Local Attorney Tobin Re-Elected as Vice President of USA Hockey
Special to the Patriot-Bridge John L. Tobin, local attorney and real estate broker, was recently re-elected a Vice President of USA Hockey by acclamation at its Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. As...
View ArticleCharlestown Dads Bring Pickleball to Union Street Playground
By Allen Reitz On Wednesday nights on the converted Union Street tennis court, the sounds of “Thonk! Thonk!” ripple through the surrounding neighborhood. These are the sounds of the world’s fastest...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor
Guidance on Preventing Opioid Overdose Dear Editor, We are now amid the worst drug overdose crisis in our nation’s history, with an estimated 109,680 lives lost across the country in 2022. In...
View Article60 Years of James Bond
It was 60 years ago this summer that the first James Bond movie, Dr. No, starring the late Sean Connery, was released in the U.S. That movie instantly became a touchstone of 1960s pop culture which...
View ArticleWe’re (Over)Eating Ourselves to Death
The latest statistics reveal an incredibly negative picture of Americans: 40% are obese and another 32% are overweight. In other words, almost three quarters of Americans maintain an unhealthy weight....
View ArticleGov. Healey Funds the Implementation of Sen. DiDomenico’s Law To Provide...
Special to the Bridge Last week, the Healey Administration announced $40 million in federal and state funding to implement the law that Senator Sal DiDomenico championed for years, and the legislature...
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Parks Department Summer Golf Course Concert Series Returns July 12 The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s live music offerings continue in 2023 with a series of Wednesday evening summer concerts...
View ArticleWu Announces New Leaders Within Community Engagement Cabinet
Mayor Michelle Wu announced Nathalia Benitez-Perez of East Boston as the new Director of the Office of Civic Organizing and Anthony Nguyen as the new Director of SPARK Boston, both tasked with giving...
View ArticleBLO Brings Free Orchestral Music to the DCR Hatch Memorial Shell and Boston...
Special to the Bridge Boston Landmarks Orchestra (BLO), under the direction of Music Director Christopher Wilkins, brings its annual summer series of free, live orchestral concerts to the iconic DCR...
View ArticleCommunity Meeting Planned for Clougherty Pool Project on July 11
The Boston Centers for Youth and Families, the City of Boston’s Public Facilities Department and the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services will be holding a community meeting on Tuesday, July 11, to...
View ArticleHood Park Holds Topping-Off Ceremony For 100 Hood Park Drive
Special to the Bridge Hood Park LLC, Catamount Management Corporation, Lee Kennedy Company and Trademark Partners, rcently celebrated the topping off of 100 Hood Park Drive. Women and men from the...
View ArticleWhere Is That Russian “Rebel” Army?
Two weeks ago, the news headlines were all about the supposed attempted coup by Yevgheny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group, who reportedly was marching his 8000 man army to Moscow. But since...
View ArticleProgressive Democrats Need To Get Real
The opposition by some progressive Democrats to President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine is yet another indication of how out-of-touch with reality they can be on certain...
View ArticleBHMA Holds Its 200th Annual Meeting
Special to the Patriot-Bridge On Saturday, June 17, the Bunker Hill Monument Association (BHMA) held its 200th Annual Meeting in the Community Room of the Bunker Hill Museum. Under the gavel of BHMA...
View ArticleClougherty Could Be Ready for Next Year’s Fourth of July
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Residents of Charlestown might be able to spend their Fourth of July next year poolside at the new and improved Clougherty Pool, which is set for demolition this summer and...
View ArticleHarvard Kent Scholarship Award Ceremony
Harvard Kent School Principal Mark Silva, Harvard Kent Leadership and Scholarship President Colleen Boyce, and Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta at the Scholarship Award Ceremony at the school on...
View ArticleHealey Recommends Appointment of Everett As Suffolk Register of Probate and...
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Governor Maura T. Healey announced that she is recommending Stephanie L. Everett, Esq. for appointment as Suffolk Register of Probate and Family Court. Everett is...
View ArticleBoys & Girls Clubs Celebrate Youth Success
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB), the city’s leading youth-serving organization, hosted the 1st Annual Club Night this past Tuesday at 521 Overlook in Fenway Park....
View ArticleMore Bizarro Comments by RFK Jr.
Well, as if right on cue, two days after our editorial last week (“RFK Jr. is a disgrace to his family name”) about the delusional “campaign” for President by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he made this...
View ArticleHere’s Some Consolation for Sox Fans
With the Major League Baseball season resuming after the All-Star break, the Red Sox appear destined to relegation to the realm of mediocrity. Sure, they’re above .500, but our Sox don’t appear to...
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