By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


Mayor orders ‘Hingham Bay’ renamed to ‘Gulf of Weymouth’

MassLive reports that Weymouth Mayor Bob Hedlund has signed a Facebook decree announcing plans to change the name ‘Hingham Bay’ to the ‘Gulf of Weymouth,’ accusing Hingham of having ‘culturally appropriated’ the body of water and vowing the ‘North Weymouth Navy’ will respond to any military action undertaken by Hingham, which he described as merely a colony of “New Yorkers employed in financial services in Boston.” … 

Btw – WCVB is on the story.

Btw II – Why do they call it the ‘Gulf of Maine’? I’m not sure I like that.

Published by