Permalink: https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2142<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong> on THIS ITEM?<\/strong> See the<\/em> Comment box<\/strong> at bottom of this page!<\/em> As if Boston’s warm-ish, nearly snowless winter wasn’t enough of a clue that something weird is going on, a local resident spotted a porpoise in Dorchester Bay last week — a normal event in Spring, not February. 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