Eric Bender got a good view of the Thunder Bay, a Coast Guard ice breaker that was docked at the Coast Guard station off Commercial Street in the North End yesterday. It's normally berthed in Rockland, ME, where it goes out on the more frigid winter days to bust up the ice in the Penobscot River.
Boston Harbor
If nothing else, the clouds heralding Lee gave us an amazing sunset tonight, as Tim Babatz couldn't help but notice at Fan Pier on the harbor.
Up the harbor a bit, Adam Balsam got a good view in the North End: Read more.
Updated with news about its possible disposal one of these days.
Lazygal reports on this thing's annual visit and wonders: Read more.
The newest of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority's three harbor ferries is the Phillis Wheatley, named for the Boston woman who became a famous poet in the colonial era even as she remained enslaved (yes, here in Boston). Read more.
Nathaniel Stinnett snapped the ARC Gloria, a Colombian tall ship docked until Friday at the Charlestown Navy Yard, next to the USS Constitution, where it will be open to the public.
The state Department of Environmental Protection yesterday granted Boston the permit it needs to rebuild the Long Island Bridge, which will let it re-open Long Island as a recovery and treatment campus. Read more.
A Land Court judge has ended a stormy dispute between Hull and the Malden man who bought Graves Light in Massachusetts Bay just beyond Boston Harbor: The lighthouse isn't in Hull, so its owner doesn't have to pay town property taxes or let town inspectors judge his work in converting the tower into a family vacation home. Read more.
617Images went out to capture the sturgeon moon last night, was not having much luck because of all the clouds, but then, as you can see, got a great shot of the moon over Boston Light.
Jake watched the sun go down over Boston Harbor and downtown Boston from the beach at Peddocks Island this evening.
State Police report troopers rescued four people after their boat began to sink off the north side of Peddocks Island shortly before 4:50 p.m. Read more.
Rachel Dolores was along the locks near Lovejoy Wharf Sunday night when she suddenly had to do a double take: Read more.
People on several flights headed to Boston got a quick trip to other New England states yesterday afternoon when their flights were diverted from Logan - in one case where the wheels were already down and the plane was on its final approach. Read more.
Matt Frank didn't let the gloomy skies keep him from Castle Island, where he watched and listened to the traditional July Fourth salute between the USS Constitution and Fort Independence.
Adam Castiglioni watched the USS Constitution leave the dock at the Charlestown Navy Yard for its annual turn-around cruise out to Castle Island.
Matt Conti got a bird's-eye view of last night's Boston Harborfest fireworks over the harbor.
After watching the fireworks towed into place, Matt Frank watched the fireworks from the other side of the Tobin Bridge: Read more.
Nearly 100 swimmers, accompanied by some 60 kayakers, did a 5K tour of Boston Harbor today to benefit the Navy SEALs Foundation which helps current, reserve and veteran SEALs, their families and support staff. Read more.
Brooks Payne took in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in the Seaport today. He adds that when he got there, the winds were gusting to 28 m.p.h. Read more.