Nearly 400,000 spectators lined the banks and bridges of the Charles River this past weekend to watch the 60th annual Head of the Charles Regatta, the world’s largest rowing competition.
A person in a “mental health crisis” jumped off the Boston University Bridge onto Storrow Drive West Thursday morning, according to the Massachusetts State Police.
Advocates and members of the Boston University Bridge Safety Alliance plan to host a public meeting Thursday at the Howard Thurman Center to discuss bike safety improvements to be made to the BU Bridge.
The sweep was one of many that has affected this particular community, according to an Instagram post uploaded by Act on Mass Regional Organizer Calla Walsh, in which she described what she witnessed.
