By Sal Giarratani NO NEED FOR ANY HERO WORSHIP I enlisted in the United States Air Force right after graduating from Boston English High School and lately when I go to public events, someone at the podium is always asking…
Month: October 2016
Have A Safe and Happy Halloween
Halloween will be observed this Monday, and that means that scores of children and others will be roaming our streets during the early-evening hours as they go about their ritual of trick-or-treating in our neighborhoods. It is up to each…
Guess the Weight
Will Allen holds the “guess the weight” pumpkin during the Grand Opening celebration of the John Harvard Mall on Sunday, Oct. 16. The Upper and Lower Malls underwent significant renovations over the past year and have now been re-opened to…
Democrats Meet
Jay O’Brien, vice chair of the Charlestown Ward 2 Democratic Committee, prepares to speak about the importance of the upcoming Nov. 8 election for Democratic voters. The Ward 2 Committee gathered at Blackmoor Restaurant on Monday night to talk about…
Walsh Arranges for City Hall Come to Charlestown for a Night
By Seth Daniel There are questions and concerns – and times when one might be absolutely stymied – that cannot be resolved in a Mayor’s Coffee Hour or a Mobile City Hall visit. To that end, Mayor Martin Walsh and…
Halloween Plans Taking Shape for Activities
Halloween will have one great big treat this year, and it’s not chocolate or sugar, but it’s still sweet. The colossal Halloween celebration this year will make a return to the fully-renovated Training Field after having been displaced for one…
Charlestown’s Best Dressed Launches Personal Styling Service
By Marianne Salza When a woman slips on that perfect dress, she exudes boldness. Her posture is poised, her smile glows, and her wrists jingle with metallic bangles. It is the radiant expression that Best Dressed Co-Owner Nikoleta Lirantonakis loves…
New Development Plans Unveiled at Assembly Row
By Seth Daniel As several developments in Assembly Row are now up and running, and others have just completed their steel skeletons, all of which are quite visible from Charlestown and of great concern here due to unresolved transportation plans,…
Wynn Boston Harbor Tears Through Slurry Wall Construction
By Seth Daniel The slurry wall foundation that supports a majority of the Wynn Boston Harbor building is nearly completed, more than a month ahead of schedule, and work crews are in the process this week of digging out the…
Refugee Exhibit Now Going on at Long Wharf
Most Americans do not know what it is like to have to leave your home, your neighborhood and your country and undertake a perilous journey that you do not know what awaits you if you are lucky enough to survive…