At 5:51 p.m., troopers responded after receiving a 991 call reporting the boats in the water, according to Trooper Brandon Doherty, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts State Police.

Instead of an old style dam of rigid construction ... be impossible for vessels with masts to pass up the Charles River beyond the West Boston bridge. Want to keep up with breaking news?

But the paddler’s map published by the Charles River Watershed Association picks things up at the North Bellingham Dam, 65.4 miles from Boston Harbor. We planned to launch our journey somewhere ...

Registration is now open for the 26th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup which will take place on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26. This much-loved event brings together over 3,500 ...

Work on the Charles River dam, which was begun March 1 ... the Cambridge side will be completed before the cold weather. The Boston marginal conduit, through which all overflow from the sewers ...