With boating season fully underway, we have updated our post from last year about navigational dangers of Boston Harbor. This year, we have included photos. Click here for the link!

There will soon be no more than four road races a year in South Boston if a proposal by the area's representative in the Massachusetts legislature passes.

As Boston.com reports, South Boston Representative Nick Collins is advocating a cap of four races a year that would require at least partial closing of two much-used roads in South Boston. One of those roads, Day Boulevard, runs along Boston Harbor, and is the most popular place to stage races in the area.

We're getting ready to do some serious flounder fishing, but instead of plying those once rich with flounder places on the Piscataqua River and the coves and back bays connected to it, we'll probably head to Boston Harbor, where flounder fishing has returned to almost its once greatness while ours here hasn't seen that much of a recovery. The two bright spots on the New Hampshire coastline seem to be Rye Harbor and the waters just off the harbor and the Hampton Harbor and also the waters just off the harbors. But even at their best they can't match what goes on in Boston.

Although many have never heard of it, next month marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Boston Harbor.

That event was an important morale boost for the British during the War of 1812, and next weekend the Old Burying Ground Foundation is hosting a public event to commemorate the outcome of the action between the HMS Shannon and the USS Chesapeake.