Massachusetts reports another EEE human case, horse tests positive too: ‘Prevent mosquito bites’
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Car fire again shuts I-93 south in Boston’s O’Neill Tunnel
A car fire briefly closed part of I-93 in the Tip O’Neill Tunnel under Boston, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said Thursday.
Southbound traffic was halted by fire at Exit 16B, the agency said, before announcing about 50 minutes later that the highway was fully reopened.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether anyone was hurt in the incident, which happened at the height of rush hour. Surveillance footage from the scene showed flames pouring from the hood of a car.
It’s the second car fire in the same side of the O’Neill Tunnel in three days. On Tuesday afternoon at Exit 16A, a massive ball of flames erupted from under the hood of a white SUV, as seen in MassDOT video, shutting down the highway for nearly half an hour.
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Police in Milford and Bellingham investigate thefts of 3 puppies
Police in two neighboring Massachusetts towns are investigating the thefts of puppies.
The first incident occurred Saturday in Bellingham, where two men were seen on surveillance video walking around a North Street home. Two micro American Bul…
Worden Hall in South Boston is closed; exact status unknown
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.]
A restaurant and bar in South Boston known in part for its extensive beer and whiskey options is locked up and dark, and it isn’t known what the future holds for the place.
Accord…
Second human case of EEE confirmed in Mass.
A second human case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in Massachusetts, state health officials said Thursday.
The case is a woman in her 30s, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, which said the woma…
Meet (or adopt!) Moodini, the steer that spent 2 months on the lam in Boston
A bovine escape artist is in need of a new, presumably very secure home after evading capture in Boston’s woods for two months.
The Hereford steer, who was finally captured last week after being reported missing in the city’s Roslindale neighborhood on June 22, has been named Moodini, the MSPCA said Thursday as it put out a search for someone with experience raising cattle to adopt the animal.
Now living at the animal welfare group’s Nevins Farm facility in Methuen, Moodini is healthy, if “a little thin, which isn’t surprising considering he’s been living in the woods in Boston for weeks,” said Kaycie McCarthy, Nevins Farm’s equine and farm animal outreach and rescue manager, in a statement.
“Moodini is also a little skeptical of humans right now, which makes sense given that he’s been living feral in the woods for months,” she added. “But we know that he’ll open up and be a great addition to the right family, and we want to find them now, so he’s able to start his new life as soon as he’s ready!”
Boston Animal Care and Control announced the animal’s capture on Tuesday, saying it had remained hidden in thick bushes until a temporary pen could be built for the steer to be lured into with food and water.
MSPCA officials shared more on the complex capture, which required 12 people, including a Parks Department employee to chainsaw through thick trees. Moodini’s temporary pen was eventually opened and he walked the length of a football field through livestock panels to get to the MSPCA trailer.
“We don’t often get calls about large animals loose in a city, and when we do, it’s usually for wild animals like a moose or a bear, maybe a horse that escaped from a fenced in area,” McCarthy said. “So, this was new territory for us!”
The rescue agency said that Moodini’s capture clarified that Nevins Farm needs an $8,000 squeeze chute, a device used to examine cattle, and is also asking for one to be donated.
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