Chaiel Schaffel

Feb 10, 2024 | wbznewsradio.iheart.com | Chaiel Schaffel

The Pangea Shellfish oyster crew flips bags of young oysters to help them breathe.Photo: Chaiel Schaffel/WBZ NewsRadioDUXBURY, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — The frigid water of Duxbury Bay climbs up past the knee on the dark green rubber waders of the oyster flippers. The sand beneath everyone’s feet feels something like Play-Doh, and you get stuck if you stay in one spot too long. But the crew out here, with the Boston-based Pangea Shellfish Company, doesn’t have time to stand still.

Dec 11, 2023 | wbznewsradio.iheart.com | Chaiel Schaffel

Photo: Getty Images SHREWSBURY, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — It's a light in the dark for one local Jewish community. Residents of Shrewsbury are pitching in to help rebuild a destroyed menorah on the town common in time for the end of Hanukkah. Rabbi Shmulik Fogelman runs the Chabad of Shrewsbury. He told WBZ NewsRadio the seven-foot candelabra was found wrecked on Monday morning.

Nov 30, 2023 | wbznewsradio.iheart.com | Chaiel Schaffel

Rabbi Charlie Schwartz poses in front of the bar at Lehrhaus in Somerville.Photo: Chaiel Schaffel/WBZ NewsRadioSOMERVILLE, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — It’s hard to narrow down a Yiddish word to describe Lehrhaus in Somerville. But if you had to pick, it would probably be heimish; “homey.”The self-styled “Jewish tavern and house of learning” opened up this past spring on Washington Street, straddling the Camberville line.

Oct 26, 2023 | wbznewsradio.iheart.com | Bea Aldrich |Chaiel Schaffel

Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. Photo: Getty Images BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Boston is a historic city, right down to its sewer system. The area uses something called Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) — an invention that cropped up in the late 19th century. Those sewers were cutting edge around the turn of the century, but they're now starting to show their age. Combined Sewer Overflows are called "combined" because they let waste water and storm water flow into basically the same pipes.

Aug 7, 2023 | thebull1017.iheart.com | Chaiel Schaffel

A stand of Japanese knotweed across the street from Jen Hunter's house.Photo: Chaiel Schaffel/WBZ NewsRadioMEDFORD, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A suburban backyard isn’t the likeliest place for a battlefield. But just under Jen Hunter’s feet, there’s a war raging. Native plants are battling invasive ones for space, sunlight, and nutrients. And just over the property line, the invaders are handily winning. A Native Oasis in InvasivelandHunter has turned the small West Medford plot into a native nirvana.