Time Capsule Unearthed

September 9th, 2010

As part of Marlborough’s 350th Celebration and Labor Day Weekend festivities, a 60 year old time capsule was unearthed at the Marlborough Public Library.

Founding Documents

September 9th, 2010

On Thursday the 2nd of September Secretary of the Commonwealth, Bill Galvin, came to Marlborough and presented the Mayor with the original documents for the town’s founding and when it became a city. This was in honor of Marlborough’s 350th Celebration.

Successful Parade Coverage

September 6th, 2010

Excellent job by our staff and freelancers today on the live Labor Day Parade coverage!  Sue Leeber and Kristen Doucet did their usual great job of calling the parade.  Rob O’Keefe did a good job in his Parade directing debut!  And the rest of the crew (Kelly McLaughlin, Mike Lawton, Alec Palmer, Jim Coggins, Justin Petty, Rick Doty and Dan Guindon) did great!

If you want to see the play times for the parade on WMCT for the next two weeks click here.

WMCT To Cover Bed Race Live

September 4th, 2010

WMCT-TV is proud to announce that they will have a crew covering the Lions Club Bed Race at 9am on Labor Day morning. Usually, the staff is busy with technical set up for the parade, which reaches the WMCT-TV location shortly after noon.
“We have a really strong crew that will handle all that needs to be done. That will allow for several of us to focus on the Bed Race,” said Executive Director, Dan Guindon.
The idea of covering the race live was Program Director, Rob O’Keefe’s. He will handle the play-by-play operations while Guindon, Producer Mike Lawton and Crew Member, Jim Coggins will run camera for the event.
“It will be great. We’re looking forward to adding the race to our usual coverage,” stated O’Keefe.

A Day In The Life Has A New Host

August 26th, 2010

After A Day In The Life and Movie House host, Alexandra Rosenfeld announced she was leaving a few weeks ago, WMCT was left with a couple holes to fill. One of them, according to Executive Director Dan Guindon, has now been filled.

Local Marlborough resident, Melanie Francis will become the new host of A Day In The Life when it begins it’s new season in November.
“Melanie has been working as a reporter for Marlborough This Week, so bringing her in to A Day In The Life should be an easy transition, ” stated Guindon.

Francis said she’s really excited to become the host of one of WMCT’s most established shows. Having worked with the staff of WMCT she is comfortable moving ahead as part of this production.

A replacement host for Movie House has yet to be announced. Guindon said they are working on it.

Fireworks For Labor Day Weekend

August 3rd, 2010

Thanks to a donation made by St Mary’s Credit Union, Marlborough will have fireworks on Labor Day Weekend!

WMCT Says Goodbye To Al

July 26th, 2010
Alexandra Rosenfeld

Alexandra Rosenfeld

On Friday, A Day In The Life and Movie House host, Alexandra Rosenfeld notified WMCT that she is moving to Indiana to further her career in broadcasting.

“We wish Al the best, of course, but at the same time we are sad to see her go,” stated WMCT Executive Director Dan Guindon. “She was a big part of our family here for a couple years. She’ll be missed…and hard to replace.”

Rosenfeld had become a fixture in WMCT viewer homes on holidays when Movie House would run holiday marathons of it’s successful program.

Guindon went on to say that he and Program Director, Rob O’Keefe would begin the process of looking for replacements to host Movie House and A Day In The Life sometime in early August.

All-New A Day In The Life Episode!

July 14th, 2010

The crew of A Day In The Life completed a shoot with the Marlborough Fire Department. The new episode will start airing Sunday, July 18th at 7pm! We covered a lot of training exercises and even an 8 alarm fire! You need to watch this so you can really understand how much goes into a day in the life of a fire fighter!

Here is a sample of the new episode:

Building Collapse Footage

June 26th, 2010

Rob O’Keefe’s Footage:

Building Collapsed!

June 26th, 2010

The building just collapsed! Dan Guindon and Rob O’Keefe are working on getting that footage to us so we can put it on the web site. Stay tuned…