The Latest Breaking News from Boston Harbor

In the 1990s, Boston sent nearly a quarter of the Big Dig's 16 million cubic yards of soil to a burning former dump island and helped turn it into a park

Boston’s massive Big Dig project produced more than 16 million cubic yards of soil, and nearly a quarter of it was sent to Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor. The island was once a city dump where methane gas caused underground fires. The soil helped cap the old landfill, reshape the…

The Times of India · Aug 10

3 rescued and fuel spilled from fishing boat stuck in Boston Harbor

The Coast Guard says a commercial fishing boat got stuck in Boston Harbor, necessitating the rescue of three people and potentially releasing thousands of gallons of fuel into the harbor

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025

Campus protests are part of an enduring legacy of civil disobedience improving American democracy

They didn’t illegally camp out in local parks or on college campuses, as many protesters did across the U.S. recently. But back in 1773, the Boston Tea Partiers broke the law when they protested British Colonial taxes by throwing tea into Boston Harbor.

The Conversation · May 22, 2024