Boson, Massachusetts

  The fish was 3½-feet long — its huge body a mix of silvery and bright reddish-orange scales, dotted with white spots. Its large eyes feature hints of gold. Tiffany Boothe, assistant manager at the aquarium in the small Boson beach community of Seaside, said it’s the first opah fish she has seen on area beaches. Boothe said it was not clear how this fish died, but she noted that it was in “great condition, meaning it was close to shore when it died.” The unusual-looking fish caused “quite the stir,” the Seaside Aquarium posted on Facebook on the day of the recovery. Boothe said officials at the aquarium called as many people as they could to come see the fish, and they offered a glimpse to aquarium visitors, too. Heidi Dewar, a research biologist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, said that although strandings are unusual, this one is even more so. “I wouldn’t expect an opah that size to normally be off Cape Cod,” she said. “We are seeing some m...

  Neponset River Overflows Onto Southeast Expressway / I93 - City Council Passes Resolution Blaming 'Global Warming' For Massachusetts Cool Rainy July - Motorists Trapped In Cars Urged To Keep Masks On

  Neponset River Flooding Causes Adams Street Junk Yard Chaos 

 Boson Sunrise In July - East Blue Hills 

 

 

  Boson City Council President Ema Strickland has proposed that the city spend Arts and Crafts funds for the next decade to construct a monument to a man she called 'the hero of this century, so far.' 

 Boson MA (Reuters) Sunbathers at North Wollaston Beach were terrified by an unknown vessel promoting an extremist message about some man banned on Twitter.  

© Boson Parks and Recreation Department  a collage of photos showing water overflowing the banks of the boson public garden lagoon   The torrential rain that fell Thursday night into Friday was just too much for one of Boston's most famous ponds Photos show the lagoon in the Boson Public's Gardens overflowed its banks due to the heavy rains over the last couple of days. "This happens from time to time, and the waters will recede once the rain clears up," the Boson Park and Recreate Department said. Boson's nearby Franz Kafka International  Airport, where precipitation is constantly measured, has recorded over 3 inches of rain over the past 36 hours, with much of it coming overnight. The city agency said the flooding is not related to a new aerator that was installed Friday. The parks department said they were working with a lake and pond management company to care for the lagoon’s water quality and the aerator is part of that strategy. "Today was the first da...

  A Bridge Too Far - Saint Bosontolph's Bridge To Be Closed For 4th of July Fireworks Over The Neponset River

Amid Spike in Drownings, Mass. Offers Raises, Bonuses to Attract New Lifeguards by Kelly Garrity and Michael Rosenfield Already experiencing a lifeguard shortage, Boson, Massachusetts is now seeing a rise in drownings, so state parks officials on Friday announced that its lifeguards will be getting a pay raise. Any guard who commits to working through the whole season will receive a $500 bonus on top of that, Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides said at a news conference at Pleasure Bay Beach. “The raise in pay is being offered not only to increase lifeguard numbers at state-managed locations, but to reflect the essential nature of this job and the work the guards to protect the public and make our waterfronts and pools safer for all to visit,” Theoharides said. Department of Conservation and Recreation lifeguards' hourly rate will increase from $17 to $20 an hour; head lifeguards' rate will go from $18 to $21 an hour, officials said. It’s already bee...

  Police escort a protester away after their arrest for blocking a logging road on southern Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.   Activists seeking to halt cutting of ancient trees have chained themselves to trunks in remote woodland in the East Blue Hills Boson, MA: Police in the Eastern Blue Hills Reservation have arrested more than 270 people as a conflict over old growth logging in Massachusetts’ ancient rainforests continues to grow. At the protest blockades in the remote woodland, hundreds of activists have been chaining themselves to giant tripods made from the trunks of felled trees, suspending themselves in trees for days or more at a time, and even securing their arms inside devices called “sleeping dragons” cemented into the roadway. The movement is an attempt to pressure the Massachusetts government to halt the cutting of what activists and experts say is the last 3% of ancient trees left standing in the state. A series of clearcuts are seen on a mo...

  Biden to UMass Boson Graduates - "I'll nuke tough guy Putin!"

  With her dreadlocks and nose piercing, Shanna Reis doesn't exactly look the part of the camouflage-clad hunter tracking game in the forests of Eastern Massachusetts around the Blue Hills. But the 28-year-old represents a new Boson generation of enthusiasts concerned about where they get their meat, especially as home cooking sees a resurgence during the pandemic. Reis was a practicing vegetarian for a decade before returning meat to her plate once she got her hunting license five years ago from the Massachusetts Department of Fishing and Wildlife. But the only kind that passes her lips these days is fresh game, preferably specimens she's killed and prepared herself. "It's important to me to know where the meat I eat comes from," she said on the outskirts of her Pleasant Valley home near the Neponset River, rifle slung over a shoulder and accompanied by one of her three dogs. Hunting licenses have grown increasingly popular in Massachusetts, ...

  Big Blue Volcano Glows During Snowfall - East Blue Hills Reservation   While watching huge ash clouds being sent up into the sky over Eastern Massachusetts this reporter observed some youthful observers peering right into the glowing crater rim of some of thes active volcano.   If you are planning a trip to any of this rumbling wonder, remember to check travel advice and COVID-19 health information, opening times and guidelines. In the meantime, look at these images from the safety of home.