Four (and Nearly Five) Charlestown Youth Hockey Teams Win Mayor’s Cup Titles
The 2018-19 Mayor’s Cup Hockey Tournament, which features the city’s youth hockey programs battling for bragging rights, is one the Charlestown hockey community will remember for some time. Five...
View ArticleCouncilor Edwards files petition to discourage ‘flipping’ homes in neighborhoods
On Monday, Councilors Lydia Edwards and Kim Janey proposed a Home Rule Petition to combat housing speculation and establish an investor and commercial property transfer fee. The proposed bill would...
View ArticleTownie Sports 01-24-2019
HOOPS •HIGH SCHOOL: Pope John XXIII (8-2), the defending Division 4 state champs, and Coach *Leo Boucher look forward to a potent non-league schedule which features some of the best teams in the...
View ArticleThank You, Jay Ash
When Gov. Charlie Baker was elected to his first term of office four years ago, his first major announcement was the appointment of Jay Ash to the post of Secretary of Housing and Economic...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 01-24-2019
Charlestown beat Larceny from a Building 01/15/19 – A victim on O’Reilly Way reported unknown person(s) stole his Mac tablet from his home. The suspect might have been a friend of the victim, and the...
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GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE Stock up on your favorite Girl Scout cookies for the Super Bowl! The Charlestown Girl Scouts will be selling Girl Scout cookies the following dates and times at tables in the...
View ArticleNew Boston Harborwalk Signs Unveiled in Charlestown
Two new Harborwalk interpretive signs, with content provided by Friends of the Boston Harborwalk (FBHW), were installed this week at Harborview condos next door to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in...
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AG Healey Focuses on Opiate Epidemic: Climate Change in Her Inaugural Address
Rahn Dorsey, the City’s former Chief of Education, spoke at the ceremony flanked by the Boston Children’s Chorus. Attorney General Maura Healey was sworn in for her second term on Jan. 16 and also...
View ArticleThank You, Bob Deleo
It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since Winthrop/Revere State Rep. Bob DeLeo was elected the Speaker of the House by his colleagues. (Yes, time flies.) We wish to make note of the 10th...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 01-31-2019
Charlestown Beat Larceny 01/23/19 – A victim on Bunker Hill Street reported two individuals might have attempted to steal her son’s wheelchair, although it was not taken. Officers searched the area...
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GIRLS SOFTBALL SPRING REGISTRATION Registration and instructional clinics for girl who want to play softball will be held on Monday evenings at The Harvard-Kent School gym, 50 Bunker Hill St. Softball...
View ArticleHistoric House of the Month: 12-14 Common Street Ca1806
The house at 12-14 Common Street is a fine example of the Federal period. A substantial and stylish building, it boasts a handsome fanlight above the center entrance to the 3-story 5-bay main block....
View ArticleYMCA Offering Swim Classes
To prepare young people to swim safely this summer, registration opens Feb. 11 for the YMCA of Greater Boston’s Early Spring Aquatics session. Lessons during the seven-week program, which runs Feb. 25...
View ArticleCharlestown Dogs Take to the Streets to Clean the Neighborhood During the...
Did you know that street sweeping conducted by the City of Boston only extends from April 1-Nov. 30? This leaves four months out of the year for citizens of Charlestown to do our part. With close to...
View ArticleCNC Community Corner
The monthly meeting of the Charlestown Neighborhood Council will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 545 Medford St. Representatives from the Boston Police Department...
View ArticleNational Park Service Expresses Gratitude for Support from Harvest on the Vine
“Whatever you need, just grab it.” These words are uttered regularly by Harvest on Vine Director Tom MacDonald to Charlestown residents as they line up to receive food from the pantry. The sentiment...
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Warren Prescott Skating
Niamh Magnus, K-2, and Maise Callahan, first grade, get their skates ready to go on the ice at the annual Warren Prescott School skating party last Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Steriti Rink in the North...
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Charlestown High Basketball Vs East Boston
Jason Michel of the Charlestown High basketball team goes up for two points in the lane during the Townies’ rivalry game Friday night, Jan. 25, against the East Boston Jets. Charlestown took the win...
View ArticleTownie Sports 02-07-2019
CHARLESTOWN LITTLE LEAGUE SIGN-UPS Charlestown Little League has winter clinics on Mondays (except President’s Day) at the Community Center on Medford St. through the end of March: 6-7 p.m. for 4-7...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor
THANK YOU Dear Editor: The Harvest on Vine Food Pantry wants to thank our friends and neighbors for their overwhelming generosity toward our friends at the Charlestown National Parks Service,...
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