Mystic River
Misty Tobin Bridge
By adamg - 5/28/11 - 2:44 pm
Greg MacKay looks up at the Tobin from Commandant's Way in Chelsea.
Copyright Greg MacKay. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Imagine foot-long oysters building up reefs that could menace ships
By adamg - 2/20/11 - 11:38 amThe Massachusetts Oyster Project, which is re-introducing the bivalves to Boston Harbor, dredges up their history in the Charles and the Mystic.
Going all the way up the Mystic
By adamg - 11/18/10 - 5:04 pmAll together now: Chestnuts composting on an open pile ...
By adamg - 9/7/10 - 4:15 pmTake a look at a pair of dramatic before and after photos from a volunteer effort that removed 7,500 pounds of the dreaded water chestnut from a stretch of the Mystic River in Medford. And yes, all of that stuff will be composted.
Somebody jumped off the Tobin this morning
By adamg - 6/18/10 - 6:52 amHis body was recovered in the water off Charlestown around 6 a.m. What appears to be his abandoned car was found on the bridge.
Earlier:
Would-be Tobin jumper grabbed, 9/16/09.
Two men jump off the Tobin but survive, 9/5/09.
Man jumps, doesn't survive, 6/19/09.
Conservation group sues Boston over storm runoff into local rivers, Boston Harbor
By adamg - 2/13/10 - 10:43 amThe Conservation Law Foundation yesterday formally accused the city of failing to stop high levels of bacteria, oil and dissolved metals and chemicals pour into Boston Harbor through its 201 "outfall" pipes that collect road runoff from nearly 20,000 catch basins - and from the neighboring town of Brookline.
Two men jump off the Tobin but survive
By adamg - 9/5/09 - 4:43 pmLocal 718 tweets that two people just jumped off the Tobin; they were fished out of the water.
UPDATE: The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports the two men - one 35, from Revere and one 31, from Bedford, NH - jumped from the bridge's upper deck around 5:30 p.m. Troopers aboard a State Police patrol boat got the two out of the water and brought them to the North End Coast Guard station, from which they were transported to Mass. General. Both suffered serious injuries and have been unable to talk to investigators yet.
State troopers closed the rightmost inbound lane of the upper deck, where a car belonging to a Bradford relative was found. Traffic was slowed but not stopped during the response. Witness statements and additional evidence from the scene suggests that the men jumped in a shared suicide bid, but motive and execution remain under investigation by State Police detectives assigned to [DA Dan] Conley's office.
Recognize this tattoo?
By adamg - 6/12/09 - 3:46 pm
Investigators say it's on the right shoulder of a body found in the Mystic River off Charlestown yesterday - and are hoping it can help identify the man it belonged to.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office says the man was black, about 6 feet tall and 160 lbs, in good physical shape and believed to be between 20 and 35.
State Police divers who recovered his body say he was in a black Everlast hoodie, black sweatpants and a black T-shirt with the legend "AF-1" and the image of a crown on the front. He also had on brown Timberland boots, size 11 medium.
According to the DA's office, State Police noticed his body yesterday morning near the Boston Autoport upriver from the Tobin Bridge while providing security for an incoming LNG tanker. An autopsy showed no physical trauma or injuries.
Anybody who thinks they know the man should call State Police at 617-727-8817.
Along the Mystic
By adamg - 3/16/07 - 7:12 amRbdeluxe posts some interesting photos from a lunchtime excursion along the Mystic and Chelsea Rivers at the harbor.
