By David Abel For years, fishermen from Gloucester to New Bedford have accused the federal government of relying on faulty science to assess the health of the region’s cod population, a fundamental flaw that has greatly exaggerated its demise, they say, and led officials to wrongly ban nearly all fishing of the iconic species. The […]
January 15, 2016 by foodsafeguru
By Kristi Palma School officials closed Timony Grammar School in Methuen Friday due to a stomach virus, according to a school district statement. Timony is the only school in the district that is closed. Methuen School District Superintendent Judith Scannell told the Boston Herald 142 students were out sick Wednesday, and 186 students and 32 […]
August 31, 2013 by foodsafeguru
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) announced the closure of oyster beds in Plymouth Harbor, Kingston Bay, Duxbury Bay, Bluefish River and Back River in the towns of Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury and Marshfield following an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) tied […]
April 3, 2017 by foodsafeguru
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