The Globe reports officials are investigating and trying to contain an oily spill in the little river that apparently came from somewhere on the Brookline side.
In 2008, you may recall, several thousand gallons of fuel oil spilled in Brighton wound up in the Muddy River.
The MBTA provides this photo of the temporary dams now in place at the Fenway portal where the Riverside line goes underground. The T had been running Riverside service this morning after the Muddy River receded below flood stage, but it's back above it again and there's no service between Fenway and Kenmore.
MORNING UPDATE: The Muddy River dropped below flood stage, even if barely, so Riverside service is running this morning - although river levels have started rising again (hourly river-level data).
LATER MORNING UPDATE: The Muddy River got all floody again, so the T put the dam back and stopped Riverside service.
Around 9 p.m., the MBTA blocked off the Fenway portal used by the Riverside line to prevent a recurrence of the 1996 floods that left Kenmore station submerged in 20 feet of water and required $40 million in repairs.
The move means Riverside commuters can expect delays tomorrow as they ride shuttle buses instead of trolleys between Reservoir and Kenmore, the T advises.
A federal monitoring station on the Muddy reported the normally docile river reached flood stage around 8:45 p.m. A T alert announcing the suspension of service between Kenmore and Reservoir went out not long after.
The start of the Riverway this afternoon, along the floody Muddy near Park Drive, where a BWSC crew was trying to unclog a pipe that brings the river under the road to the Fens.
Upstream, on the Brookline side of the Big Muddy:
USGS data show the Muddy's almost at flood stage (that thin red line at the very top of the chart):
Tbobtubb photographed flooding downstream along the Fens.
Jef Taylor shows us the dramatically different views you get at that intersection just by turning one way or the other.
Brookline officials want well intentioned people to stop trying to scoop up oily birds from the Muddy River following yesterday's bizarre oil spill, because most people don't really have a clue how to get oil off a duck's back.
The Tab reports that up to 5,000 gallons of mineral oil that leaked out of an electrical conduit at Sutherland and Strathmore roads in Brighton this morning got into a drainage pipe that then dumped it into Leverett Pond and the Muddy River on the other side of Brookline on the Jamaica Plain line.
Brookline Police report charging a juvenile with indecent assault and battery after he allegedly attacked the woman shortly after noon yesterday.
The Urban Pantheist discovers a creative effort, on a Riverway bench.
The Tab is tracking down info on three armed holdups on the Brookline side of the Muddy River last night and this morning: Two guys in hoodies.
Brookline Police have posted info on two Longwood-area holdups and one at Washington and School streets last night:
Jeff Taylor introduces us to a colorful mushroom that can be found along the Muddy River that is bad for people but just great for squirrels.
If you walk along the Muddy River in the Fenway and see all these rocks balanced atop each other on the pedestrian bridges, thank the Urban Pantheist.
The Urban Pantheist posts some interesting photos of what the quick freeze did to the mud 'n' stuff along the Muddy River.
The Urban Pantheist appreciates and photographs Stemonitis axifera in Olmsted Park:
The Urban Pantheist was taking his usual walk along the Muddy River to the Green Line this morning when he spotted what he thought was a mannequin sticking out of the water. He called the police, started toward the train, then turned back:
The Urban Pantheist discovers specimens of the dreaded terrestrial flatworms along the Muddy River. Now he awaits word from experts at Harvard as to whether Boston is cold enough to keep these predatory worms from Asia from decimating the local ecosystem (by gorging on earthworms), as they are now doing in Ireland:
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