturday, two people died here on everett lake in new hampshire, while paddle boarding without wearing life jackets. >> it's sad that that happens. >> the reporter: at charles river canoe in kayak in waltham, fox 25 he already requires his renters to wear life jackets. no

off coast of cape cod, blair miller, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: incredible video, blair. eversource crews will be working to get to the root of the problem the drought is causing with local trees lines. tree crews are out right now looking for weakened trees that could fall and take out power lines with them. they'll be trimming branches and taking out trees showing signs of severe trouble. how the drought is affecting trees in our area just this past friday. you can see that story right now on fox25boston.com. >> kevin: we had a little bit of hope for some showers to help us out this morning and just wasn't nearly enough. it was a sprinkle really in a couple of places. it ends up being dry and sunny in boston. still 85 degrees. it did hit 90 for the 20th time in boston. not a record, but still impressive and tomorrow morning, back to school in nashua, new hampshire. i showed you a couple towns and cities getting back to school as the sun is. coming up at 6:00 a.m., 57. 67 with sunshine by 8:00 a.m. temperatures in the 70's near tomorrow afternoon. 77 at nantasket beach.

blair miller, fox 25 news. >> and the impact is also becoming more severe. simply this time of year the herring are finishing their run back out to the ocean. conditions along the herring run, which has stopped the fish migration from whitman's pond. many did make it out before the drought but there are a lot still waiting for water levels to come back. >> that's what they are, food are fish for everything else out there. the more herring we have, the better it is for us for the fish that we eat. >> when water levels continue to rise again, they'll start releasing water which means the herring can start running once again. out what's going on here, kevin. we need rain. any in the forecast? there is some in the forecast but not so much tonight. showers have all withered away. we'll watch these but it's not likely. however, by the middle of the day tomorrow, you'll see a couple of these showers trying to make it over southeastern massachusetts but it's really toward lunchtime and beyond that we get to the higher risk of showers and thunderstorms. problem is so

., vice officers in chelsea gave fox 25's blair miller the pictures that show it all, and blair, seven people tonight are in jail because of this bust. >> the reporter: vanessa, chelsea police tell me this is something they've been investigating for months now. a major drug operation happening from the inside of two homes and people nearby told me today, they had no idea. herb owen has lived along this stretch of hancock street in happened next door when police showed up last week. >> they were lined up right here. a little bit of screaming. >> the reporter: that screaming, part of a police raid and one the police calls a major drug bust. >> it was a big deal. the individuals that were involved, they all gave what we believed to be fictitious names, certainly the names were questionable. >> the reporter: officers showed us what they found, large amounts of heroin, nearly one kilo, along with cocaine, and $10,000 in cash. vice officers also gave fox 25 these suspects went to great lengths to hide it all. the money, you see here, hidden in jackets, and stuffed in shoes. the drugs, also c

. >> and i'm blair miller. right now the small town of princeton in central mass is on alert because the killer is still out there. 27-year-old grew up in leominster and graduated from b.u. in 2011 was she was last seen jogging on brook station road. fox 25's christine mccarthy is live in princeton where investigators just took down the police tape in that area. christine? >> reporter: police have since reopened that portion of the road where vanessa mar cott's body was recovered last night just down the road from where her mother lives. tonight the family is asking for privacy and police they're urging residents to be vigilant. this is how a former colleague and friend wants happy and smiling on a work trip to seattle. >> so sad, so young and you wonder why somebody would do this. >> reporter: but residents are princeton are forced to hear the horrifying truth of how the 27-year-old's life ended on sunday. >> we have a horrible set of facts a horrible set of circumstance here right now we'll do everything we c

blair miller, fox 25 news. >> made me want to >> i have it downloaded on my phone right now. >> the video --. >>> a employee at a local mcdonald's put smiles on the faces of customers for more than three decades. >> and now she's calling it quits. next at 10:00 the story you have to cement the unforgettable retirement party and the four gifts she got put a smile on her face. >>> but first a new program that takes the sticker shock out of sky-high prices of >> if you would love to fly somewhere but don't have the cash for a big time purchase you can now buy airline tickets and make monthly payments. cheapair.com is offering purchase plans to cover airfare. it's aimed at travelers who don't have a credit card or can't manage the costs all at once. airfare prices have been dropping recently thanks to lower fuel costs and more capacity. >>> beverly police rescued under the nestle of a car. animal control says the eight week old kitten is being treated for heat stroke right now but should make a full recovery and be up for adoption very soon. >>> 74? so first thing in the morning temperature w

good evening i'm blair miller. >> and i'm jacqui heinrich.

fox 25's blair miller spoke with fire commissioners who say it's amazing no one was killed. >> we can show you what's left of the damage here of this fire. boston firefighters say it took them five hours to put out the flames, but their real concern they tell me is what they found on the inside. everything inside this home on clothes, shoes, whatever residents could save, now sitting on the lawn. >> oh, god. it's just terrible. >> the reporter: kathy moody lives next door to where the fire started. 11 people lived here, nine of them college students, some had just moved in yesterday. >> i think that it's a very scary thing, and thank god that everyone got out ok. >>> investigators tell fox 25, the fire started in a ceiling fan, this home is technically a two-family home, but fire inspection commissioner buddy up into several units, which is illegal. >> this is a classic example of landlords not paying attention to what their responsibilities are. >>> investigators say they plan to cite the landlord tomorrow morning. today, at an event to focus on college students and fire safety, bost

fox 25's blair miller spent the day at one of those intersections to see how it's working and why it's causing all this confusion. >> kevin: these new lights are at two intersectio i intersections and the city says they will eventually ease traffic, but until then, lots of people are just trying to understand how they work. in the heart of quincy, there's plenty going on, but here on hancock street, there's also plenty of drivers doing this -- sounding and looking confused. and many asking this. >> we go now or what? >>> it's all because of the new traffic signal at this crosswalk. there's no green light. instead, at times, a flashing means it's safe to drive. we pointed out this south to cynthia. if you look at it, there's no green light. >> no, it isn't. oh, that's not good. >> the reporter: for people trying to walk across, it's just as confusing. >> i noticed actually when the -- they were counting down to the crosswalks, people started to drive. so that might be pa concern. >> or i see people actually blow through too. >> the reporter: this traffic sednakup isn't a result of pedes

in the control room, blair miller, fox 25 news. issues tonight after being rescued from a farm in new hampshire. new hampshire state police investigating a complaint of possible neglect in the town of daulton and they found ten horses they turned over to the nhspca. you can see one of those horses had a hoof issue and will face months of rehabilitation. >> mark: we may be in the midst of a serious heat wave, but new england ski resort want you to start thinking about winter. this will cool you off. starting today, sunday river ski resort in maine is offering a summer sale day rates will be as low as $19. how is that for a deal? two day rates as low as 59, but the sale ends on saturday. saturday. >> kevin: 15 weeks till december 1. 15 weeks till the meteorological start of winter. doesn't feel like it outside right now. well, we have to talk about the weather tomorrow. boston is 81. bedford, 85. it's great for your plans this few clouds drifting by, but it's to the west where we have problems. showers and thunderstorms here developi

fox 25's blair miller looked into this after getting updated information from the state department of transportation. >> the reporter: there's a big difference in what people will be paying for the new tolls and those impacted the most -- people who will get a bill in the mail. few argue the need to get rid of these from the mass pike, but when the electronic tolls take over in ok, some drivers say they won't be pleased. outside of the city especially in regards to the hoursing crisis, so -- housing crisis, so i guess i'm concerned about how that's going to affect young people and people who are low income. >> the reporter: it all comes down to one of these -- if you have an e-z pass transponder, it might cost you less to tuesday the holes tolls, but if you have no e-z pass, you'll pay more. here's an example of you might pay under the proposal. say you take the 14-mile trip from exit 13 in natick, 17, you would pass under three tolls monitoring your drive. a driver with an e-z pass, would pay $1.65, which is less than they do now, but a driver with no e-z pass, would pay $3.65, inclu

fox 25's blair miller looked into it. >> the reporter: few argue the need to get rid of these on the mass pike, but when the october, some drivers say they won't be pleased. >> people are being pushed further and further and further outside of the city especially in regards to the housing crisis, so i guess i'm concerned about how that's going to affect young people and people who are low income. >> the reporter: it all comes down to one of these -- if you have an e-z pass transponder, it might actually cost you less to use the tolls, but if you have no e-z pass, you'll definitely pay more. here's an example of what you might pay under this proposal. from exit 13 in natick to exit 18 alston brighton. instead of stopping at toll booths, you would pass under three tolls monitoring your drive. a driver with an e-z pass would pay $1.65, which is less than they do now, but a driver with no e-z pass, would pay $3.65, including a 60-cent billing fee. >> it's not easy to implement, but it's something we need to do. >> the reporter: braintree mayor joe sullivan sits on its transportation depa

police wore if one of them is pointed at them the fox25's blair miller at the braintree police department where officers tell him, this is happening more and more. >> reporter: i am here inside the braintree police department. something they have recently been finding on the streets. could you tell. is this a real gun or a fake gun. the same concern the police here have. >> it is designed to have the look and a feel of a real firearm. >> reporter: here in bucket guns that look and feel very real, too real says russ jenkins to laid them out for says these guns are showing up in the area more and more. >> they resemble real firearms very realistic and designed to be realistic and can be extremely troublesome for a police officer. >> reporter: they are turning up in traffic stops and other routine calls, but the guns are usually bb and pellet gun, some of them at closer examination are clearly not a real gun with bullets, whethers this one, specially marked or this one with a >> how real does this look right now as being pointed at someone. >> reporter: these guns last month turned up in bos

live in the control room, blair miller, fox 25 news. >> mark: hot and humid start to the week. taking a live look in the city of boston, where it's clear, it's dry, that's a beautiful shot. fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz is tracking, well, what will remain of the week. will it be this way most of the time? >> kevin: yeah, it's going to be this way for a good part of the week. there are a couple threats of showers, one on thursday, the second threat would come from if for several weeks about the drought conditions and how to use a tropical downpour to get out of the drought or at least put a dent in it. the first one i'm watching is this one off the carolinas, spinning around out here, tropical depression number 8. the next tropical depression that reaches 39 miles per hour will be the winner to become tropical storm hermine. this one wants to threaten the outer banks of north carolina by tomorrow afternoon, potentially as a tropical storm. that's when our computer models are tellin would wobble over the outer banks or wobble farther out to sea. then i

in the control room, blair miller, fox 25 news. >>> a private school in middleboro is under fire tonight with the staff members accused of harassing students and letting bully going unpunished. center accused the school of failing those students in several areas. a lawyer for the school is refuting the report saying there's no evidence of systematic abuse at the school. if you are suspected of driving under the influence you are not entitled to a miranda warning before taking a breathalyzer test. the supreme judicial court upheld the precedent. the chemical breath test is suspected drunk driver, therefore does not trigger property texes against self-incrimination." >> fox 25 picture of the day a beautiful shot of our city. today was gorgeous like you're seeing in this picture here. tonight just a few clouds overhead. it's a pleasant night not the high level of humidity we have become accustom to over the last week for sure. but showers and storms lurking to our south and trying to creep towards us. the other part is cold front that dries from about chicago lanned all the way down to the

i am blair miller, fox25 news. >>> the world's longest aircraft ended its second test flight with a slow speed this is not in slow-motion. this is actually real time. the 300-foot airliner 10 did a slow nose dive. i am not laughing at the crash, it is just so slow, as it returned to an airport near london. it is a mix of a blimp, helicopter and a plane. the cockpit was damaged but the pilots weren't hurt. no word on the cause of the crash. the airliner 10 was created by the u.s. military for surveillance communication and delivering aid. >>> animals in massachusetts are getting new protections when hot cars. dogs descended on the statehouse as you can see as governor charlie baker signed a bill into law. the new law makes it illegal to leave animals in cars during extreme temperatures. it also allows anyone to break into a car to save the animal as long as they call police first. five other states already have similar laws on the books. >>> boston police officer is being honored for being above and beyond to help one family extend their family. sergeant renee sanchez ended sanchez was re

taste of the town joined by blair miller as talk about great restaurants in town of burlington. sam albert, general manager, thank you for coming out. >> excited to be here. food you're from new york city but been here two years ago. >> year and a half since opened up doors and excited to be in town. hired to be a tour guide and kind of stayed in touch and up here from new york and give it highlighting tomatoes right now, height of summer and over here got grilled striped bass, with raw zucchini and dish. rhode island make mozzarella fresh every morning and delicious all yearlong. >> change over late september, squash, make everything a little hardier. on side of the town, we will be at pizza burlington september 19th. another chance to come see us >> gene: thank you so much. >> stephanie: rush hour winding down now and expressway easing up just a little bit and problem spot on 93 southbound as you're traveling into somerville and going to see the heaviest traffic right over there. and the zakim bridge is actually running very smoothly. now. 12 minutes again, your problem spot c

off the coast of cape cod, blair miller, fox25 news. >> gene: first of time study showing bpa may be harmful to people. at university of university of g twist gender. they are developing female sex organs and behavior and have experts concerned they won't mate which could have a population decline. into the dangers of bpt it is safe for approved use. >>> gene: study between pregnant woman's fruit inta today thanks to wall street journal article. researchers found pregnant women that ate extra detailing serving of fruit with better cognitive scores. more research needed into the link and eating fruit. >> julie: tweeted picture out, look at sky fox over the square. this is a motorcycle that's involved. take out to live pictures and major improvement over the last six minutes when i tweeted the sky fox picture out. we now have one police car on scene so it is in the process of being cleared out and that will give us a little bit of relief on 93 south. still waiting for this accident to clear on route 9 eastbound at chestnut street in west newton. things looking better on route 1. we had

good evening i'm blair miller. >> and i'm jacqui heinrich. talking with whoever left this threat. this message is not sitting well with the community? >> reporter: it certainly is not. we talked to some parents who tell us that they are simply shocked that the words kill cops were found on a skate ramp like this one here in texbury that some people say they're not as surprised. >> reporter: in a place popular with kids. >> a park where all the >> reporter: an unexpected message these threatening words kill cops written in living at livingston street -- in red at livingston state street. >> we want to make sure everyone is watch. >> reporter: weeks. bury police were tipped off by a resident parents like jonathan whitton whose 5-year-old comes here to play basketball are uneasy about this message. don't know what's going to happen now days. it's just a scary message in general. >> reporter: lisa chandler is using this incidents as a lesson in her kids. >> i would never do that because i respect cops. >> reporter: while many believe this is a teenage prank it's being investigated as

as blair miller shows us, drugs and cash were hidden in plain say the in everything from >> reporter: herb owen has lived along this stretch of hancock street in chelsea for 9 years. still trying to understand what happened next door when police showed up last week. >> reporter: the screaming part of a police raid in which brian sunny skies calls a major drug bust. >> the individuals involved gave what we believe to be fictitious names. >> officers showed us what they found, large amounts of one kilo along with cocaine and $10,000 worth of cash and gave fox 25 knees pictures showing the suspects went to great lengths to hide it all. the money you see here hidden in jackets and stuffed into shoes and the drugs crammed into spots like came coffee machine and even in these socks. where is they can keep drugs where they are in fact safe. >> reporter: police say the suspects all from the dominican republic were keeping the drugs hidden inside two homes, feet from each other and selling it. neighbors questioned how it was happening in what he thought was a quiet part of town. >> i'm surpris

. >> and i'm blair miller. we brought you the live news conference at 4:00 where the worcester county d.a. told us they have hundreds of leads but still no answers. tonight, and communities are on high alert. fox 25's malini basu spoke with several people after they left the vigil in princeton earlier tonight. >> and hundreds of people gathered here at the first congregational church in presenceton. everything had one thing on their mind, telling us they're living in fear as they say they want to know who killed vanessa marcot and not only want closure for the community, but more so for the family [ bells tolling ] >> reporter: they hugged, cried, shared stories and lit candles in honor of the 27-year-old who was brutally killed while she was out for a jog. >> i didn't know her. i don't even know the family, but the fact that it happened in our town, because we are so, you know -- it just doesn't happen in princeton. >> reporter: complete strangers who don't even nomarcot brought flowers and showed up to pay re

. >> and i'm blair miller. we brought you the live news conference at 4:00 where the worcester county d.a. told us they have hundreds of leads but still no answers. the killer is still out there tonight, and communities are on high alert. fox 25's malini basu spoke with several people after they left the vigil in princeton earlier tonight. >> and hundreds of people gathered here at the first congregational church in everything had one thing on their mind, telling us they're living in fear as they say they want to know who killed vanessa marcot and not only want closure for the community, but more so for the family [ bells tolling ] >> reporter: they hugged, they cried, shared stories and lit candles in honor of the 27-year-old who was brutally killed while she was out for a jog. >> i didn't know her. i don't even know the family, but the fact that it happened in our town, because we are so, you know -- it just doesn't happen >> reporter: complete strangers who don't even nomarcot brought flowers and showed up t

. >> and i'm blair miller. it is not just the humidity out there but the heat. mayor walsh has humidity advisory. >> today temperatures 70s, 80s we're thinking that's not too too bad but the heat will be building on in. it is now out to the west. we'll be talking about these 90-degree temperatures tomorrow. yes, we've had 90 degrees already this summer. but now we're going to combine it with a press of humidity it's going to make it feel extremely hot and dangerous heat. we have some showers that erupted throughout the day today. most of the activity is now pushed off to the coast. for the most part we've got some clouds breaking apart. temperatures mild in the 70s. but take a look at these dew points when they're in the mid-70s this feels like it's tropics. air out there. we've got a lot of moisture to work with. so likely going to see some low clouds, areas of fog otherwise we're going to be fairly dry overnight as temperatures only fall back into the 70s. as we get in the day tomorrow that's just the start. the heat buildings on in we have a heat advisory sta

and now here's blair miller with what we're working on for fox 25 news at 5:00. >> blair: we continue to follow the breaking news out of waltham the, where at least two people were hurt in a stabbing. live on the scene for you at 5:00, about what investigators are saying that led up to this. >>> and airports stranded all the fight for passengers t >> jason: new at 4:00, investigators confirm a 10-year-old boy killed on a water slide died a horrific death. an investigation into the death, says the boy was decapitated as he road the slide in kansas. he was in a raft with two other adults and witnesses describe a i saw his broken neck and him sliding down the slide leaving a blood trail. >> jason: at least two people who have recently been on that water slide say their safety strap snapped or popped off in the middle of the ride. investigators haven't said where whether those straps played a role in the boy's death. >> elizabeth: tonight the sports world is mourning an anchor. the network annoued he died. a sundayders is survived by his wife and two daughters, he was 61. >>> new at 4:00,