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).
Charles River
By adamg - 11/8/21 - 8:42 pm
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
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
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.
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By adamg - 10/22/21 - 9:00 pm
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
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
Ng took in a double rainbow over the Charles and Boston this afternoon. Read more.
By adamg - 9/2/21 - 9:27 am
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 - 7/28/21 - 2:57 pm
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
This snake was hanging out this afternoon in Millennium Park in West Roxbury, near where Sawmill Brook enters the Charles.
By adamg - 6/23/21 - 10:48 pm
Mary Ellen captured a couple of damselflies on a stalk in the placid water of the Charles River's Cow Island Pond stretch off Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury.
By adamg - 6/20/21 - 12:59 pm
Mary Ellen took today's most ribbitting photo this morning at Cutler Park on the Needham/Dedham line. See it larger.
By adamg - 6/20/21 - 12:53 pm
A roving UHub photographer snapped this family portrait of Atticus the Swan - whose partner died not long after their babies were hatched - and his not-so-little cygnets out for a paddle at the Esplanade this morning.
By adamg - 6/14/21 - 4:26 pm
Mary Ellen was down by the Charles River at Millennium Park this morning and watched a great blue heron enjoy a fresh catfish meal. It took the bird a half hour to subdue and finally consume the entire large fish, she reports. Read more.
By adamg - 6/1/21 - 3:23 pm
The Esplanade Association reports she died last night, and that a Boston animal-control officer was able to remove her body "while the father swan sat at the nest with their cygnets tucked under his wings."
Paddy G reports the two were forced to raise their young amidst man-made filth along the riverbank.
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