DA Rollins Delivers $200k in Grants to Community Organizations
District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced that her office is providing $200,000 in grant funds to 44 community-based nonprofits – double the funding delivered to community partners in past years –...
View ArticleWarren Endorses Louijeune
Ruthzee Louijeune, candidate for Boston City Council At-Large, announced that she had received the endorsement of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. On Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign, Louijeune...
View ArticleEdwards Names Ricardo Patrón New Chief of Staff
Following last week’s announcement that Gabriela Coletta will be joining the New England Aquarium as their external relations manager, City Councilor Lydia Edwards has announced that Ricardo Patrón...
View ArticleEdVestors Reinforces Commitment to High-Quality Arts Education
Building upon its longstanding commitment to ensuring all Boston Public School (BPS) students have access to a high-quality arts education, EdVestors this week announced over $400,000 in arts...
View ArticleSen. DiDomenico Endorses Michelle Wu for Mayor
Senate Assistant Majority Leader Sal DiDomenico this week announced his endorsement of Michelle Wu for Mayor of Boston. Senator DiDomenico, who represents Charlestown, Allston, Brighton, the West End,...
View ArticleScholarships
Scholarship Names William Power Jiahao Rong Green Family Wenshu Mo William Wentworth...
View ArticleThe Charlestown High School Class of 2021
Hassan Abdi Joann Antoine Katherine Arango Stephanie Arango Jian Arevalo Chiesa Darianny Arias Wellington Arias, Jr. Sulnielis Baez Peralta Kaien Barnello Brian Barrows Juan Antonio Basabe Muniz...
View ArticleNorth Washington Street Bridge Construction Look-Ahead Through July 10
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 Soccer’s Boys Places Second in Tournament
By Peter Jaffe Charlestown Youth Soccer’s 9-11 grade boys Division 1 team went further than any previous Charlestown Youth Soccer Association (CYSA) team, and took a second place finish in the...
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Garden Tour
The Gardens for Charlestown organization stepped out on a limb to plan and carry out it bi-annual Garden Tour on June 19, but the risk paid off. Developed from a single house in the 1970s: the...
View ArticleGuest Op-Ed: Welcoming Phase of Reentry and Renewal
By Cathy Judd-Stein It is often said that the opportunity to find a deeper power within emerges when life becomes most challenging. Like many, I continue to reflect on the magnitude of fear and...
View ArticleNo Escaping Climate Change
Heat domes. Polar vortexes. Superstorms. Megadroughts. Wildfire tornados. Rising sea levels. These terms were unheard of at the start of this century — other than in academic journals — but are now...
View Article32 Charlestown Residents to Participate in Pan-Mass Challenge
On Aug. 7 and 8, more than 6,000 riders, including 32 participants from Charlestown, will take part in the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), a two-day 211-mile bike-a-thon across Massachusetts, with the goal...
View ArticleFree Arts and Crafts Workshops for Children in July and August
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to announce the return of participatory arts programming that provides children the opportunity to express their creativity while working on fun...
View ArticleCNO Admiral Gilday Visits USS Constitution, Naturalizes Sailors as US Citizens
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday visited USS Constitution to conduct a naturalization ceremony and engage with Sailors June 30. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services presented 10...
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Sprouts Garden
Two young Lion Dancers from the Wah Lum Kung Fu and Tai Chi Academy in Malden wait to perform during the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Sprouts Community Garden on June 26, a day filled with...
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Under the Rainbow
With storms and hot weather ending the month of June and starting July, this dramatic rainbow was captured from a high resolution remote camera on top of the Monument June 30. During the beginning of...
View ArticleGuest Op-Ed: Pier 5 and Community
By Christopher Nicodemus The Pier 5 Association (www.pier5.org) continues to advocate for a public use for the future of Pier 5 in the Navy Yard. We have more than 2,000 signatures in support of our...
View ArticleNot Vaccinated? COVID-19 Will Get You — And Your Family
When we were writing about COVID-19 last year at the height of the pandemic, we often put it this way: COVID-19 is a hunter and we, the human animal, are its prey. In the summer of 2021, another way...
View ArticleRed Cross Needs Blood Donors Now
While donors across the country have rolled up a sleeve to give this summer, the need for blood and platelets remains crucial for patients relying on lifesaving transfusions. The American Red Cross...
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