By Joanne Massaro, BHHR IAG Member As the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment (BHHR) project Article 80 process continues, through long meetings on Zoom, there are residents who are not participating but who may want to understand the issues and their…
Month: November 2020
City Health officials say cases surging due to small gatherings
City officials are warning residents that part of the uptick in COVID-19 cases seems to be clusters in households that seem to be coming not from blockbuster parties, but rather small gatherings that most feel are safe – but end…
‘Remote Snow Day’
Unofficial Results: Boston Voters Overwhelmingly Support Biden in Presidential Race
While the final tally for the city’s unofficial election results wasn’t available on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 3, Boston voters overwhelmingly supported Democrat Joe Biden over Presidential Donald Trump on the road to the White House. Nearly 83 percent…
Leggat McCall Commits to Fewer All-Affordable Buildings in Bunker Hill Development
There has been no shortage of discussion over the concerns about five affordable buildings in the massive Bunker Hill mixed-income redevelopment – a conversation that has gone on for a year or more – but the development team took a…
New England Development Executives Looking at Private Investments in Heritage Club
While New England Development (NED) might not have an interest in the Heritage Club marijuana store as a company, some of their senior executives are looking at private opportunities to personally invest in the company – though there had been…
North Washington Street Bridge (Charlestown Bridge) Construction Look-Ahead: November 1–14
Vibratory Hammer Noise Impacts •A vibratory hammer is being used to install the five cofferdams which will be needed to build the piers of the new bridge. Installation of each cofferdam takes about two weeks. •Use of the vibratory hammer…
Covid Positive Test Rate Remains at 4.6 Percent in Charlestown
As Boston tries to get a handle on the city’s COVID-19 spike the positive test rate remains above 4 percent according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). After Charlestown posted a 176 percent increase…
Neighbors Praise Professionalism, But Wary of Traffic on Heritage Club
The sentiment of the neighborhood was clear at the Heritage Club marijuana store community meeting on Oct. 29 – neighbors liked the company’s social equity emphasis and praised their presentation, but weren’t supporting them unless they could do something revolutionary…
35th Annual Monument Square Halloween Raises Over $15K for Harvest on Vine
The cancellation of the Monument Square Halloween celebration might have been a COVID-19 trick, but it was a treat to those serving the most vulnerable families in the Town – raising thousands of dollars in donations for Harvest on Vine…