22News at 4: Digital Edition

Thank Streaming from the 22 News Broadcast Center. This is 22 News at 4 p.m. Digital Edition. you Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to 22 News at 4. I'm Claire Overton. We'll get to your top four at 4 in just a moment. for But first, we always have a look at commuter traffic and weather. Let's bring in 22 News Storm Team Meteorologist Brian Lapis. watching. Brian, it was quite the fall day out today. Yeah, it was. Brightened up around 2 o'clock, 1 o'clock this afternoon. So, I mean, if you're in your office right now, by the time you get out, The sun will probably have been set. We had a dry day and temps were close to 60 degrees and I'm expecting pretty much the same conditions for tomorrow. Let's take a look at traffic first, shall we? And you can see here that we've got pretty good conditions in terms of traffic. Pike looks good on either side of the Connecticut River. Even downtown is moving fairly well for this time of day. And as usual, 91 north of the pike is in good shape. Temperatures right now. Look like this 59 in Springfield, 57 Greenfield and Northampton lining up very nicely with our high temperature forecast of 56 to 60 for today. Of course, we're a little cooler. Excuse me. We're a little cooler in the Berkshires, 52 in Pittsfield and 55 in North Adams clouds and radar. Showing the clearing taking place shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon. And as we head towards sunset, we've got scattered clouds on the way in here for tonight. And a dry day tomorrow, we'll track it with the 22 News Storm Team Skycast. We begin today in Northampton where a car crash this morning caused traffic delays on Bridge Street. Northampton Fire told 22 News that crews were called to the rotary just before 7 in the morning for reports of a single vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation found the driver was traveling on I-91 southbound when the car left the roadway and ended up at the bottom of the overpass. No one was hurt and the car has since been removed. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Several public meetings are being held today for various projects. First up in Springfield, Liberty Junction is holding a conversation about the new courthouse. That's happening at 6 p.m. tonight at Brightwood Elementary School. The Liberty Junction team has already promised more than 1,700 construction jobs and are working to involve the community. Meanwhile, rival developers are still pushing back against the project and the state's process in selecting Liberty Junction. Also in Springfield, MassDOT will hold a public meeting on the Armory Street Bridge Replacement Project. Attendees can expect to see a full construction schedule and hear how traffic will be impacted. Right now the bridge is closed and a detour is in place as crews continue preparing for the project. That meeting is also happening at 6 p.m. but at the Basketball Hall of Fame. And we have an update now on a potential nurses' strike at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Leaders say no deal has been reached yet, but they will continue to negotiate. Thursday marks the strike deadline. The Massachusetts Nurses Association says workers are looking for better pay and health insurance as part of their negotiations. The Nurses Association released a statement just after midnight that reads in part, quote, We hope MGB will return to the table to negotiate in good faith and meet the needs of nurses and patients. As always, we are united for safe patient care and a fair contract. And now we have another check at today's weather, but instead Brian has brought a prop. Brian, can you explain your prop for us? My pal Cheyenne from the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts was in here earlier today to tape a segment for Mass Appeal. Maybe they were on live. I don't know. Anyway, she dropped off a lawn sign for me because the March for the Food Bank is a huge fundraiser for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. It happens November 23rd and 24th. This is my shameless plug. Head over maybe to the Food Bank's website. Make a donation to those of us who'll be marching. I'll be marching on Tuesday, the 24th, from Northampton to Deerfield. I covered it last year. It was a lot of fun. That's right, and it is kind of a fun event. Anyway, that's my quick, shameless plug. I will take this from you. Thank you so much. This is fantastic. We're pals off the air as well. Look at that. All right, let's take a look at the clouds and radar. You can see here, 345, as we take a look here at the latest clouds and radar imagery. Just a few scattered clouds overhead, and that's a pretty good sign of scattered clouds here for the evening. 5 o'clock here this afternoon, scattered clouds, scattered clouds through 7, scattered clouds to mostly clear here. 10 o'clock tonight, overnight lows will be in the 30s, I expect. 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. I'm liking our chances for a brighter day here tomorrow. 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, sunshine in place. And as we move through to noontime, we're bright. A little breeze out of the west. And then by late afternoon, we're starting to see a few clouds. But most of the usable hours of the day tomorrow, the daylight hours, will be bright with high temperatures back up near 60. Still tracking the chance for some rain here at the end of the week. We'll update on 22 News at 5. Now bringing you across the state, a Fall River Dermatology Clinic is launching a new non-surgical treatment for a common case of skin cancer using ultrasound imaging to target and kill the cancer cells. Commonwealth Dermatology says it is the first medical practice in their county to offer the treatment known as image-guided superficial radiation therapy. By some estimates, one in five Americans are expected to develop non-melanoma skin cancer during their lifetime. And now for a look at what we're working on for 22 News starting at 5. A verdict has been made in the Matthew Farwell trial. This evening, we'll have all the details surrounding this case. Plus, we'll go over the numerous complaints our station has received from viewers in response to the Bay State Health taking over Mercy Medical Center. And finally, we have more on a study detailing the economic impact Liberty Junction's proposed Springfield Courthouse will bring. Traffic starting to slow down a little bit here on either end of 291. Otherwise, traffic on 91 is pretty good. The pike looks fine in either direction and either side of the Connecticut River. We're still tracking the potential for some rain and maybe a touch of snow here at the end of the week. We'll update you on the latest with that storm situation on 22 News at 5. Thanks, Brian. And thank you for joining us this afternoon for 22 News at 4. Be sure to join us on TV tonight starting at 5. And you can get all your local news and weather updates anytime on WWLP.com and the 22 News mobile app.