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By adamg - 10/4/18 - 2:47 pm
Seagull and seagull poop atop one of the towers of the Longfellow Bridge

A disgusted citizen files a 311 complaint about the condition of the tops of the newly rebuilt seasoning shakers along the Longfellow Bridge:

Lovely seagull poop on all 4 towers of the beautiful Longfellow bridge.

By adamg - 8/2/18 - 7:17 pm
Ominous skies over the Charles

Rory Nolan watched storm clouds move in over the Charles shortly before 6 p.m.

By adamg - 7/6/18 - 9:27 pm
Sunset over MIT

Caitlin loved the sunset this evening:

The storms have taken the heat and humidity and left us another amazing sunset.

Across the river, Chris Wagner also enjoyed the sunset in Allston: Read more.

By adamg - 7/6/18 - 4:46 pm
Bald Eagle in West Roxbury overlooking the Charles River

At the very end of Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury, just behind the last building in the industrial park there, is a dead tree that towers over everything else. This afternoon, a bald eagle perched up there for a long time, taking in the view over the Charles River, the train tracks and the banks of Millennium Park.

By adamg - 7/5/18 - 9:03 am
Fireworks on July Fourth in Boston

David Parsons watched the July Fourth fireworks shot off from the Mass. Ave. Bridge. Read more.

By adamg - 7/2/18 - 12:24 pm

The body of a 59-year-old Boston man was recovered from the Charles River near the Longfellow Bridge this morning, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 6/25/18 - 8:45 pm
Sunset from the BU Bridge

Petra A. took in the sunset from the BU Bridge this evening.

By adamg - 6/22/18 - 9:05 pm
Fiery sunset over the Charles River

Aeron Hodges watched the sun go down this evening. Read more.

By adamg - 6/20/18 - 8:12 pm
Cops looking for kid

Cops walking through park to the river. Photo by Mary Ellen.

First responders, including a Boston Fire dive team, rushed to the Charles River near Millennium Park in West Roxbury this evening after a conductor on a Needham Line commuter-rail train reported seeing a kid jump off the bridge that crosses the river there as the train approached. Read more.

By adamg - 6/17/18 - 1:40 pm

Carty Castaldi took this photo of the sun rising over Boston and the Charles yesterday, but, honestly, it would work equally well tomorrow, what with the temperatures expected to rise into the 90s.

Max Grinnell, meanwhile, gives the forecast for Constitution Beach in East Boston: Sunny, with a chance of Modelo: Read more.

By adamg - 6/10/18 - 12:33 pm
Sunrise over the Charles River

Ryan Murphy was up at 4:45 a.m. to take this photo from Kenmore Square.

By adamg - 6/2/18 - 5:07 pm
Water snake at Millennium Park

You never know what'll slither into the Charles River when you're just standing there, where Sawmill Brook enters the river at Millennium Park, looking at the little fish swimming by the shore. It was like 18 to 24 inches long.

By adamg - 5/31/18 - 12:50 pm
Longfellow Bridge in 1908

The Cambridge Historical Commission shows us what the new Longfellow Bridge looked like in 1908 - a couple years after it opened - as the Cambridge Bridge. Look at those gasometers in Kendall Square on the Cambridge side. Read more.

By adamg - 5/21/18 - 4:33 pm

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today acquitted Lenny Quintero-Flores of Malden on a manslaughter charge for the drowning death of Mitchell Harrison in June, 2016, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 5/11/18 - 7:36 am

State Police report a woman walking on Greenough Boulevard near Grove Street in Watertown yesterday afternoon was grabbed from behind by a man who forcibly kissed and groped her. Read more.

By adamg - 5/8/18 - 7:26 am
Boston in the clouds

Flea watched the fog move in over Boston this morning.

By adamg - 4/29/18 - 1:53 pm
Charles River muse with two photographers

Stevil photographed the photographers photographing one of the local river nymphs along the Charles yesterday.

Copyright Stevil. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 4/22/18 - 10:01 am
Daffodils blooming by the Charles River in Cambridge

Melissa Sullivan surveys some of the signs of spring along the Esplanade this morning.

By WalkBoston - 4/12/18 - 5:27 pm

Tuesday’s meeting hosted by WalkBoston and the Charles River Conservancy about how MassDOT’s reconstruction of the Mass Pike in Allston can Unchoke the Charles River Throat brought out 150 people and a renewed emphasis on the need for the project to prioritize removing barriers, creating connections and healthy transportation. Read more.

By adamg - 3/26/18 - 10:52 am

A 27-year-old Cambridge man whose body was recovered from the Charles River near the Mass. Ave. Bridge Saturday morning wasn't pushed, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

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