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Remember how I said we talked about some of the shows, we got some calls from people that said they, you know, they expected there to be some more kind of star power to the shows that were happening at the Zyterian this year with the remodel. And my argument was, well, a lot of these shows were probably booked at a time of uncertainty because they, you know, they were hoping that things would follow the project timeline, but you never know with construction and that you should expect 2027 to look a lot different. Because not that they don't have great shows now, but I think you'll bring in some even more high profile things in 2027. Because now as they're booking the shows, as the tour managers are booking venues for these shows, they see the Zyterian is complete and remodeled and is now a great fit. And I said, one of the things I would love to see them get involved with, and I'm sure they will, are these movie tours that are going on now where stars will go out and visit theaters like the Zyterian, like the Cabot in Beverly, like the Chevalier in Medford, like the Hanover in Worcester, and they go to these theaters and they'll show one of their movies and then do a Q&A afterwards. The Bill Murray surprise appearance at the beginning of August with What About Bob was kind of like somewhat of how that would work, except normally it's like an hour Q&A or 45 minute Q&A afterwards and Bill Murray kind of just hung out and answered some questions. A lot less formal than how these normally go. Normally they have a moderator and that moderator will ask questions and then they'll probably take questions from the audience where they have you line up in the aisle and go up to a microphone kind of thing. I've been to some of these before. I went to one with Chevy Chase where he showed Christmas Vacation, did the meet and greet afterward. At the time, my quote unquote agent for booking paranormal stuff was just my friend who has a company doing that but booked me things. But he was also doing booking for Chevy Chase. So he said, do you want to come up with me and meet Chevy Chase? Want to come to Worcester and see the movie and meet him afterwards? I said, sure, I'll go. So that's why I went to that. Otherwise, I don't know that I would shell out however much that must have cost. But the idea is that fans get to see the movie on the big screen again that they love and they get to hear directly from the star. And maybe if they are willing to pay a little bit more, do the meet and greet afterward. And these are hugely popular. So they did one for Jaws with Richard Dreyfuss. He caused a little controversy with some of his comments up in Beverly. But aside from that, they've done it with Home Alone and Macaulay Culkin. They've done it with, they're doing it right now with Stand By Me. And it's Jerry O'Connell and Will Wheaton. And I think Corey Feldman's doing them too. So they're going out and doing these panel discussions after showing of Stand By Me on the big screen. So these are a great way to see a movie that you've probably never seen on the big screen, or it's been a long time since you have. And then also get to meet one of the stars or hear from one of the stars afterwards. So they've become hugely popular. They sell out everywhere they go. And I figured the Zaytarian would definitely want to get in on that action. And so yesterday they announced that the first such show of 2027, because I'm sure they're going to be booking more of these. But in January, they're going to have a showing of The Princess Bride for the film's 40th anniversary. And in attendance will be star Carrie Elwes. Of course, he plays Wesley in the movie. And he's going to be there after the film is over. He'll have a little talk and he'll share some stories behind the scenes, anecdotes and things like that. And it's going to be a great time for people who are super fans of the movie. And I know there are a lot of them. So if you are a Zaytarian member, if you're at the highest level of membership, the on sale is going on right now. If you're at the lower tier membership, that's what I'm at. That will start at noon today. And then the public on sale is going to be Saturday. So you can get all the information on our story at WBSM.com or on the WBSM app or at Zaytarian.org. But the tickets, if you want to get the top tier level, they include a meet and greet with Carrie Elwes after the show. So you can take your photo with him if you'd like. It's funny. I was texting with somebody about it last night who I know is a huge fan and who wants to go and do the meet and greet and was like, do you want to go with me? And I said, well, I'm only going to do it if he'll do. I don't want a Princess Bride related photo. I want him to do the claw from Liar Liar when he tries to do Jim Carrey's claw with his son. Ooh, it's the claw. You're afraid of the claw, but he has to do the same weird smiley face that he did when he did it. People that know the movie know what I'm talking about. But anyway, so the Princess Bride was a not a huge box office success. It was a very quiet film, came out around this time of year, September, and it was a very quiet film, but it gained popularity on home video and on cable TV showings later. So that was one of those movies that when we were in school and it was a rainy day like this and we had to have indoor recess, they would show that movie. Or sometimes, I know they probably can't do it now with the way that they've made it a little bit stricter on teaching and on curriculum. But there would be days where we would just be like, you know what? The whole third grade's getting together to watch a movie. We're going to watch Goonies. And it wasn't something we knew about in advance. It was just like you got into school. It's like, hey, today we're watching Goonies. All right, yeah. You lived for those days. You never knew when that was going to happen. And I had a lot of those, third, fourth, fifth grade. I had a lot of those days. Somebody should have probably looked into the Plymouth educational system back then because we saw a lot of movies. Goonies, Never Ending Story, Princess Bride. I think we watched Explorers one time. Maybe we should have been doing some schoolwork. But anyway, we watched a lot of TV too, a lot of PBS. We watched Square One TV every day in math class. But The Princess Bride is a movie that gained popularity over the years and now has developed a cult following. So with the passing, the murder of Rob Reiner last year and the 40th anniversary of the film this year, there's a lot of people that want to get out and have this cathartic experience of seeing it in the theater. And the Zaytarian is going to provide that for you with Carrie Always. And then the other story, you heard Mike mention this in the news, but that woman from Sutton, Massachusetts, Dawn Light, who pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated intimidation of a witness, because apparently she's accused of allegedly, we're going to use all those terms because she hasn't been convicted of anything. But it is alleged that she was parked in a restricted area of the Plymouth Superior Courthouse and was filming the jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial. And that when the police came over to ask her about it, she's like, I didn't know I wasn't supposed to park here. Tried to give them that routine. And then they said, well, you have pictures on your phone? No, no. See, look, I don't have anything on my phone. And then they're like, well, access that recently deleted folder. Whoops. And that's when they said that they found video of her filming the jurors as they came out of the building. Now, I served on a jury in that building. I was not on a trial that was getting a lot of media attention. So I walked right in and out the front door every day. My identity did not need to be protected. The trial went two and a half weeks. And it was a wrongful death trial. But it was not anything that was getting any media attention whatsoever. So I don't know what the, I do know where they keep the juries in that building. And I do know the procedures they have once they get into that area. But I don't know how they're getting this jury in and out. My guess is it is a back door. So that she was staking out this back door and was filming there. So I would also have to assume that she probably went there and scouted it first to figure out which door they were gonna come out of. But again, she pleaded not guilty. She said she was not doing this, but somehow the video ended up on her phone. So we'll see where that goes. But that is a huge violation of not only these folks jury duty and their service in jury duty, but also of kind of the, well, besides being a violation of the law, but a violation of the social contract we have for people that are willing to give up their time to serve on these juries. To give them that respect and to give them that privacy and then let them choose later if they want to come forward and speak after the trial is over. But there's this obsession. And I think the Karen Reid trial really played a big part in this. There's an obsession with identifying the jurors. Identifying the jurors and putting their information out there can cause a mistrial. And whereas the jurors are deadlocked and they've gone back to the judge a couple of times and said, hey, we're not going to be able to break this deadlock. And the judge said, go back and try again. And now they have done the Tui Rodriguez instruction. The judge has given that to the jury, which is what they call the dynamite charge, which is basically like, no, you're going back there and you're figuring this out. And then if they come back and they can't do it, then the judge will have no choice but to declare a mistrial. But if you're gonna speculate as to what this person's motives might have been, it could be some media outlet is looking to get the identities of these jurors. And she thinks I can sell that information. Maybe she wants to put it up online herself, become some kind of a true crime influencer. Or maybe the intent was to cause a mistrial. So I don't know, it's all speculation. I know Gilley doesn't like when we speculate, but that's what we do on the radio. In absence of facts to fill the void of dead air, you speculate. But it remains to be seen where that goes. She's been released on personal recognizance. The DA's office wanted her held on $50,000 cash bail. But the DA released her on personal recognizance instead. But she does have to follow conditions, including staying away from the courthouse and grounds, staying away from the jury and witnesses in the case, and not to disseminate any photos or videos stored in the iCloud. And she will be going back to court on October 15th. So I just don't get why people feel the need to get involved in these cases to that level. Sure, you can go and show your support. Sure, you can go online and show your support or give your theories or whatever. All of that is fair game. But trying to identify the jury, trying to insert yourself into the legal process playing out, it's not gonna go well for you. And while it's up to, if a mistrial is declared, it's up to the DA's office if they want to try to try the case again. And maybe if this one comes back as a mistrial, they make the decision not to. I don't know. But if there's a mistrial because somebody posted jury information online, posted the identity of jurors online, I would be almost positive that they would try the case again, if that's what causes the mistrial. Even knowing right now that the jury is deadlocked. So I'm sure Chris will have Bob George on soon. If not today, I don't know if he has him scheduled today, but I'm sure he'll have him on soon. And he can get more in depth about the penalties of this and what it means. But you can't do it. And the activism that has resulted in some of these high profile trials, people just lose their minds and they don't follow and respect the law. When you're told you can't be so close to a courthouse, when you're told in the Karen Reed case, they didn't want people coming into the courtroom wearing pink. These are all rules that the judge can make and did make and then you have to follow them. You don't get to say, well, I don't think that's fair. No, these have to be followed. So that's something else we'll keep an eye on. And then Mike also mentioned this in the news and the mayor talked a little bit about it yesterday with Chris, but the new zoning ordinances that create form-based code districts in the downtown area, the Cushion Avenue area and the Goulart Square neighborhood. And so the idea is that these new ordinances will require, to put it simply, it will require new businesses that are built to fit the aesthetic of the neighborhood. So they use the example in the photo that the city put out and you can see it on their Facebook page. But they use the example of the convenience store that's on Cushion Avenue. Let me see if I can zoom in. Lucky Mart, that's the name of it, I couldn't think of the name of it, Lucky Mart. So they use the example of Lucky Mart, how it's a convenience store that looks like a convenience store that's set back with a big parking lot in front of it. And it's just a convenience store taking up that footprint on the avenue and it does look out of place. And under this new ordinance, something like that would be closer to the street, the parking would be on the side or in the back, and the front of it would match the aesthetic of the neighborhood with some apartments built over the top. And the idea is that you create a neighborhood that has a visual identity and not a hodgepodge of different things. Now, some would argue, well, I wanna have the freedom to build as I see fit. But then the other argument of that is, if the neighborhood becomes too disjointed in its appearance, it doesn't look like a neighborhood anymore. It looks like a collection of businesses. Think about the difference between looking at a bunch of different stores in individual buildings and a strip mall. The strip mall looks more coordinated. And this is not unprecedented. As Mayor Mitchell pointed out, plenty of other places already do this. Newport does it. There's numerous other places. I know for a fact that when Walmart was originally in Plymouth, when they first went into Plymouth, it wasn't where it is now in Colony Place, it was in Cordage Park. And Cordage Park gave them the okay to build a Walmart in Cordage Park, but they said, you have to make Cordage Park, you have to make your Walmart look like all the other brick buildings of Cordage Park. It has to be the same aesthetic. So at that time, that was the only Walmart in the entire chain, from my understanding, that looked different. Every other Walmart was kind of the same aesthetic. This is before they did the store makeovers that they've done now. But every other Walmart looked the same. This one was different. This one was the red brick Walmart, so it would match the aesthetic of Cordage Park. That was the agreement they made to be able to build there. And you see this a lot with, you know who's kind of famous for this? McDonald's, right? How many times have you seen a McDonald's that looks different? Not so much now. Nowadays, the McDonald's are all pretty much the same kind of, I call it McDonald's in a box, because they put them up in a matter of a couple of weeks. It's all prefabricated, and they just put it all together, and there you go, you've got a McDonald's, and it looks just like every other McDonald's. But so many of them, you know, obviously we have ones like the one in Fairhaven where they make it look a little cooler and a little bit different, a little retro, but so many of them have to fit the aesthetic of where they are in order to be approved. And so that's kind of what the idea is with this, is you have to fit the aesthetic of the neighborhood to go forward with the development there. As Mayor Mitchell pointed out, developers usually aren't against this. It's usually not an impedance to taking part in the growth of that neighborhood. They usually buy in very easily on it, but this way here, having it on the books, makes it so that they can understand from the beginning that this is part of the deal. I should take a break, but I'm going to take a call instead. Good morning, you're on WBSN. Hi. Morning. Hi. I saw that article you're talking about with the store. I liked it very much. It's up close near the sidewalk. If somebody's driving by or walking by, just step right in, get your watery, your cup of coffee. You can park in the back, like other places. I love it up front like that. You don't like it? I do. I mean, and I think it's a great idea. I think that, you know, it's not a knock on that convenience store the way that it was built there. It was just, that's how you built a convenience store when that was built. You know, this thinking wasn't an option. Oh, I would love it up front. It looked nice in the picture you put there. Would somebody do that or what? Yeah, it looks like it's a computer-aided design, which is what architects do. Because people that happen to be walking by instead of driving and they see, you know, lit up, you can see the inside through the windows. They're more likely to go in there and get something. Yeah, I mean, so there is a concern, especially like a neighborhood like that. You want to make sure that if you're going to be open at night and the parking lot is in the back, you know, you want to have it be as lit, well lit as possible because people would get a little nervous parking back there at night, I think. But other than that. Yeah, put the lights up there. Do it. Yeah. Other than that, I think it would be great. Now, the other part of that too, is you're going to light that all up and have some apartments on top. Like, is that going to create light pollution in the apartment? So these are all things you got to take into account in the design, but should work out fine. They're going to put apartments on top? I didn't even see that. Yeah. So the, well, I don't, that's not to say that they're building this there. This is just an example of what they should look like when they build things. Oh, well, somebody must be thinking of doing that, right? Is there a big company wanting to do this? I don't know if they have things in the pipeline that would be taking advantage of this, but this is just to make sure that anything built in the future would follow this. And if you think about the places that have had the fires down there and the ones that have rebuilt, they've rebuilt to look like the other buildings in the neighborhood. They haven't changed that design. So when that building burned down on the corner there, they actually recreated the exact same look that it had before. Yeah. So somebody thought of this reason to put that up like that. I like it. I like it a lot. If you put it in the front like that, you're going to have all that back space for the parking. The parking is going to be there. It's just in a different place. That's all. And one more thing is I know you already passed the news. Shelly Febreze, I missed it the other day that she passed away at 82 years old. Yeah. I didn't hear that either. Yeah. With pneumonia and Paul Peterson, the one that played her brother in the genre, he's going to be 81 this month. I forgot what day, the 23rd, I think. So her hit record was Johnny Angel, right? That was her, Shelly Febreze? Yeah. Yeah. She didn't have a lot of hits or anything, but that was cool when it came up because we were young. Oh, look, she made a song. We went to go here. It sounded nice. I mean, we had good, wholesome shows back then. It's not like the reality shows of today. They're all fabricated and all. Yeah, that was kind of like the playbook though, is if you had like a teenage character on these shows, you have them also put out a record like Ricky Nelson did it. And she did it. Have you had a chance to watch any of the Ozzy and Harriet shows? No, I thought she was on Donna Reed. Yeah, I know, but you were mentioning Ricky Nelson. I said it was the Ozzy and Harriet. Yeah. I used to watch it when I was on Nick at Night. Yeah. Yeah. Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver with Tony Doe. I mean, they're all gone, but we had good shows. The Beaver's still around. Jerry Mathers is still with us. Oh, I know he is. I know he is. God bless him. Yeah. But all them old shows now, they're starting to go one by one. Actually, Jerry Mathers is one of the celebrities I have a request in to try to get him on the show. Oh, that'd be nice. Yeah, I'd be listening if you do that. I'm happy that Nick Van Dyke is going to be 101 this December and Lee Grant. Wow. He's up there, too. And I'm glad they're all still. Eva Marie Singh, I think, is the oldest celebrity that I really recognize a lot. And I think she's going to be like 104 or something. I'm not sure. She's up there, though. She's way ahead of the rest of them. Yeah. And Richard Attenborough, is that his first name, Richard? I don't know. But Attenborough, he's up there. Yeah, one of the Attenborough's. I forget which one it is. It's still alive. So you see, we can live longer if we just watch out what we're doing. That's all. But thanks for taking my call. All right. You have a good day. You, too. Bye-bye. All right. We got to get a break in here. We'll get the news. More with you. 508-996-0500. This is WBSM. Carefree Homes. Your home improvement experts. Roofing, siding, windows, and more. Get a free quote at carefreehomescompany.com. Carefree Homes. Trusted local family. The president accusing Canada of ripping off the U.S. Powerful storms in the northeast and the cost of health benefits expected to be much higher in 2027. From the Cottage Street Motors WBSM Newsroom, this is WBSM News. President Trump says Canada has been ripping off America for years. Yesterday, Trump was asked by reporters in the Oval Office about the ongoing trade war with our northern neighbors. That's a very unfair deal. They charge tremendous tariffs to our farmers. They take advantage of our farmers. They take advantage of our tourists. They take advantage of airlines. Trump gave examples of what he described as the trade imbalance and argued for the continuation of tariffs against Canada. The president said Canada is the toughest country to negotiate with, including China. Severe storms are affecting millions in the northeast as more than 65,000 were without power across Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey yesterday. More outages and damage are still possible as storms continue today with increased threats of intense winds, large hail, and potential tornadoes. Flash flooding also occurred across eastern Pennsylvania. The risk continues through the rest of the week. Americans' perception of corruption in the U.S. government is at a record high. According to a new poll from Gallup, it found nearly 9 in 10 respondents say they believe corruption is widespread through the U.S. government. That's up 10 percentage points from 2025 and the highest number since Gallup began asking the question in 2006. New $1 coins bearing President Trump are entering circulation after being released by the Mint yesterday. Coins feature Trump's portrait on one side and the presidential seal on the other. They were struck to honor America's 250th birthday. The cost of employer health benefits is expected to jump by its highest amount in more than 20 years. The financial consulting firm Mercer estimates that annual employer health benefit costs will go up by over 8 percent next year. Ongoing cost restraints and higher price tags on improved therapeutics are part of the reason for the higher jump. Costs have been trending upward since 2022. In what may have looked like a classic cartoon come to life, a roadrunner squared off with a coyote in California. This time the coyote won. A man conducting a bird survey in the San Fernando Valley with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power photographed a coyote with a greater roadrunner in its mouth at the Chatsworth Nature Preserve. In real life, a coyote is actually capable of outrunning a greater roadrunner, while life experts say a roadrunner that is left vulnerable can become prey for a coyote. The world's best tennis players are getting pickle juice at times to help with cramps. For the first time at the U.S. Open in Queens, Mount Sinai Hospital has a team that is providing pickle juice to tennis players. Dr. Melissa Lieber, a sports medicine physician at Mount Sinai, says that hydration and electrolyte replacement is still very important when addressing cramps, but pickle juice may relieve a cramp through a different mechanism. She says the acidic acid or vinegar in pickle juice stimulates sensory cell receptors in the mouth, triggering a reflex that helps reduce muscle cramping. The man who wrote the screenplay for Friday the 13th has passed away. The script for the 1980 horror classic was written by Victor Miller, who died Monday near San Francisco at age 86. Miller wrote several screenplays for director Sean Cunningham, though Friday the 13th is what he's most remembered for. He also wrote for television and won several Daytime Emmy Awards during the 80s for his work on All My Children. Characters created by Miller will return to the screen this fall in a prequel to Friday the 13th called Crystal Lake, which will premiere on Peacock on October 15. A Netflix documentary on President Trump's secret departure on an alternate military aircraft over the summer in Turkey is dropping tomorrow. Instadox, the decoy plane, will reportedly explore how Trump was secretly transported inside of a catering truck to a smaller Air Force C-32A plane amid security concerns about Iran. In a preview clip, a photojournalist says 40 years doing presidents, never seen that before. Tiger Woods losing his driver's license after pleading no contest to reduce charges in Florida. A judge suspended his license for five years and ordered a $1,500 fine for reckless driving and refusing to submit a lawful test. Woods was arrested in March on suspicion of DUI after crashing into another vehicle. WBSM sports. It was the Mariners over the Red Sox at Fenway Park yesterday, 8 to 3. 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All right, we just got a media alert from the New Bedford Police Department just moments ago that Chief Jason Thode and Mayor John Mitchell are holding a press conference today at 11 a.m. to announce the findings of an internal investigation into the department's use of automated license plate reader technology. So the audit of the flock system is complete. The findings will be announced today at 11. In typical fashion, two hours notice is not enough time for me to get over there and cover it, but I'm sure that they will be broadcasting it on the New Bedford Police Facebook page. So it irks the crap out of me that I hear. I hear from people, you guys don't cover these things. Well, the things that we really might go out and cover, you'd give us two hours notice on, and the things that I was like, I can't spend the time on that, we'll get days in advance. So just a little venting there, but we will have something for you up on it because they'll put out all the information. They'll put out the report, and we'll make sure we post it for you. What is the decision gonna be? The mayor is going to be there, and I think that might be a little telling. I think the fact that they're holding a press conference and that the mayor will be in attendance, this isn't just gonna be the chief is releasing his report. I'm gonna predict, and I could be wrong, if I could predict things, I'd be the psychic on spooky South Coast, but I can't. So that's why it's Stephanie's job. But if I could predict, I would say, I think this might be lining up for them to say they're not going back on, which would be in conflict of what Mayor Mitchell was saying yesterday with Chris. But it feels weird that with all of the negative press out there about Flock, with all of the communities that are out there canceling their contracts and taking down their cameras, including Dartmouth, right next door. It would feel weird to me that Mayor Mitchell would come out there and hold a press conference in which he would say, we're standing by this Flock technology. Like I said, I could be wrong. So my prediction is, I feel like this is something you do when you're gonna cancel the contract, when you're going to no longer put those cameras on. Or maybe it's what you do to stand there and show your police chief solidarity when he says, I do wanna go forward with this and put these safeguards in place. So again, I could be wrong. Listen, we just say things on the radio because we gotta say something. So don't hold it against me. Don't tune in tomorrow and be like, well, he was wrong about that, so I can't listen to him anymore. Also got an app chat question from DSY who says, did Steve Medeiros ask for a recount in the 9th Bristol District on the Democrat side? Cuz he lost by 14 votes. So I haven't seen anything that says that he has formally requested one. The Dartmouth Week story that came out after the election, he said he told Dartmouth Week that he had heard there were some discrepancies with early voting and issues at some of the precincts. And he said at this point, I'm not going to concede the race. He said not long after the vote tally was announced, I'm just exploring the options. So we'll see if he decides to formally ask for a recount, but that sounds like somebody that might be leaning toward one. I think candidates are also cognizant of the fact that recounts cost money. And recounts very rarely come out in your favor. So if you're thinking, I want to run for this position again, or I want to run for another office, you always have that in the back of your mind. They're going to remember that I cost them money unnecessarily, because they couldn't just say that I lost. So that might be something that's on his mind. But 14 votes is pretty close. 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When you walk into Rewind, you're going to feel like you are transported back to a time when everything was neon, when everything was light up, when everything was Lisa Frank. Somebody said to me, how would you describe the decor of Rewind? I hear you talking about all the things that they have to look at, but how would you describe the overall aesthetic? And I said, it's like walking into a trapper keeper. If a trapper keeper was a place you could go to, an 80s trapper keeper was a place you could go to. This is it. You've got your music videos. You've got a light up bar. You've got a light up dance floor. You've got movie posters in the party room that makes it look like a blockbuster video with movie cases. I mean, I can describe it for you, but you really have to experience it for yourself. And then when you go downstairs and you see all those great retro games and they're all set to free play, you just pay one price to get down into the arcade and all the games are included. And they also have so much planned for the fall and the winter with all these great events, including this Saturday, their Baywatch Beach Bash. It's the one last 90s beach party for the main event of their Labor Day weekend, end of the season bash. So come dressed for the beach, swimsuits, lifeguard looks, board shorts, Hawaiian shirts, coverups, 90s beach gear. It's all on the table. There's going to be limbo. There's going to be dancing and so much more. It all kicks off Saturday at 9 p.m., but don't forget tonight they have brain freeze trivia. Tomorrow they have the last 90s dance party of the season. Saturday night is the Baywatch Beach party. And Sunday is the last Sunday fun day where kids get half price arcade admission. And they're doing a really cool thing for the weekend, 50% off all Rewind merch. So you want to walk away with a t-shirt, a hat or something? You can get your Rewind merch at 50% off all this weekend. Check out Rewind Restaurant and Arcade, Main Street in Wareham. And remember, be kind, please rewind. All right, I got to get one last break in here. We'll come back. We'll wrap things up with today's key takeaway. And today's key takeaway is, as we are on the verge of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, there's going to be lots of opportunities to take advantage of different ways to remember. And one of those ways is coming up with the Shepherd Center for Performing Arts here in Fairhaven, along with the Watermelon Alligator Theater Company. They're going to be performing 110 stories, a powerful dramatic presentation for the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Sorry, I should be reading this better. But this is something that will take you through from the first jetliner crash at the North Tower of the World Trade Center to a last goodbye at Ground Zero, as told by those who were there. This is based on interviews. It's a docu-play is what they call it. So it's these actors are bringing to life these real life statements and stories from the September 11th attacks. So this is going to be happening at the Shepherd Center, located at 34 Center Street here in Fairhaven. It's going to be taking place on Friday, September 11th at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6.30 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. But this is recommended for audiences ages 13 and older, and parental discretion is advised. So you can check that out. More information about that online. But the Shepherd Center, of course, they're putting on great performances. And this is one that will be powerfully important on September 11th at 7 p.m. at the Shepherd Center, located at 34 Center Street. Use the William Street entrance in Fairhaven. So we're going to be turning things over to Chris McCarthy in South Coast now. He's going to have you for the next three hours. And we'll also have the information that comes out from Chief Thody and Mayor Mitchell later with their press conference at 11 about the findings of the flock camera audit. So I sent in an email just to see if the police are going to be streaming that. So we'll let you know. Maybe I don't know what Chris has planned, but maybe he wants to play some of that as it happens if he doesn't have a guest in studio. But otherwise, we'll have it for you.