Many say that mistakes only make one stronger, and that’s the attitude that the talented Charlestown High indoor boys’ track team is taking this week after losing the City Championship to Eastie by four points on Feb. 4 – a…
Month: February 2020
Prime Time Player: Charlestown’s Alizey Marshall Enters 1,000-Point Club
Alizey Marshall wasn’t at 100 percent physically but she wasn’t going to allow a tough of the flu to keep her from the goal at hand. Not with a large crowd of friends and family at the Charlestown High School…
Townie Sports
Youth Hockey Update •Bantams – The Bantam team has had a pretty good 2020, with a big win over Dorchester, 2-1, in Revere on Feb. 1. They followed that with a tough loss to Stoneham at Hockeytown, 3-6. On the…
Steady as She Goes
PLAN Charlestown Kicks off With Huge Crowd at Open House
Pulling out a Bunker Hill flag and holding it high for the massive crowd in the Warren Prescott gym to see, BPDA Planner Ted Schwartzberg delivered the opening salvo in the battle of PLAN Charlestown – telling the audience the…
Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project Unveils Website
The Bunker Hill redevelopment team unveiled a new website this week with project updates, automatic e-mails and a great new FAQ section. The website contains presentations from past meetings, announcements about the process and an evolving construction schedule. The development…
A Different Budget: New Superintendent’s Budget Reflects What She Heard
The world of school budgets within the Boston Public Schools (BPS) has rarely been marked by intrigue or excitement in years past, but new Supt. Brenda Cassellius said this week that her first budget proposal is different than any previous…
Two Charlestown Projects Funded in Latest CPA Round
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) yesterday recommended 40 projects, totaling more than $24 million, for inclusion in the next round for the Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding – including two projects in Charlestown. The…
Local Realtor Achieves National Recognition
Janis Pacheco with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has been awarded the Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR) designation by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Janis Pacheco joins more than 25,000 real estate professionals…
Councilor Edwards Gets Positive Feedback From CNC
By Adam Swift City Councilor Lydia Edwards hit on a number of topics affecting the city, and specifically Charlestown, during a presentation to the Charlestown Neighborhood Council Tuesday night. Edwards hit on some of the initiatives she is working on…