Mayor’s Cup Street Hockey Tournament Begins April 21 Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will once again host the Mayor’s Cup Street Hockey Tournament in partnership with the Boston Bruins Foundation during the April Boston Public…
Month: March 2025
Healey Visits Boston Children’s Hospital, Highlights Harm Caused by Cuts to NIH Funding, Medicaid
Special to the Patriot-Bridge On March 17, Governor Maura Healey and First Lady Joanna Lydgate visited Boston Children’s Hospital, a world leader in pediatric health care, to highlight how the Trump Administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding…
MassDOT Aeronautics Reports Successful Drone Medical Delivery Demonstrations
Special to the Patriot-Bridge The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Aeronautics Division has announced the successful completion of flights by three companies, which conducted drone medical delivery demonstrations transporting packages of up to 10 pounds. The tests were designed to explore…
North Washington Street Bridge
Construction Update The Construction Look-Ahead through March 29 for the North Washington Street Bridge is as follows: Scheduled Work • West sidewalk concrete placements • West bridge deck waterproofing • Marine fender pile concrete fill • Lovejoy walkway precast plank…
We Have Lost the Battle to Stop Climate Change; We Need to Save Ourselves
We recently saw a chart that was incredibly depressing: Even though the amount of greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) by the United States has decreased by about 15% since 2000, the rest of the world has increased its GGE by 50%. Right now,…
Are Americans Losing Their Appetite for Junk Food?
PepsiCo, the international food conglomerate, reported last month that the company’s North American snacks business, which makes Doritos, Cheetos, and Lay’s potato chips, saw a 3% dip (pun intended) in sales volume in the quarter ended Dec. 28. Smuckers, which…
An Open Letter to the Massachusetts Port Authority Board
Dear Editor, The following letter was submitted to the Massport Board members. Dear Massport Board Members, AIR, Inc., Mother’s Out Front, GreenRoots, Friends of Belle Isle Marsh, and other member organizations of the Logan Community Clean Air Coalition wish to…
DiDomenico Foundation St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Mayor Wu Hosts Packed Meeting on Soccer Stadium, Neighborhood Concerns
By Cary Shuman More than 100 residents attended a meeting hosted by Mayor Michelle Wu to discuss the proposed 24,000-seat professional soccer stadium in Everett and its impacts on the Charlestown neighborhood. Wu was joined at the head table in…
Charlestown Preservation Society 250th Celebration Events
Green Square Mile Film Screening – On Sunday, March 16, at 4 PM, the Charlestown Historical Society will host a screening of The Green Square Mile at the Bunker Hill Museum Community Room. This beloved film, directed and produced by…