By Bryan Thao Worra

Innsmouth, MA - A 52-year-old Innsmouth landscaper clearing brush died of anaphylactic shock after apparently being stung more than five hundred times by a bee colony he disturbed with a backhoe.

Innsmouth police reports that the victim, Lazlo McKenzie, was allergic to bees and was discovered dead in a portable restroom on Monday, where he’d fled seeking safety from the furious swarm. McKenzie had been a resident of Innsmouth for more than twenty years. It was the fourth unusual death related to bee stings…

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By Bryan Thao Worra

Innsmouth, MA - The Innsmouth town council’s ongoing fight against graffiti took a new turn Wednesday.

The city will spend $13,000 to employ a contractor whose duties include removing graffiti as soon as it is spotted or reported.

“Graffiti is certainly becoming a bit more of an issue here in the town and before it gets too far along, I certainly would like to see if we can’t nip it in the bud,” said town councilwoman Jennifer King-Brown. “All of these ridiculous signs and symbols…

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By Maria Mitchell

Innsmouth, MA - In Innsmouth, it is a popular tradition to go to the Well of Tears, reputedly built by Rev. Gideon Samuels in 1755, and shed a few tears in times of grief. Apparently, tears are not the only thing getting shed in the well. A shed snake skin, measuring over 27 feet in diameter and eight inches in its thickest patches of girth, was found dangling over the edge of the well this morning. Local landscaper, Ian Gilman, found the skin after…

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This week, we continue with spoilers from V and Supernatural:

V (Tuesday nights, 10pm, ABC)
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Probably the biggest spoiler is that Jane Badler (whom we interviewed last week) is joining the cast of the new V. TV Guide broke the news, explaining that Anna “is keeping her mother prisoner on the mother ship in a never-before-seen section that has been designed to look like the Visitors’ home planet.” Jane Badler played the evil Diana in the original series and fans had been campaigning to get her on the new…

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By Bryan Thao Worra

Innsmouth, MA - Recent reports from Maine and Rhode Island on the presence of Whiptail Turtles in their waters are cause for concern for Innsmouth city officials, who convened a press conference on Tuesday.

According to town officials, Whiptail Turtles have not been collected by Innsmouth fisheries, or reported caught by fishers in Innsmouth waters, but they have been found in a pet shop and several home aquariums. Our sources warned that these and other invasive species could become established in Innsmouth and are…

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By Doug McCool

Innsmouth, MA - Professor Steven Miles, the newest faculty member of Arkham University’s Center for Marine Sciences, will be leading a small group of students on a research assignment to the exotic Blood Falls in the Taylor Glacier area of Antarctica. The group is making its final preparations and is set to depart for Christchurch, New Zealand on Thursday, June 24. Three graduate students were selected over the course of the previous term by a committee consisting of Professor Miles, Marine Center Director Dennis…

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