Normally, Michael Spicher would see plenty of vehicles - and downtown Boston - when he looks out his window over Old Colony Avenue in South Boston. At 8:45 a.m., though, he saw neither.
Up in Revere, meanwhile, RadRebe watched the angry sea: Read more.
BD Riccio captured a trio of Revere Parks and Rec workers today helping to celebrate Revere Beach's 125th anniversary as the nation's first public beach.
But until then, these two fish will have to keep watching people eating roast-beef sandwiches and fries on one of the pavilions at Revere Beach.
A seagull tried to figure out how to down half a bagel at Revere Beach this afternoon.
Matt Frank isn't usually up at the crack of dawn, but he was this morning and headed over to Revere Beach for some photos.
WBZ reports the snor'easter washed zillions of clams up onto Revere Beach, providing an all-you-can-eat buffet for area gulls. The station cautions the clams are not good eatin' for people, though - they might be contaminated.
State Police report a 17-year-old from East Boston was stabbed in a fight between two groups of youths at Eliot Circle at the southern end of Revere Beach around 7:45 p.m.
State Police say he was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition.
Matt Frank watched crews today putting down traffic barrels up and down Revere Beach Boulevard to keep people from parking there, then stuck around for some people watching (at a proper social distance, with a zoom lens, of course).
Just not enough social distancing going on, so the city "encouraged" Kelly's and other eateries along Revere Beach Boulevard to stop doing takeout and all agreed, the city reports.
Also, Mayor Brian Arrigo slowly drove along the beach with a bullhorn, yelling at people to keep their distance. The city reported 83 Covid-19 cases as of today, up from just 8 at the beginning of the week.
Kelly's, the Revere Beach landmark with outlets in Danvers, Saugus and Medford, has set up a subsidiary called Kelly's Roast Beef Franchising, LLC, whose purpose should be obvious from the name, but just in case, if you call up the certificate of organization, its purpose is defined: Read more.
Awaiting rescue. Photo by Paul Koolloian.
Paul Koolloian reports a man somehow wound up on a rock out by the Breakers off Revere Beach this evening, where he awaited rescue by firefighters from Revere Ladder 1.
Greg Cook took in the annual sand-sculpture festival at Revere Beach today. It runs through Sunday.
The Revere Journal reports the city Conservation Commission has banned animal burials on the beach. No, there hasn't been a rush by residents to say farewell to their pets by the water; the commission was reacting to the way the state buried a 25-foot-long, decomposing humpback whale under the sand last fall. City officials say next time, the state had just better find another way to dispose of large decomposing carcasses.
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