Dr. Ed spotted a seal just lounging on a dock in the Charles River this morning, probably the same one DCR reported by the locks yesterday morning: Read more.
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By adamg - 3/11/16 - 6:52 pm
Shannon Dooling ran across a fisherman and his carp along the Esplanade this afternoon. That's a lot of potential gefilte fish.
By adamg - 3/10/16 - 1:14 pm
Activity on the Charles. Photo by Slottedpig.
Along the Esplanade around 12:30 p.m. near the Hatch Shell.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports:
Preliminary evidence including clothing and other factors suggests that the body is not that of a young man from Harvard, MA, previously reported missing. Identification efforts are under way and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of his death.
By adamg - 2/13/16 - 7:16 pm
We're going to assume JB Parrett was bundled up for his walk along the Esplanade on the Charles this afternoon.
By adamg - 1/30/16 - 10:41 pm
JB Parrett walked along the Esplanade as the sun went down this evening.
By adamg - 1/15/16 - 7:24 am
Nick Cosky reports:
I froze just watching this guy on the Charles last night. Anyone know him?
By adamg - 12/31/15 - 11:09 am
UPDATE: Body identified as that of missing Northeastern student.
State Police report recovering a man's body from the Charles River near the Fiedler footbridge on the Esplanade this morning.
State Police say they responded around 10 a.m. on a report of a body in the water.
By adamg - 11/5/15 - 6:06 pm
Katia was on the Esplanade this evening when three Santas in a camo gun boat came roaring by. Nobody better mess with Santas in speedboats.
By adamg - 9/28/15 - 8:12 am
Troublewithtribbles shows us some of the trees marked for elimination to make way for the new pedestrian bridge next to the Longfellow from Charles Circle over Storrow Drive to the Esplanade. Read more.
By adamg - 9/1/15 - 11:35 am
Brad Kelly photographed a bucolic gondola scene by the Esplanade the other day.
Copyright Brad Kelly. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 8/10/15 - 9:20 am
JB Parrett watched a man blowing bubbles on the Esplanade at sunset yesterday.
By adamg - 7/30/15 - 11:51 am
State Rep. Jay Livingstone reports DCR has turned on its new Alfond Spraydeck on the Esplanade.
By adamg - 7/14/15 - 5:33 pm
There were ropes and floats marking off the swimming area. Out in the river, a DCR patrol boat kept watch to make sure other craft stayed well away. Lifeguards on the dock and in kayaks stood and sat at the ready. And shortly after 3:30 p.m., the first band of swimmers, from kids to retirees, began jumping into the Charles River from a dock on the river side of the lagoon.
The Charles River Conservancy's first CitySplash let people sign up for time in the Charles River which, as we all know, used to be pretty dirty, but which has gotten cleaner over the years. Read more.
By adamg - 7/14/15 - 11:18 am
Mooshrimp reported spotting several muskrats along the Esplanade yesterday, including this fellow by Exeter Street.
By adamg - 7/4/15 - 11:18 pm
617 Images had a good view of the fireworks tonight.
Phil R. also watched the fireworks from across the river: Read more.
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