Two Strong Charlestown Candidates Drop Out of City Council Race
By Seth Daniel More than a few people believed that the time for a Charlestown city councilor might come in this year’s race when Councilor Sal LaMattina announced he wasn’t running for re-election...
View ArticleNew Design:BTD to be Back in the Town to Unveil Preferred Concept for...
By Seth Daniel The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) announced that it will be back in Charlestown on May 18 for the big unveil of the Sullivan Square/Rutherford Avenue preferred design. The BTD...
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Play Ball
Owen, Phillies second baseman, was ready for any action that may come out in right field on opening day at the Charlestow Little League.
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Welcome to the Weather and Climate Museum
Braving pouring rain and horrible driving conditions, local community members gathered to celebrate “e” Inc.’s new Weather and Climate museum last month. The museum serves mostly elementary school...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 05-11-2017
Charlestown Beat Robbery 05/03/17 – A victim on Austin Street reported while walking home a black male, approached him, brandished a knife and demand money. The victim complied before the suspect fled...
View ArticleOwners ‘Ready to Rebuild’ at Site of December Six-Alarm Fire
By Seth Daniel The owners of the building that burnt down on Bunker Hill Street last December, on likely the coldest day of the winter, has demolished the damaged building and said he is ready to...
View ArticleNew Name,New Leadership for Tenants of Bunker Hill Development
By Seth Daniel Major changes have come quickly for the leadership, and even the name, of the tenants organization representing thousands of residents in the Bunker Hill Housing Development, with...
View ArticleBHA said Off-Site is a Consideration
By Seth Daniel The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) said this week that they are considering splitting up the sites for the One Charlestown development, and they also are excited to speak with the...
View ArticleMGH Institute Graduates Largest Class in its 40-Year History
MGH Institute of Health Professions graduated the largest class in its 40-year history on Saturday, May 6 at Commencement 2017. Among the 557 new graduates were students in the first classes of the...
View ArticleCouncil Candidate Field Keeps Getting Smaller
By John Lynds and Seth Daniel No Charlestown candidates have emerged, nor are any expected to emerge, for the District 1 Council race, but the two established, City Hall-employed, candidates – one from...
View ArticleGroup says ‘Surface Option’ Best for Sullivan Square
By Seth Daniel A coalition of die-hard involved residents concerned about the Rutherford Avenue and Sullivan Square corridor said this week that they’ve been through years of ups and downs with the...
View ArticleBunker Hill Parade Route to be Shortened; Goes Up Green Street at Thompson...
By Seth Daniel Parade organizers have confirmed this week that the Bunker Hill Parade route will be shortened and will make some long-overdue changes from the traditional route, cutting out the Union...
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I Can Grow into It
Stephen Fabiano, 11, with his prize from his family’s highest bid at Trivia Night, a jersey from Charlestown’s own Jimmy Vesey – who now plays for the New York Rangers hockey team. The highlight came...
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Old Schoolboys
Jack and Pete Tkachuk, father and grandfather of former NHL St. Louis Blue’s player, Keith Tkachuk, perform the bell ringing duties to call to order the 104th reunion of the Old Charlestown Schoolboys...
View ArticleAn End to the Drought — for Now
Last week, state officials announced that the entire state of Massachusetts was no longer in a drought emergency. This certainly comes as good news to residents. Over the last six months, every time it...
View ArticleTownie Tidbits
Story and Photos By Sal Giarratani JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT … Just when you thought that all we had to worry about was the «One Charlestown» project was all we had to worry about, along comes «We Want to...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
I enjoyed the article Dear Editor: I very much enjoyed reading the May 4 article about the Preservation Month event at the old State House. I would like to clarify, and add to, a part of my interview...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 05-18-2017
Charlestown Beat Trespassing 05/08/17 – Officers on Third Avenue placed an individual under arrest for violation of a no-trespass order. Larceny from a Building 05/12/17 – A victim on Spice Street...
View ArticleCharlestown Resident Rights an Old Wrong for Civil War Ancestor
By Seth Daniel There’s no telling what one might find when they begin exploring their family tree. Sometimes it can be shocking or embarrassing. Other times it can be moving. And sometimes it’s simply...
View ArticleRFP Ready for Nanny Goat Hill Properties
By Seth Daniel One might struggle to find Nanny Goat Hill if they weren’t a grazing goat in the early 1800s, but neighbors around the seven hilly parcels on Mead and Russell Streets know of them, and...
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