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Sunday, April 26

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Day 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft provided no shortage of New England Patriots news.

Less than an hour before Round 1 kicked off in Pittsburgh, head coach Mike Vrabel addressed reporters in an impromptu press conference to address his decision to spend time with his family on Saturday (Day 3 of the draft) in light of recent photos that emerged of him and NFL reporter Dianna Russini at a resort in Arizona.

Once the draft began, the Patriots saw the Philadelphia Eagles add another wide receiver — making an A.J. Brown trade seem even more likely — before trading with the AFC East rival Buffalo Bills to move up three spots at the end of Round 1 (from 31 to 28) and draft offensive tackle Caleb Lomu.

The sea breeze reminded us who’s boss Thursday. After basking in warmth all afternoon, we dropped from 65 to 52 degrees in an hour. What’s even more astonishing was that the wind was gusting from the northwest (land breeze) at 30, then abruptly switched to the east and gusted over 20mph. Typically, a northwest wind like that will hold back any attempts for the sea breeze to get any kind of foothold.

There’s a lesson in all this, of course. Our pattern will be dominated by the wind off 46-degree water in the coming days. We’ll struggle to hang onto the 50s during the afternoon along the coast, while attempting to hold onto some slight warmth inland. 

There’s another forecast challenge too. A weak weather system will attempt to bring showers late Saturday into Sunday. At this point, high pressure should be enough to ward it off. This doesn’t mean the weekend will stay bright blue, however. Some clouds will move in Saturday, then we’ll peel them back on Sunday. Both days will feature highs in the 50s, however by Sunday, we could hit 60 through Metrowest and Northern Mass/Southern NH. 

A fire chief in southeastern Massachusetts was removed from his job after a controversy involving a solar farm, according to NBC affiliate WJAR.

The Rehoboth Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 on Tuesday to remove Fire Chief Mark Haskell, according to WJAR.

The issue at hand was an alleged ethics rule violation. Town officials said that Haskell violated rules by speaking out against a solar farm that abuts his property while identifying himself as fire chief during the public meetings.

Leaders on Cape Cod are sounding the alarm about funding to replace the Bourne Bridge.

For Blue Rock Golf Course in Yarmouth, a warmup in the weather signals the beginning of the busy season. The Par 3 course has been operating since the 1960s, and like so many other businesses, it depends on tourist traffic crossing the Cape Cod Canal via the Bourne Bridge and the Sagamore Bridge.

“Everything you’re looking at, touching, buying, came over those bridges,” said Matt Pitta with Blue Rock Golf Course.

The former Brigham and Women’s doctor accused of assaulting patients appeared in a Boston courtroom on Thursday for an arraignment on a slew of new charges.

Derrick Todd was arraigned Thursday morning in Suffolk Superior Court, after being indicted last week on 81 sexual assault charges involving 22 former patients ranging in age from 17 to 56 years old.

He was released on his personal recognizance, and was ordered to wear a GPS tracker. His case is due back in court on June 8, with a trial expected to begin in May 2027.

A man was rescued Thursday afternoon after breaking his leg and ankle, becoming trapped on a rock in Southwick, Massachusetts.

Police in Southwick said a mother and children were walking on the trails at Granville Gorge when they heard the man screaming for help. They found him surrounded by rushing water, unable to get off the rock.

Officers and firefighters responded to the gorge and waded out to the injured man, who explained that he slipped while jumping from rock to rock.