Irene Morey has lived 103 years and seen just about everything in modern history – from two World Wars to the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy – but her focus in all those long years, and her secret to…
Month: April 2019
City’s Capital Budget includes $3 Million for New Turf Field
Mayor Martin Walsh has chosen to announce his new four-year Capital Budget on Bunker Hill Street next Tuesday, April 23, and among several high-ticket items for the Town will be a $3 million replacement of the Charlestown High Turf Field…
CNC Community Corner
The monthly meeting of the Charlestown Neighborhood Council will be held on Tuesday May 7 at 7pm in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 545 Medford Street. Our City Councilor Lydia Edwards will be there. The public is encouraged to attend.
Options Running Out For Post Office, Officials Ask for Help
The Charlestown Post Office is running out of options, officials said, after a plan to relocate in the Bunker Hill Mall has seemingly fell through. Kurtis Bullard, a real estate specialist with the USPS, said there had been a plan…
Superintendent Search Committee Recommends Three – One with Local Ties
Three candidates have been forwarded to the Boston School Committee for consideration as the next superintendent of schools – including one candidate who attended Boston Public Schools and is now the headmaster at Cathedral High in the South End. The…
Historic House of the Month Middlesex Canal Houses
By Nancy Hayford Kueny The Middlesex Canal which operated from 1803 until 1853, carried agricultural products, timber, granite, raw materials and rafts of logs from East Chelmsford (now part of Lowell) to Charlestown, and returned north carrying manufactured goods and…
Call for a Master Plan Gaining Momentum as Organizations Band Together
Momentum has gathered very quickly this week in the grass-roots call for a proper, third-party Master Planning process for Charlestown, with numerous organizations reporting a productive meeting last Saturday morning at Memorial Hall. Starting the ball rolling about a month…
Clougherty Pool to Open Saturday, June 22
Summer is coming and Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) is pleased to announce that the City of Boston’s two outdoor pools, the BCYF Clougherty Pool in Charlestown and the BCYF Mirabella Pool in the North End are opening…
Registration Now Open for Boston Neighborhood Basketball League
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department has announced that registration is now open for the 50th annual season of Boston’s favorite summer basketball league, the Boston Neighborhood Basketball League (BNBL), kicking off on Monday, July 8. BNBL is the oldest…
BPDA Hosts YouthGroup in Preparation for First Youth IAG Member
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) and the Turn It Around program met at City Hall last week in anticipation of the first youth seat that will be included in the One Charlestown Impact Advisory Group (IAG) review process.…