The WFEA Morning Update

Pete McNamara 12-06-23

Pete McNamara, executive director of the Manchester Animal Shelter, gives advice for adopting pets for the holidays and says the shelter is dealing with a lot of surrenders now and can use more foster families.

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Muskets crack, drums echo as Boston marks 250 years since British evacuation

Reenactors in 18th-century military coats and tricorn hats filled the pews of one of the nation's oldest Catholic Churches on Tuesday before firing muskets outside and marching through neighborhood streets, marking the 250th anniversary of the day British forces evacuated the city.