Kerry Kavanaugh thanks Kevin Lemanowicz for 30 years at Boston 25

Kevin was such a steady presence all the time in the newsroom. You knew if something was going on, whether it had to do with the weather or it did not. The fact that he was there, you knew he could step in and have your back no matter what was going on. And that meant so much, especially when I was new to the market and the new anchor. Kevin is exactly the same person on camera and off camera. He's a very authentic person. He loves telling jokes. Drop the chalupa. He tells them frequently through his weather forecast if you catch them. He's kind of always making a comment on the side. Crying out loud. Let's do it again. So when we weren't out on camera together, we were probably off camera laughing and telling jokes. Kevin loves getting out of the building and into the community. He does countless school visits, things with the Red Sox and the Jimmy Fund. I can remember so many events that we did together, things that had nothing to do with news but have so much to do with our viewers. Trying to bring in food donations for local food pantries during the crisis last fall. We did zip trips together. We hosted the Emmys together. We just did a lot of things together out in the community. Not a chance, she's thinking me. Third one's a charm. And that meant so much to him that people knew that he cared about them. He wanted to be out in the community, be a part of them. And I think that showed in not just the work he did with the forecast, keeping people safe, but everything he did in the community. And I loved being alongside him. We had so much fun at so many different things together.