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Celtics Dominate 76ers, Massive Battery Project in Everett · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Monday, March 2nd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 57 years ago, today, in 1969. The Concorde
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  made its first flight as a supersonic passenger
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  prototype, lifting gracefully off with Franco
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  -British engineers and pilots aboard to test
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  a new era of high -speed air travel. That achievement
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  proved the technical viability of sustained supersonic
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  civilian flight and set a benchmark for aeronautical
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  innovation, promising much faster intercontinental
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  connections. So now you know. And now it's time
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  for the weather report. This morning it's sunny
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  and it feels like zero degrees with six mile
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  per hour wind. The sunset will take place at
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  535, and it will rise again tomorrow at 612.
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  It looks like we're in for some sunny weather
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  today, with a high near 27, but don't forget
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  about that chilly wind chill dropping down to
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  zero and a light breeze from the west tonight.
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  Expect mostly clear skies with a low around 16
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  and light winds from the southwest. The nearshore
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  buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 34 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
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  Tuesday will be partly sunny with a high near
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  40 and a slight chance of snow around noon before
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  rain becomes likely with a south wind near 5
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  to 9 miles per hour. Rain continues Tuesday night
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  with lows near 34, then Wednesday turns mostly
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  sunny with highs near 46. and only a slight chance
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  of morning rain, while a series of rain chances
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  returns Thursday into Friday, with highs in the
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  upper 40s Thursday, then falling to around 41
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  on Friday. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast
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  on by and don't forget to tell them. Sunny mornings
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  send you. has secured state approval to build
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  the largest battery energy storage system in
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  Massachusetts, marking another step forward for
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  Everett's multi -stage development project. The
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  proposed facility will be constructed on the
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  site of the former ExxonMobil tank farm and will
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  span approximately 16 and a half of the available
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  20 acres of land. Utilizing lithium -ion batteries,
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  the project will house about 816 above -ground
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  enclosures, each measuring roughly 20 feet long.
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  Developers have indicated that this system will
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  play a vital role in the state's clean energy
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  transition, serving as a key connector for wind
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  -generated power and other renewable energy sources.
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  Now on to sports. The World Baseball Classic
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  will begin next week. as the tournament looks
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  to provide something special in its sixth iteration.
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  Teams are split into four pools of five, with
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  a top two in each advancing to the quarterfinals.
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  Every game carries significant weight, and even
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  a single stumble can change everything dramatically.
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  One match up to watch is Korea vs. Japan on March
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  7th at 5 a .m. Eastern Time. Japan aims for a
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  third consecutive title, while Korea hopes to
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  advance past pool play after recent struggles.
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  Another key game is Puerto Rico against Canada
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  on March 10th at 6 p .m. Eastern Time. These
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  matchups will be exciting as teams seek to secure
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  their places in the tournament. In local sports,
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  Nami Esqueda scored a career -high 27 points.
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  and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead the Celtics past
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  the Philadelphia 76ers 114 -98 on Sunday night.
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  Jalen Brown also contributed 27 points, 8 rebounds,
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  and 8 assists, while Derek White added 21 points
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  and 8 assists, helping the Celtics secure their
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  40th victory of the season. Queta's performance
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  marked his 11th double -double of the season,
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  as he scored Boston's final eight points to seal
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  the win. The C's will visit Milwaukee on Monday,
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  aiming to extend their winning streak. In top
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  news, five U .S. states will actually pay you
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  to relocate there, with one even offering a relocation
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  package worth more than $23 ,000. For instance,
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  West Virginia provides $12 ,000 in cash to new
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  residents. Noblesville, Indiana offers just over
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  $15 ,000 including grants and gift cards through
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  the Make Me Move program. Oklahoma's Tulsa Remote
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  Program offers over $10 ,000 for remote workers
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  moving there. And Kentucky Mayfield provides
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  a package valued at $8 ,800. Finally, Alaska
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  residents may receive payments from the state's
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  Permanent Fund Dividend. which averaged $1 ,000
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  in 2025. In business news, February jobs data
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  is on the horizon, alongside earnings from Broadcom,
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  as fears about artificial intelligence continue
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  to circulate. The Standard & Poor's 500 index
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  closed at 6 ,878 .88 on Friday, marking a weekly
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  decline of about 0 .5%. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones
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  Industrial Average dropped by approximately 1%,
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  finishing February with a gain of 1 .9 % for
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  the year. In the upcoming week, Wall Street economists
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  anticipate the United States economy added 60
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  ,000 new jobs in February, a decrease from January's
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  130 ,000. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
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  1 % over the weekend to about $67 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 2 .5 % to just under $2 ,000. And XRP
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  is down 2 % to $1 .37. Moving on to a more local
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  vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
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  wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
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  studio to bring you some free classes, so listen
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  up. Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny
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  Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. Apple says it has a big week
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  ahead. Here's what we expect to see. Apple is
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  taking an ain't broke, don't fix approach to
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  its gadgets, except for the AirTag 2. Next week,
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  the company is hosting a special experience on
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  March 4th. indicating a change from its usual
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  presentation format. CEO Tim Cook confirmed the
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  upcoming announcements would begin on Monday.
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  Apple is expected to launch multiple products
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  over several days, with the experience on Wednesday
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  serving as a highlight. Among the anticipated
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  products is a budget MacBook featuring a 13 -inch
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  screen and an Apple A18 Pro chip. and in entertainment
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  news. Netflix investors are enjoying a happy
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  ending, although not as initially envisioned
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  by management. The streaming giant's exit from
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  the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery has
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  boosted stock prices nearly 14 % on Friday. Before
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  this, Netflix had lost about a third of its market
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  value after Paramount's bid for Warner was announced.
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  Acquiring Warner could have complicated Netflix's
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  business model, even as it remains nearly twice
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  as valuable as Disney. Instead, Netflix will
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  walk away approximately $2 .8 billion richer,
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  thanks to the termination fee. The entertainment
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  landscape continues to shift dramatically, raising
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  questions about future competition. Well, alrighty,
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  folks. It's time for the quote of the day. Our
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  quote comes from the American inventor and visionary,
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  Charles F. Kettering. And he said, the world
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  hates change, yet it is the only thing that has
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  brought progress. And that's a wrap for this
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  morning. You can check out our Instagram, YouTube,
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  and TikTok for some captivating aerial videos
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  with local news and the weather reports. Have
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  an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see you
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  tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.