By now, the Bunker Hill Associates would be head-on into Charlestown Pride Week with Peter Looney Night, the CHAD March and lively Bunker Hill Family Feud events underway or on the way, but for the second year in row, COVID-19…
Month: June 2021
General Warren Toast a Fun Tradition That Continues
It was about 10 years ago when State Rep. Dan Ryan, who was still tending bar at the Warren Tavern, struck up a conversation with Tom Coots – of the Charlestown Militia – on the birthday of General Joseph Warren.…
Bunker Hill or Bust to Feature Fun, Dining and Automobile Parade
The last time the Charlestown Militia marched up and down Bunker Hill Street for the annual parade was on a rainy Sunday, June 16, in 2019. It seems almost impossible that two years would have come and gone without the…
New Book by Local Author Cuts Through the ‘Fog’ of War
There’s no shortage of new revelations for the die-hard Battle of Bunker Hill enthusiast in a new book by Marc Stockwell-Moniz, including an updated death count and some insight into just how crazy – or foggy – the whole battle…
Bunker Hill Associates Announce 2021 Mega Raffle to Fund Community Grants
By now, the Bunker Hill Associates would be head-on into Charlestown Pride Week with Peter Looney Night, the CHAD March and lively Bunker Hill Family Feud events underway or on the way, but for the second year in row, COVID-19…
BPDA Proposes to Hire Consultant for PLAN Charlestown
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) is petitioning its Board at the meeting on Thursday, June 10, to hire a consultant to assist in the preparation of the planning study for PLAN Charlestown. In a memo to the Board,…
Councilor Edwards Enjoys Political Win in Advancing Structural Change for City Budgeting
Several observers and prognosticators of Boston City politics are giving a tip of the hat to the astute political path Councilor Lydia Edwards walked over the past year in getting her Charter Amendment for radical change in City budgeting past…
Charlestown COVID Update Listed
Charlestown’s COVID-19 positive test rate remains below 1 percent according to the latest data released last Friday by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). According to the latest BPHC report, last week 336 residents were tested and 0.07 percent were…
Andrew Biggio, Veteran and Founder of Annual Wounded Vet Ride, Pens First Book
Adrew Biggio’s basement at his Winthrop home has been converted into a museum-of-sorts with display cases of war memorabilia, artifacts and other keepsakes he’s collected since serving his tours of duty as a US Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan. Biggio,…
Leventhal Map Center Announces Nelson as New President
The Board of Directors of the Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library announced last week that Garrett Dash Nelson, the Center’s Curator of Maps and Director of Geographic Scholarship, will become President and Head…