RSM Virtual Fundraiser to Benefit Kennedy Center and Harvard Kent
The RSM company in City Square will host a virtual Birdies for Love fundraiser this year with all local benefits going to the Kennedy Center and two Harvard Kent School efforts. Colleen Boyce of RSM...
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USS Constitution Hosts 9/11 Survivors
Commander John Benda, the 76th Commander of the USS Constitution, stands at attention during a ceremony last Friday, Sept. 11, as ‘Taps’ is played to commemorate the exact time (9:03 a.m.) that Flight...
View ArticleCOVID Is the Leading Killer of First Responders
Recently-revealed statistics have brought into sharp focus the deadly and tragic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic upon our nation’s police and firefighters. At least 101 police officers have died from...
View ArticleWinter Survival: Masks and Flu Shots
The testimony of Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, before a U.S. Senate subcommittee last week regarding the need for every American to wear a face mask in public to...
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BPS Hybrid Model/Phased-In Reopening BPS is moving forward with a responsible, phased-in plan to start the school year. This approach will give time to assess health data before each step, with the...
View ArticleWalsh Forms Health Inequities Task Force to Provide Guidance to the City of...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor’s Offices of Food Access and Immigrant Advancement announced the latest efforts to expand food access for immigrant communities in the City of Boston. Using grant...
View ArticleNorth Washington Street Bridge: (Charlestown Bridge) Construction Look-Ahead:
This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work and...
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Charlestown Recovery Month Events • September 26th – 12 Annual Charlestown Candlelight Vigil : On Saturday at 6:30pm, join us at the Charlestown Peace Park (Mount Vernon St. & Lowney Way) for our...
View ArticleFoundation Kitchen to Open at The Graphic Lofts on Sullivan Square
Foundation Kitchen, a shared culinary workspace, co-founded by husband and wife team, Ciaran Nagle and Tara Novak, has signed a 5,723 square-foot lease to open a new culinary production and dining...
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First Day
It wasn’t the typical first day of school, but District 1 Elementary Supt. Tommy Welch, Theatre Movement Teacher Sean Murphy and STEM Specialist Caitlain Hutto on the Eliot K-8 lower campus still had...
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Backpacks for Kids
Members of the Bunker Hill Associates, Police Commissioner Willie Gross and representatives from the City of Boston Credit Union were all on hand last Thursday, Sept. 14, at O’Reilly Court in the...
View ArticleGuide to Schools In and Around Boston Boston: Area Offers Wide Range of...
A new academic year is just getting underway, but it’s already time for parents and guardians to begin thinking about options for next year, and with the Boston area’s wide range of top-notch...
View ArticleGuest Op-Ed: Not Your Typical School Year
By School Committeeman Michael O’Neill As someone who has been front-and-center as a policy-maker in urban public education for more than a dozen years, I thought I had seen quite a bit over the...
View ArticleSuffolk DA Rollins Steps Up
The announcement this week by Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins that her office will be expanding the database (often referred to as LEAD) that is comprised of law enforcement personnel...
View ArticleTrump’s Taxes: Shocking, But Not Surprising
The recent disclosure by the New York Times of President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns for nearly a 20-year period, up to and including his 2017 return (which Trump would have filed in April,...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 10-01-2020
Charlestown Beat OUI 09/21/20 – As a result of a motor vehicle accident on Bunker Hill Street, an individual was placed under arrest for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol....
View ArticleNEW Health Honored by Health Resources & Services Administration
NEW Health, a federally qualified health center and an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Medical Center, has been recognized as a 2019 National Quality Leader and Health Center...
View ArticleCharlestown Residents Guide Storybook Ball’s Transformation to Virtual
Andrea and Justin Rosen of Charlestown will co-chair the 2020 Storybook Ball, Boston’s signature philanthropic gala in support of MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC). Due to the COVID-19 crisis,...
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Shorter Days
The past few weeks have seen some glorious sunsets through the Bunker Hill/Zakim Bridge as the days shorten and the Autumn season comes in full force. Here, the sun sets in the last few moments of the...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor
James McCormack Scholarship To the Editor, I wish to thank the Mark and Michelle Gorman Scholarship Fund Committee for the generous 2020 James McCormack Scholarship award. It is an honor for me to be...
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