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By adamg - 8/29/14 - 11:41 am

Cambridge MA: Vehicle recovery from Charles River

Tim watched the car being winched out of the river.

All the occupants removed safely from the waterlogged car off Western Avenue around 11:30 a.m., State Police report.

Photo from the scene.

Mike Moura photographed the scene from the other side, as State Police and a tow truck prepared to remove the car from the river:

By adamg - 8/26/14 - 5:55 pm
Rowing shells in the Charles River locks

Tom Richardson spotted some human-powered boats in the locks at the Charles River Dam today.

By adamg - 8/24/14 - 10:54 pm
Water fowl makes a landing in the Charles at sunset off the Esplanade

JB Parrett watched a goose come in for a landing at sunset in the Charles River off the Esplanade tonight.

Brian MacLean, meanwhile, watched the sun go down over Scituate Light yesterday:

Copyright JB Parrett and Brian MacLean, respectively. The second photo also posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 8/19/14 - 7:53 pm
Rowing on the Charles in Needham

Roving UHub photographer Siobhan Coyne captured the scene yesterday along the Charles from Cutler Park in Needham.

By adamg - 8/7/14 - 11:04 pm

Firefighters from both sides of the Charles and State Police converged on the Charles River near the Longfellow Bridge after a person was spotted jumping off the bridge around 8:25 p.m.

The Boston Fire Department reported around 10:50 p.m. that Cambridge firefighters recovered the person's body.

By adamg - 8/1/14 - 11:22 pm
Charles River dock

JB Parrett enjoyed another sunset on the Charles a few days ago.

By adamg - 7/31/14 - 10:01 pm
Zakim Bridge and the Green Line viaduct

JB Parrett photographs the Zakim Bridge from under the Green Line viaduct across the Charles.

By adamg - 7/24/14 - 10:24 pm
Sunset over the water from Chelsea

Jared Wickerham watched the sun set over the water in Chelsea this evening (also see his photo of the Chelsea Yacht Club).

JB Parrett, meanwhile, was also watching the sun go down, but in Boston, from Community Boating on the Esplanade:

By adamg - 7/23/14 - 9:55 am
Sun coming up over Kendall Square in Cambridge

Julio Salado watched the sun come up over Kendall Square this morning:

Unmerited gift to practice Tai Chi Chuan on the Charles River docks to the rhythm of the universe.

By adamg - 7/16/14 - 9:48 pm
Sunset over the Charles River

Julie C. watched the post-deluge sunset over the Charles this evening.

By adamg - 7/15/14 - 10:01 am
Storm over the Charles River

JB Parrett shows us the MIT Sailing Center with threatening clouds overhead.

Pete Bouchard asks if he can be serious for a moment:

We ain't messing around today folks. Atmos. is ripe and loaded. Any storms that fire could cause wind damage & flash flooding. #eye2thesky

By adamg - 7/4/14 - 12:02 am
Fireworks over the Charles River
By adamg - 7/3/14 - 11:20 am
Lined up on the Esplanade

The lawn in front of the Hatch Shell doesn't open until 5 p.m. for tonight's Fourth Third festivities, but Leslee spotted people lining up this morning to get in at the stroke of 5.

Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 6/21/14 - 3:21 pm

WCVB reports State Police recovered body parts from the Charles River around 10:40 a.m. The station didn't say where, but Andrea Karis reported an apparent search near Western Avenue.

By adamg - 6/10/14 - 5:03 pm
Hard rain about to fall on Cambridge

Marisssa Breton captured the sky over the Charles around 4:50 p.m., right before it was deluged.

By adamg - 6/9/14 - 9:38 am
Hammock by the Charles River

JGD spotted an occupied hammock by the Charles late yesterday afternoon.

It might have been a remnant from a more organized hammock hang.

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