
Fire and firetrucks light up the sky. Photo by Ryan.
Boston firefighters responded to the Fens off Boylston Street around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday for what turned out to be a dumpster fire, not the more traditional spring brush fire, which may have become a thing of the past, anyway, now that the reeds have all been cut down.
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Dumpster Fire in Fenway
By Pete X
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:00am
At first I thought you were talking about the Red Sox pitching staff
Best ERA in the majors!
By CH
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:36am
Best ERA in the majors!
Environmental Tzars have more
By Rwgfy
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:11am
Environmental Tzars have more important things to do.
Cool moment
By Michael
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 2:23pm
You don't usually see the subject of a UH story come in to the comments, so it's special to actually hear from the dumpster fire
11:30 PM?
By Rob
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:25am
11:30 PM?
What was the deal with all the news choppers circling the South End around 6 PM, then?
I don't think those were news
By _Sean
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:08am
I don't think those were news choppers last night. I saw two of them flying almost in tandem, so I'd guess it's shots for a movie...?
That sounds plausible.
By Rob
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:03pm
That sounds plausible.
The two I saw (one with a TV station logo (I thought) and one looked more like the Target logo than anything else (I had a bad angle)) did look like they were flying unusually closely.
Helicopters
By anon
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:43pm
Helicopters were circling the Northeastern campus when the police in riot gear arrived.
Obviously, the news crew were waiting for another brutal incident like what happened at Emerson College at 2 am that morning and at other college campuses around the country.
Fortunately, there was enough push back upon the Mayor from city councilors and the press that Boston Police were removed from the campus.
Those were filming the police
By CH
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:35am
Those were filming the police interacting with protestors at Northeastern.
coverage of the Gaza Protest Encampment at Northeastern
By Irma la Douce
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 1:42pm
The choppers first appeared at mid afternoon and were circling/hovering for several hours. BPD was also present, though they eventually left.
https://huntnewsnu.com/77671/campus/northeastern-p...
So the city cuts them down
By Don't Panic
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:26am
So the city cuts them down every year? I heard that type of reed was particularly persistent.
No more reeds
By FenwayRyan
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:35am
The reeds are gone and the Muddy River is visible again! A years long project finished removing them last year...hopefully for good, but we'll see. They have a plan in place to treat any new shoots for the next few years. Phragmites are no joke :(
https://www.muddyrivermmoc.org/
Sadly, the reeds still haven
By _Sean
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:06am
Sadly, the reeds still haven't been completely eradicated. It looks infinitely better, but I really hope there's a plan to get the remaining ones...before they spread and in a few years it's back to what it looked like before.
Where?
By Jiggles
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:44pm
Any photos? All the reporting I’ve seen states they have been eradicated and there’s a plan in place to immediately attack anything new that sprouts up.
Are you saying they have come back, or they were never fully eradicated in the first place?
I don't have pics, but if you
By _Sean
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 9:34pm
I don't have pics, but if you walk around the Fens park, there are at least two areas that still have reeds growing back this year (although admittedly not nearly as bad as before in either location).
one word
By Rodentia
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 1:29pm
Nutria
Are you the Ryan who took the photo?
By Irma la Douce
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 1:43pm
Awesome job.
'twas I
By FenwayRyan
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 8:19pm
Thanks!
The Donna Reeds?
By Friartuck
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:43am
/s
If ever there was a time to
By Rob
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:00pm
If ever there was a time to clutch pearls - this would be it!
LOL
By Friartuck
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:32pm
Spring weather and everyone is itching for Pride a bit early
It’s a lot less hot in the Fens these days.
By Jiggles
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:39pm
Not nearly as fun!
Oh
By JDC
Fri, 04/26/2024 - 4:23pm
The entire Fens is a dumpster fire.
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