City Issues Reminders Ahead of Municipal Election
Special to the Times The Boston Election Department is reminding voters that the Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, November 7. The election will determine At-Large and District City...
View ArticleReady To Fall Fack? When You Change Your Clocks, Check Your Alarms
With the end of daylight savings time coming on Nov. 5, Massachusetts fire officials issued a seasonal reminder to check your smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms and change the batteries when you...
View ArticleSen. DiDomenico And Colleagues Pass Salary Transparency Bill
Special to the Patriot Bridge Senator DiDomenico and his colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate recently passed legislation to tackle pay inequities in the state, which significantly and...
View ArticleBPHC Urges Vaccination During Upper Respiratory Virus Season
Special to the Patriot Bridge The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) recommends all residents ages 6 months and older protect themselves and their loved ones by getting the updated COVID-19 and...
View ArticleLindsey Santana Named Deputy Director of the Office of Neighborhood Services
Special to the Patriot Bridge Mayor Michelle Wu announced Lindsey Santana as a new Deputy Director of the Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) The Office of Neighborhood Services plays an integral...
View ArticleGot Pumpkins? Compost Them in the Common on Nov. 6
Special to the Patriot Bridge Boston does Halloween right. We decorate our stoops with pumpkins and a skeleton (or three); we dress up in costumes, kids and grown-ups alike; the city closes our...
View ArticleBoston Police Celebrate Graduation of New Recruits
Special to the Patriot Bridge The Boston Police Department (BPD) celebrated the graduation of the most diverse class of recruits from the Police Academy. Class 63-23 spent 29 weeks training in...
View ArticleRyan To Speak on Bunker Hill and Colonel William Prescott
Don Ryan will be giving an historical talk at the Charlestown Library on Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. about Bunker Hill and Colonel William Prescott. Don Ryan is a Charlestown resident, writer, and history...
View ArticleBunker Hill Associates Announce Grant Applications Available for 2023
The Bunker Hill Associates are excited to announce the availability of grants for fellow Charlestown nonprofits. Last year, the Associates gave out more than $22,000 in fund to help aid local...
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Halloween in Charlestown 2023
Photos by Derek Kouyoumjian Charlestown celebrated Halloween in style with the 38th Monument Square Halloween Parade. After the Parade around the Monument Square Park, spectators quickly went about...
View ArticleNews From the Charlestown Catholic Collaborative
As we enter the busy, happy days of November and December, please keep in mind the many happenings here in the Charlestown Catholic Collaborative! A reminder that Daily Mass is offered at St....
View Article‘Wings for Autism’ Event Held at Logan Airport
The “Wings for Autism” program was held on November 4, at Logan Airport, and designed for families with children on the autism spectrum to help ease the stress of flying. Attendees had access to...
View ArticleDPH Officials Urge Residents To Get Vaccinated Ahead of the Holiday Season
As the weather gets colder and with holiday gatherings just around the corner, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) urges residents to get vaccinated. “With Thanksgiving just two weeks...
View ArticleEast Boston Neighborhood Health Center Expands Rolls of Two Executive Leaders
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) announced the promotion of two current executive leadership team members to expanded roles within the organization. Ernani J. DeAraujo, Esq., former...
View ArticleCharlestown Neighborhood Council Calendar
CNC General Meeting, Thursday, November 9, 2023, The Charlestown Neighborhood Council will hold an in-person, public meeting on Thursday, November 9, 2023, 7-9 p.m. at the BPD Community Room, 20 Vine...
View ArticleCity Opens Applications for Boston School Committee
Mayor Michelle Wu opened the application to fill two upcoming vacancies on the Boston School Committee, for a term starting January 4, 2024 and ending on January 1, 2028. The Boston School Committee...
View ArticleMassport Teams Up With Others To Launch Apprenticeship Program
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Massport and Boston’s electrical workers union and its highly-rated joint apprenticeship training center are teaming up to create more career pathways in the communities...
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City Council At-Large Results
There will be a new face as Councilor at-Large this January. Henry Santana, who previously worked in the office of former District 8 Councilor Bok and also served as the city’s first Director of Civic...
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Coletta Re-Elected as District 1 City Councilor
Gabriela Coletta, who represents Charlestown, East Boston, the North End and the Downtown Waterfront on the Boston City Council, was re-elected Tuesday. Coletta, 31, had won a special election in May,...
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Bunker Monument Association Celebrates 200th Anniversary
Joe Zuffante, Tom Coots, Membership Chairman Larry Stevens, Bunker Hill Monument Association President Annette Tecce with VP Dan Kovacevic, and Kim Mahony. John Toto of the Joseph Warren Soley Masonic...
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