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Gray whale, species extinct in Atlantic Ocean for 200 years, seen off Nantucket
A gray whale was spotted recently off the Massachusetts coast in what experts call an "incredibly rare event."
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Matt Schooley is a digital producer at CBS Boston, producing content for WBZ-TV, CBS News Boston, and cbsnews.com. Matt has been a member of the WBZ news team for the last decade.
Matt is a graduate of Springfield College in Massachusetts, where he studied communications and sports journalism. He has previous journalism experience at Neighborhood News in New Hampshire, as well as creating local news content for Patch sites throughout Middlesex County.
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