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WBUR TODAY: Not another T closure

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  ❤️ Donate Wednesday, August 5, 2026 ☀️ Mostly sunny, with a high of 89. Good Morning Boston, It's Wednesday. Bluebikes is offering a $15 credit for National Wellness Month this week — and those free rides could soon come in handy (just enter BCBSMAWELLNESS in the rewards section of their app): HE ISN'T CALLED SLOW ZONE SHORTSLEEVE FOR NO REASON! Back on track: We just got over a brutal 10-day partial shutdown on the Red Line . And yet, the start of a massive, nine-day Green Line closure is staring us down this Saturday. And that's followed shortly after by an 11-day suspension of half the Orange Line to close out August. What is this, 2024 all over again?   Not so, says Phil Eng. WBUR's Tiziana Dearing spoke to the MBTA general manager (and yes, also still-interim transportation secretary) about why so much of the T has been out of service lately. Why are these still happening? Eng says it's about "efficiency." During the 2024 track repair campaign...

WBUR TODAY: ⚽ Foxborough's big World Cup finale

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  ❤️ Donate Thursday, July 9, 2026 ☀️ Sunny and hot, with a high near 92. Good Morning Boston, It's a good Thursday to wrap up work early. Kicking off one last time: Foxborough is hosting its final 2026 World Cup match this afternoon between two teams that are no strangers to Gillette Stadium — or each other. France and Morocco will take the field at 4 p.m. for a quarterfinals game that's also a rematch of the 2022 World Cup semifinals . (Both teams also won group stage games in Foxborough.) According to the Associated Press, it might be the most intriguing of the four World Cup quarterfinal matchups . Where to watch: The city of Revere, which is estimated to be 10% Moroccan, is sponsoring watch parties at five local bars , with free giveaways. Meanwhile in Boston, the city is holding a free outdoor watch party in the North End's Christopher Columbus Park, following a live soccer podcast taping   with Mayor Michelle Wu and former Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez at 1 p....