Month: March 2019
Coming down – Demolition of Power Plant Building to Start This Year
After years of discussion, the Navy Yard Power Plant (Building 108) will soon be demolished – albeit very carefully – said Devin Quirk of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA). The BPDA sought a contract with Weston and Sampson…
BPDA Says Little Mystic Site Cannot Be Used for Housing, Recreation; Residents Have Mixed Feelings
The BPDA held a public meeting on March 21 to inform the public about the uses of the Little Mystic site that is owned by the BPDA and currently leased to MassPort, and to talk about mitigation efforts. The 40…
Suffolk University Development Rumor Discussion Squashed at the Meeting
Several Charlestown residents said they attended this meeting because they heard a rumor that Suffolk University is looking to “build two ice rinks, freshmen housing, a field house, and taking our rink,” on this parcel, one resident said. “I’ve heard…
Tall Ship Restaurant Ready for Summer Activation in Navy Yard
The trio responsible for bringing the Tall Ship restaurant to Dry Dock 2 this summer is excited to be able to activate the Navy Yard with a traditional boat, and is in the process of bringing that boat to the…
CYHA Alumni Present Charlestown’s Andrés Jay the 2019 Bryson Award
For more than three decades at the Charlestown Rink on any given Sunday at noon during the hockey season, there is a fraternity of former Charlestown Youth Hockey (CYHA) players huffing and puffing up and down the ice, reliving their…
Wynn Resorts Hearings at MGC to Begin April 2
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) announced on Tuesday that the adjudicatory hearings on the Wynn Resorts and Wynn MA, LLC license suitability will begin on April 2 and continue through April 4. The hearings will take place at the South…
Three Somerville Bridge Closures to Affect Charlestown for Green Line Extension
The Green Line Extension (GLX) Project continues on schedule, with the next milestone being the closure of the Washington Street Bridge (Underpass) in East Somerville on the night of Monday, April 8. A new bridge will be constructed through the…
Superintendent Search in a Quiet Period, but Semi-finalists Chosen
The School Superintendent Search Committee has chosen a series of semi-finalists for the position and over the next two weeks will be conducting private, confidential interviews of those candidates before announcing finalists and rolling out the public portion of the…
Alford Street Bridge: Travel Lanes Open Earlier than Expected
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced that crews will re-open all travel lanes on the Alford Street Bridge in Boston beginning on Thursday, March 28, a month earlier than scheduled, so that there will be two lanes of…