On Tuesday Charlestown HS Air Force JROTC hosted a contingent of five RAF cadets visiting from England. The day began with the visitors joining Major Chaisson, the ROTC commander,to experience an American classroom. It was a fun activity where all the students learned about ROTC, school, and culture in England and both sides got...
By Luke O’Neill Much like rush-hour traffic around Sullivan Square, the proposed reconstruction of the rotary and Rutherford Avenue appears snarled. After a couple years, several public meetings and a community consensus to remove the Rutherford Avenue underpasses and make a surface road, U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano recently expressed his concerns about the...
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Mayor Thomas M. Menino recently launched an early start to an aggressive spring cleanup effort, dispatching Clean Teams to city neighborhoods after a winter in which Boston experienced severe weather and unprecedented snowfall. The Mayor has directed city agencies and departments to work together and engage residents to implement a...
There has been much talk about Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day and about whether or not they are legitimate holidays. That question arises in Suffolk County because these two holidays are exclusively Suffolk County holidays and have been since 1941. These holidays have been called an insult to taxpayers by some senators and...
Capping off a storybook campaign, junior superstar Brendan Collier drove to the net with a Herculean move through two defensemen to score the game-winning goal in overtime, clinching the prestigious “Super 8” hockey title for Malden Catholic (22-1-2). Despite trailing a determined St. John’s Prep team by a 3-1 score in the second period,...
If you know of a “Townie” who is participating in a sports or recreational activity (elementary school, high school, college, or otherwise), please E-Mail me at bunkerhillbillie@aol.com with the information and/or photographs and I will be sure to include them in a column. I’d also love to hear about any honor roll students or...
With “opening day” only a month away, it is urged that players register for the 2011 Little League season as soon as possible. The draft will be held in the first week of April and coaches will select only registered players for their teams. Don’t get left out! The cost is $50 per player...
A “Texas Hold-Em” style fundraiser will be held at the Knights of Columbus Lower Hall, 75 West School Street, on Saturday, April 2 from 6 to 11 p.m. The event will feature professional poker tables and trained volunteer dealers, with a $100 buy-in. Contact Steve at 617-686-5939 to register, or for any questions. The...
Charlestown shocked heavily-favored Hyde Park by a score of 5-4 to capture the Boys Under-10 Squirt championship in a rollicking, back-and-forth hockey “classic.” Hyde Park had crushed the “Townies” earlier in the season to the tune of 11-0, cheering each score as though it were a New Year’s Eve celebration. The excessive reveling only...
I started attending the second grade at St. Mary’s grammar school after our family moved from Bunker Hill Street to Monument Avenue. The next year we moved again, this time to Winthrop Street, directly across from the firehouse and just 20-yards from the school’s front entrance. Nevertheless, I was late for school; a lot. ...