Sound Bites, Friday: West Nile Virus, Cocaine Bologna

Published August 27, 2010

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino with an unidentified woman and chicken on Friday at the city’s first free-range chicken farm, on Long Island in Boston Harbor. (City of Boston)

Menino with unidentified woman, chicken

I swear, there is no shortage of weird news in this town. In reverse order of weirdness:

  • Boston’s first case of West Nile Virus has been reported. The victim will be OK. (Universal Hub)
  • Aijalon Gomes is home from North Korea. (Globe)
  • A man on a scooter died after colliding with a car near BC. Sad. (BPD)
  • Mayor Menino christened the city’s free-range chicken farm. (Mayor’s Office)
  • A prankster fashioned a fake shark fin out of Styrofoam and duct tape, prompting people near Somerset to call 911 and report a shark sighting. (Fall River Herald News via Bostonist)
  • A Holyoke man was arrested for a kilogram of cocaine found hidden in bologna. (AP)

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