The state Department of Public Health yesterday confirmed that the Charles River from the Longfellow to the dam is now full of blue-green algae, which means you need to be especially careful to keep your dogs and young children out of it, the Charles River Watershed Association reports. Read more.

Jack Cohen uses the same tree to show three faces of fall in the Public Garden.

Associated Press reports the Secretary of State's office at Ashburton Place was one of 15 elections offices across the country targeted by somebody who sent powder-filled packages to them. The one here was intercepted by postal inspectors; in other states, the powder turned out to be flour.

CommonWealth Beacon covered Saturday's free-the-titties march on the Common. Read more.

Somebody who apparently does not live in a Boston neighborhood in which turkeys normally flock has filed a 311 complaint about the "loose" turkey that's been hanging out on the Common - a couple days after somebody filed a 311 complaint about a turkey in the Public Garden (maybe the same turkey, if it's learned how to cross Charles).

Mark Garfinkel captured the box truck emblazoned with giant lobster claws whose driver ignored onramp warning signs and so slammed into a Storrow Drive bridge today.

A disgusted citizen filed a 311 complaint about BTD's callous disregard for Beacon Hill residents by refusing to send in a squadron of ticket writers to ding people parking illegally on Brimmer Street to attend Sunday services at an unspecified church on Mt. Vernon Street (Church of the Advent?): Read more.

The Boston Sun reports there'll be a celebration at 11 a.m. for the annual first spritzing from the spray pipe.

Matt Frank took in the annual Pride parade today, reports a lot of parasols were out on the sunny day. Read more.

The Boston Licensing Board today approved the replacement of Bin 26 Enoteca, 26 Charles St. on Beacon Hill with a new restaurant serving food its attorney says will be based on "the rich culture and cuisine of the Basque region of northern Spain," from the Pyrenees mountains to the Bay of Biscay. Read more.