Darren Botelho joined NBC10 Boston as weekend evening anchor in July of 2022.
Prior to NBC10 Boston, he was the weekend evening anchor at ABC6 in Providence, Rhode Island.
He's a native New Englander who received his journalism degree from the University of Maryland and his MBA from Clemson University.
He has also worked at stations in Lafayette, Louisiana, Asheville, North Carolina, and Tampa, Florida.
During his time as a television journalist, he has covered several major national stories, including the Charleston church shooting, the arrest of serial killer Todd Kohlhepp and the South Carolina 1,000-year flood of 2015.
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Video shows robotics team putting out fire at West Newbury school
Shocking video shows the moment a fire broke out at a Massachusetts school this weekend, and members of the robotics team putting out the flames. Saturday’s fire at Pentucket Regional High School in West Newbury caused classes to be canceled Monday and Tuesday. The school serves students from West Newbury, Groveland and Merrimac. Robotics instructor Mo Elhelw jumped into...
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MBTA celebrates success of contactless payment system
The MBTA has hit 10 million contactless payment taps since the launch of the new system back in August. The payment system allows riders to tap a credit card, phone payment app or watch to get onto a subway, trolley or bus. Ryan Coholan, chief operating officer at the MBTA, said the milestone is a sign of things to come…
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Subzero temps affecting the MBTA, schools and other commuters
The extreme cold gripping the region is having an impact on commuters in Massachusetts. The MBTA put out a warning Tuesday night that there are ongoing delays due to the effect these freezing temperatures have on the tracks. Crews will be available across the system to resolve any issues as they arise. Delays of 10 minutes or more were reported…
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Mass. cities to open warming centers during bitter cold stretch
A bitter cold stretch is moving into New England tonight, and cities are warning residents to prepare. In Boston, officials have issued a cold weather advisory from Tuesday through Sunday. The Boston Centers for Youth and Families community centers will be activated as warming centers. Boston city officials warned the coldest temperatures are expected between midnight and 6 a.m. A…
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Where will content creators go if TikTok gets banned?
There was still no decision on Wednesday from the Supreme Court over the looming TikTok ban, which pushed more users to an alternative—RedNote. Only a couple days into using the Chinese-based social media platform and Amanda Gallant, a full-time content creator from Massachusetts, already had more than 3,000 followers on RedNote. “It has been rapidly growing. It is the number…
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Soaring egg prices putting pressure on Mass. restaurants
An outbreak of bird flu is sending the price of eggs soaring for restaurant owners and shoppers in Massachusetts. Some restaurant owners are now paying about $100 for a case of 30 dozen eggs versus an average of $50 a case. “You’re really at the mercy of whoever’s controlling these commodity markets and it’s difficult, because we can’t just...
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Police investigate armed robbery of FedEx driver in Harvard
Police in Harvard, Massachusetts, say a FedEx driver was robbed Thursday afternoon by two men who threatened violence. The robbery happened on Stow Road just before 12:45 p.m., Harvard Police Chief James Babu said in a statement shared on Facebook. The driver was delivering a package to a home when a vehicle pulled up alongside his van. Two masked men…
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‘He's sorry': JetBlue passenger who opened door of taxiing plane in Boston charged
A person tried to open the door of a taxiing plane at Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday night, according to the airport. One person who was detained is due in court Wednesday.
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Free community college is straining schools as enrollment balloons, professor says
Loud and overcrowded classrooms are just some of the big problems Massachusetts community college professors say they dealt with this past semester with free community college now available in the state. “We are overcapacity. We have so many students and very few faculty and staff to support those students,” Lisa Heller Boragine, a professor at Cape Cod Community College and…
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Part of Copley Square Park has now reopened
A new year brings a newly renovated section of Copley Square Park in Boston. The reopened section of the park, on Wednesday, is the northeast triangle right between Boylston Street and Trinity Church. The rest of the project is still under wraps with the city spending about $18.9 million to make the park more enticing and accessible for more visitors….
