As promised in the morning by the National Weather Service, the smelly haze that settled in over the Boston area from brush fires along the North Shore lifted early this afternoon. But when Josh Bittker looked out of his Seaport window this afternoon, he could still see smoke rising from north of the city.

Ari Ofsevit reports he had to sit on on the luggage rack in a very crowded Silver Line bus this afternoon but at least he got a good view of the sunset over the Tobin Bridge.

Mack Garvey reports Tobie the Turkey seems to have made a home along Tremont Street in Charlestown, near the Tobin Bridge. Read more.

Matt Frank watched the sun go down over clouds, the Mystic River, the Tobin Bridge and birds this evening.

Yesterday's sunset.

Matt Frank watched a jet depart Logan through nature's homage to the Golden Girls opening credits by way of haze from the continuing wildfires in western Canada.

Matt Frank watched the moon come up through the Tobin Bridge tonight.

A federal judge today ordered a sentence longer than requested by prosecutors for a Dorchester man who led state troopers on a chase when one tried pulling him over in his Focus for excessive window tint on Storrow Drive and ended when he crashed into two cars in Chelsea on Aug. 10, 2018. Read more.

Matt Frank captured tonight's surreal sunset over the Mystic and the Tobin Bridge.

He wasn't the only one watching the sunset this evening: Read more.

Raughn Williams didn't like seeing the flashing blues in his rear view on Storrow Drive, so he sped away, rocketing across the Tobin Bridge and then down into Chelsea, where he crashed into two parked cars and got arrested and charged for the loaded gun he had in a pants leg, which might now mean up to ten years in federal prison, federal authorities say. Read more.

Matt Frank watched the sunset over Chelsea and the Tobin Bridge tonight.