Early Edition With Joe Mathieu

Henry Santoro is in once again for the vacationing Joe Mathieu. We preview the Curiosity Desk’s look at the origins of the “Right on Red” law and get you ready for Morning Edition with this morning’s news of the day.

The great Henry Santoro is back in the big chair for Joe Mathieu today on WGBH’s Early Edition. Andrew is back from a week off and in for Karen as the long summer of vacations begin to wind down. Chris Sale of the Red Sox may avoid surgery and that makes Henry wonder if physical therapists are actually fond of torture. And we get you ready for your day with all the news you need at 4:50AM.

Henry Santoro is in for Joe Mathieu

President Trump takes a crack at a protesters weight at New Hampshire rally and there are small children flying around the North End.

None of the equipment was working. Sound quality is low. Laughs are HIGH.

The MBTA orange line is rolling out new trains for the first time in 40 years! The BIG WGBH softball game recap.

PSL is back...(too soon?)After 101 years, George's Coney Island Hot Dogs is ready to take cold hard plastic. Red Sox keep with the norm.

The street sign for Old Town Road in Wellesley keeps getting stolen, August skiing in New Hampshire

Joe, Karen and Brendan look at the storms that shortened the Red Sox game and shortened some of our sleep cycles. The sharks were back on the Cape again and closer than ever to swimmers. Another derailment on the MBTA went down and the big camping trip along the Merrimack River continues for Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera. Plus the famous Red Arrows are finally coming back to Boston.

Another episode of Early Edition with Joe Mathieu is in the books, and we gave you everything you need to start your day. Joe went without sleep but he’s still chipper on a morning we declare that the Red Sox have officially quit on the season. Oil Can Boyd was out in Worcester… Tom Brady’s home in Brookline is for sale, and he starts his day with a daily massage, but probably a painful massage. And Boston really loves the Encore Casino. All that and more on today’s Early Edition.

Wake up with another Early Edition on WGBH Radio. Joe, Karen and Brendan discuss the morning news… including yet another day on the farm for Congressman Jim McGovern. Plus the sun goes down earlier now but we’re all still very much sleep deprived.

Karen returns from a short vacation to join Joe and Brendan for the best 10 minutes in Boston radio… WGBH’s Early Edition. This morning we wonder what the heck happened to the Red Sox this past weekend in the Bronx… Brendan didn’t sleep last night as he returned from the Cape, where beaches were closed for much of the weekend for the most shark sightings in Massachusetts in recent memory.