Long-Despised BWSC Plant on City Line Could be History
While Boston’s decision to end its fight with Wynn was huge news in Charlestown, and money on the table was a huge part of that discussion, a surprise addition touted as a gift to Charlestown was...
View ArticleLaMattina to Fight Casella Trash Transfer Station
By Seth Daniel City Councilor Sal LaMattina vowed this week that the Casella Trash Transfer station is a dead proposal. The trash transfer station was the subject of a raucous public meeting in...
View ArticleCommunity Groups Start Presentations For CNC, Spaulding Funding Grants
The Spaulding-Charelstown Neighborhood Council (CNC) Community Partnership Fund is holding a series of presentations by the 17 applicants for this year’s funding. There will be three more sets of...
View Article$1m Check for Charlestown Still Remains in Escrow at MGC
By Seth Daniel A little over a year ago, Wynn Everett delivered a $1 million check to the City of Boston for Charlestown non-profits – a stipulation spelled out in the licensing agreement with the...
View ArticleBoston,Wynn Come to Terms on Casino
By Seth Daniel In the end, it was Mayor Martin Walsh and Wynn CEO Steve Wynn who got down to the nitty gritty – successfully negotiating directly with one another all last week on a Surrounding...
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YMCA Campaign Kickoff
The Charlestown YMCA had its kick-off party on Thursday, Jan. 28, at RSM (formerly McGladrey) in City Square. The party signified the start of the 2016 Annual Campaign. Proceeds from the event benefit...
View ArticleTownie Tidbits
MY DAD WAS MY HERO My dad passed away in 1989 at age 76. He retired after a 34 year career as a medical worker at Boston City Hospital in January 1978. He loved his career being a caregiver. The...
View ArticleBuilding America’s Most Age-Friendly City
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Here in Boston, we are committed to making our city a place where everyone can succeed — of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. This is our guiding principle as we plan and...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 02-11-2016
CHARLESTOWN BEAT POLICE/COMMUNITY MEETING: Meet the police & discuss public safety issues on the last Wednesday of every month at the police station, 20 Vine Street, at 6:00 p.m., 2nd floor,...
View ArticleMGC Calls Boston,Wynn Agreement a Treaty Benefiting All Parties
By Seth Daniel The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) unanimously approved the Surrounding Community Agreement (SCA) between Boston and Wynn Everett on Thursday, Feb. 4, calling it a “treaty” that...
View ArticleFlaherty to Introduce ‘Pot’ Shop Location Restrictions
By Seth Daniel As the City and state continue to deal with medicinal marijuana dispensaries, and the prospect of legalized marijuana seems to be gaining headway, City Councilor Michael Flaherty...
View ArticleCouncil Questions Content of BRA Urban Renewal Extension Plan
By Jordan Frias After a year of community outreach, public meetings and public engagement, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) appeared before the City Council’s Committee on Planning and...
View Article‘Charlestown Dogs’ Looks to Increase Social, Responsible Owners
By Seth Daniel Just a few weeks ago, Charlestown residents Chris Lovell, Kristen Lanni and Rob O’Brien found themselves on the receiving end of puzzled looks from dog owners up at the Monument. The...
View ArticleLaMattina Fights to Keep MBTA Late Night Service Up and Running
By John Lynds Many of his constituents rely on the MBTA’s late night service to go back and forth to overnight shifts in Boston so it comes as no surprise that City Councilor Sal LaMattina is fighting...
View ArticleCharlestown Gets A Wynn-Fall:Walsh Confirms Money to Stay Entirely Here
By Seth Daniel Mayor Martin Walsh confirmed this week that the Wynn Everett money paid to the City in the form of an existing $1 million check and the upcoming annual $2 million community mitigation...
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Boston Massacre Revisited
Re-enactors Rob Creen (playing Samuel Adams here) and Arielle Kaplan of the Freedom Trail Foundation recreate the Boston Massacre for students at the Harvard Kent School on Tuesday, Feb. 9, just in...
View ArticleSports 02-18-2016
TOWNIE SPORTS By Kevin Kelly COLLEGE On the hockey front, Salem State sophomore wing Danielle Kelley and freshman wing Jacqueline Sindoris each notched an assist in the Vikings 3-2 conquest of Becker....
View ArticleNever Too Early to Start
Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty has re-introduced a zoning text amendment to limit the number of marijuana shops in a certain geographic area. Flaherty is calling for no more than one shop per...
View ArticleDowntown View:Jaywalking is Safest
It gladdened my heart last week to read that state Senator Harriette Chandler, a Democrat from Worcester and the Senate Majority Leader, proposed raising the fine for jaywalking from $1 to $25 for a...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 02-18-2016
Charlestown Beat Drugs 02/04/16 – As a result of a drug investigation in the area of Old Ironsides Way, an individual was placed under arrest for possession of a Class B substance (cocaine). Drugs...
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