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Watch Live: Boston Celtics 2024 championship duck boat parade
BOSTON – The Celtics are NBA champions, and on Friday they’re being celebrated throughout the streets of Boston with a duck boat parade.
A celebration that is not open to fans will take place inside TD Garden at 10 a.m.
The parade is scheduled to begin around 11 a.m. Once the duck boats turn onto Causeway Street, the Celtics will continue past City Hall Plaza while also rolling by Boston Common on Tremont Street.
You can watch WBZ’s Celtics Parade of Champions, Sponsored by TD Bank, when it begins around 10 a.m., by clicking on the video player above.
Players, coaches and other guests on the duck boats will make their way to the conclusion of the parade route on Boylston Street near Hynes Convention Center.
A complete list of street closures for the parade are available by clicking here. Parking restrictions will also be in place throughout the day.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said she and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll will be among those cheering on the Celtics.
“It’s awesome for the city, awesome for the state, and as a couple former basketball players who grew up watching the Celtics in the 80s, we’re pumped,” Healey said. “It’ll be a great celebration, not just for the city and Massachusetts, but really for the whole region. Kudos to the Celtics team, because they are a team on and off the court. I can see just in the last 18 months since we’ve been on this job how committed they are to doing things in our community and being just great role models.
Boston, MA
First oyster farm on Boston’s South Shore now selling to chefs around the country
DUXBURY — An oyster farm south of Boston is shipping their harvest around the country.
Island Creek Oysters of Duxbury was the first oyster farm on the South Shore.
“We spawn oysters, so people get blown away by that process. We’re creating oysters here,” boat captain Dave May told WBZ-TV.
Growing oysters
“They’re grown on the bottom in the mud and so they have an earthier taste to them,” May said. “There’s really cold, nutrient-rich water out there and when the water here goes out, six hours later it comes back in, it’s new water. And so the oysters are never really sitting in the same water for more than a day.”
Different oyster varieties are grown at three separate farms in Duxbury, but the originals are the Island Creek.
The popular “Row 34” oysters are grown six inches off the bay’s floor in the Aunt Dotty in a farm a little further away.
“They get the first taste of the cold Atlantic water as it rushes on the tide cycle,” May said. “They’re a little brinier, little sweeter.”
The oyster-growing process begins in the hatchery. First they start in a lab, then they’re fed algae before they’re moved to Duxbury Bay to finish growing in cages.
National oyster business
But the oysters aren’t just popular locally. They’re sold to businesses as far away as Napa, California.
Island Creek’s CEO Chris Sherman said that they “distribute now to 700-800 chefs around the country.”
From Island Creek’s raw bar, restaurants, tours and shucking lessons, the farm has established a name for itself locals have trusted for almost 30 years. They run tours from May to September.
“Coastal communities is really at the heart of what we do,” Sherman told WBZ. “It’s our mission as an organization to grow thriving coastal communities.”
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Creighton's Baylor Scheierman selected 30th overall by Boston Celtics in NBA Draft
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Creighton’s Baylor Scheierman was selected 30th overall by the Boston Celtics in Wednesday’s NBA Draft.
The Aurora, Nebraska native celebrated with over 100 friends, family and teammates gathered at Let It Fly Sports Bar in downtown Omaha.
Scheierman averaged 18.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists for a Bluejays team that reached the Sweet 16 in his fifth season of college basketball. He also became the first player in NCAA Division I history to score 2,000 points, and tally 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists and 300 three pointers in a career.
As impressive as Scheierman was in his Bluejays career, his draft stock took off after his performance at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago. The 23-year-old turned heads with not only his shooting ability, but his passing skills and defensive flashes, prompting ESPN’s Jonathan Givony to declare him ‘the best player on the floor’ in his first combine scrimmage.
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