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By adamg - 2/12/22 - 8:18 pm
Heron eating a frog at Millennium Park

People weren't the only ones taking advantage of today's nice weather. Mary Ellen watched a great blue heron gulp down some frog legs - and the rest of the frog - at Millennium Park in West Roxbury.

Bottom's up: Read more.

By adamg - 2/11/22 - 2:34 pm
Conemen at work

Conemen at work on the Charles. Photo by Caroline Reeves.

Caroline Reeves of the Muddy Water Initiative reports that MassDOT divers (of course MassDOT has divers) today retrieved 131 traffic cones that some bike-lane hater had tossed over the side of the Mass. Ave. Bridge onto the iced-over Charles River last month. Read more.

By adamg - 1/28/22 - 8:17 pm
Man picking up cones on the Charles River

Victor H spotted one of the heroes we need but don't deserve on the Charles River today, trying to collect the cones that somebody keeps tossing onto the ice from the Mass. Ave. Bridge because he really, really hates bike lanes. Read more.

By adamg - 1/17/22 - 2:35 pm
Rainbow over the Longfellow Bridge

Sara Mak took in an afternoon rainbow over Kendall Square, the Charles and the Longfellow, after the morning rainbow (note: click on the link for bonus dog in boots on a dock).

By adamg - 12/13/21 - 9:57 am
Sunrise in Allston/Brighton

Kelly Lewis watched the sunrise from a classroom at the Jackson/Mann School in Allston.

Saul Blumenthal, meanwhile, watched the sunrise along the Charles River in Waltham: Read more.

By adamg - 12/3/21 - 9:18 am
Sunrise over Boston

Roving UHub photographer John McMahon got up early to rove over to the Charles River to watch the sun come up over Boston this morning.

By adamg - 11/22/21 - 9:59 am

The Huntington News reports on the smaller set of races, which, unlike the bigger, better known regatta, draws competitors just from the Boston area (and Rhode Island).

By adamg - 11/8/21 - 8:42 pm
Night view of the Charles River

Myron Freeman captured the early evening over the Charles River and the Longfellow last night.

Copyright Myron Freeman. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 11/2/21 - 10:09 am
Daybreak over the Charles River

Roving UHub photographer John McMahon captured the scene along the Charles at sunrise this morning.

By adamg - 10/28/21 - 3:39 pm

David Mickley watched a squadron of SEALs in copters fly along the Charles today: Read more.

By adamg - 10/24/21 - 11:36 am
Rowers and geese

Roving UHub photographer John McMahon captures some roving rowers from Newton Country Day School, with bonus geese, in the Head of the Charles Regatta around 7:40 this morning.

By adamg - 10/22/21 - 9:00 pm
Full moon over Kendall Square in Cambridge

Myron Freeman captured last night's full moon.

Copyright Myron Freeman. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 10/22/21 - 3:59 pm
A lot of boats

All of the riverside parking lots along Soldiers Field Road in Brighton today were filled with rowers and racing shells in preparation for this weekend's Head of the Charles Regatta.

By adamg - 9/25/21 - 5:57 pm
Rainbows over Boston and Charles River

Ng took in a double rainbow over the Charles and Boston this afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 9/23/21 - 10:30 am
Proposed new Esplanade visitor center

Rendering via Esplanade Association.

The Beacon Hill Times reports the Esplanade Association has pledged $20 million to spruce up and maintain a long neglected part of the Boston side of the Charles just north of the Teddy Ebersol Fields. Read more.

By adamg - 9/2/21 - 9:27 am
Maps showing where raw sewage flowed into the Charles, Mystic and harbor.

Brown indicates raw sewage, blue means treated sewage, green means no sewage released.

The MWRA and the Boston Water and Sewer Commission are reporting that "combined sewer outfalls" dumped raw and treated sewage, along with lots of rainwater, into area waterways overnight because of all the rain - but that the flow means people didn't have to worry about sewage backing up into their homes and businesses. Read more.

By adamg - 8/24/21 - 9:11 am

WBZ reports on the watery crash around 6:30 a.m. Driver hauled out in better shape - by a passing crew team - than the car, which may have first hit a pickup before smashing into the river. Read more.

By adamg - 7/28/21 - 2:57 pm
Body recovered from Charles River

Body being removed from river. Photo by Chris in 02134.

The Cambridge Fire Department reports a search of the Charles River for a swimmer in trouble ended this afternoon with the recovery of a man's body.

By adamg - 7/19/21 - 10:22 pm
Snake near the Charles River in West Roxbury

This snake was hanging out this afternoon in Millennium Park in West Roxbury, near where Sawmill Brook enters the Charles.

By adamg - 7/10/21 - 1:20 pm
Locks open at Charles River Dam

DCR was ready when you are, Gridley, and opened the locks at the Charles River Dam at low tide to let the water piling up in the Basin flow into the Harbor yesterday, as Ari Ofsevit shows us.

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