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And now your WPRI twelve forecast, brought to you by Family Heating and Cooling in Westport.

We'll see sunshine giving way to some clouds around the South Coast this afternoon.

High temperatures will be up around sixty degrees.

Partly to mostly cloudy tonight.

I'm sure there'll be some more news coming out about that later on.

Uh, if, you know, it is, has anything to do with local folks, we'll have something for you at WBSM.com and on the WBSM app.

If it's, if it's not the immediate South Coast area, I'm sure Tim Dunn will have coverage for you, uh, at the Boston Herald.

So but basically, you know, we don't have the time or resources to cover stories that are outside of our area, and our audience goes to other places for those stories.

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[instrumental music] Hello, and welcome to the SouthCoast Artist Index, where artists, performers, and writers, as well as curators, directors, and supporters, anyone with ties to the creative community drops by to introduce themselves to you.

We'll talk about their beginnings, their vision, their passion, and so much more.

And now, here's our host for today's podcast, Max Wickemeyer.

[instrumental music] Hello.

My name is Max Wickemeyer, and I am podcaster for the SouthCoast Artist Index podcast series, which entertains our listeners for close, personal, and informative conversations of the amazing creative community in the SouthCoast, Massachusetts.

This program provides an historical legacy for individuals and groups so that the critical learnings of our stories will remain bright and alive.

Today, we will hear from Eric Beauregard.

Liz and her wife, Bev Bocelli, have been together for 38 years.

They organized the Marriage Equality Coalition of the South Coast to help secure marriage equality in Massachusetts.

Their leadership earned them the Massachusetts LGBTQ Plus Legislative Caucus Commonwealth Pride Award for [laughs] LGBTQ plus excellence on the hill.

Liz is now retired after a long career as a community organizer and registered nurse in central North Carolina and throughout Cape Cod and the islands.

She helped empower others to build stronger and safer communities and to develop programs that meet the needs of others.

Grassroots organizing has been Liz's way of turning values into action.

Today, that same spirit has found a home in the South Coast of Massachusetts.

Actively involved in the South Coast Rail Trail, an avid cyclist, Liz is deeply interested in providing opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy the diversity and beauty of the region.

And now your WPRI 12 forecast brought to you by Family Heating and Cooling in Westport.

It'll be warmer today with a mixture of sunshine and clouds around the South Coast.

There's the chance for a shower this afternoon, but much of the day will be dry.

High temperatures in the mid to upper seventies, and it will be a little bit humid too.

So that's today's key takeaway, brought to you by All Security Co in New Bedford.

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All right, I'm going to give away to Chris McCarthy in South Coast now.

Uh, Chris, you got the mayor coming in today? I do.

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We've got more of a summer-like feel out there along the South Coast for your Friday.

Seventies for the coastline, near eighty across inland areas, looking at sunshine, some late-day clouds, a few passing showers or even a thunderstorm possible later on.

For tonight, we'll see any early showers give way to drier conditions overnight.

Because when those voter totals get higher, when those voter perce- turnout percentages get higher, that's gonna make people s- sit up and notice, especially if you go from say, you know, 15% to, to 35%.

They'd say, "Wow, look at that big jump.

People are really engaged in, in the new greater New Bedford area on the South Coast of Massachusetts." And all it takes is just spending half an hour out of your day to go vote on Election Day or, you know, in advance or by mail, however you do it, but just do it.

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Moments ago we said to you Steve Martin and Martin Short are headlining Foxwoods tonight.

Those two starred with their friend Chevy Chase in what 1986 comedy? For the answer, we head all the way down to the beautiful South Coast of Massachusetts.

It's Justin in Westport.

Good morning, Justin.