The massive Bunker Hill Development mixed-income rehabilitation will begin City-sponsored review meetings with the community online this month, with the first meeting taking place on Sept. 9. Adelaide Grady, executive director of Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment for Leggatt McCall, said they are…
Author: Seth Daniel
From Fitness to Feeding: Charlestown YMCA Was a Stopgap in Feeding the Town, Will Continue as Facility Re-Opens
Charlestown YMCA Director Dru Belli had one of the most adventurous first years that one might be able to have after taking the helm of a critical non-profit organization. Starting last October, changes came fast and furious – and then…
Candidates, Voters Navigate One Strange Election Season as Sept. 1 Primary Approaches
Thousands of mail-in votes have been requested and hundreds have been cast in-person already for the Sept. 1 Primary Election as mail-in and in-person voting options have brought excitement to campaigns for U.S. Senate and State Representative in Charlestown. With…
Community Service: Charlestown Woman Pleads Guilty to Desecrating Peace Park
A Charlestown woman pleaded guilty and was arraigned on one count of destroying, defacing or injuring a place that memorializes the dead for her role in vandalizing the Peace Park on Lowney Way. Diane Valle, 67, of Charlestown, received a…
Election Commissioner Confident on Mail-In Voting, Election Process
So much skepticism and doubt nationally has veiled the mail-in voting and early voting initiatives brought about by COVID-19 restrictions, but ahead of the Sept. 1 State Primary, Boston Elections Commissioner Eneida Tavares said she is confident and the process…
Four Designs, Themes Unveiled for New Peace Park Reconfiguration
The landscape architect charged with taking community input and crafting it into four themes and designs for the Peace Park has unveiled four designs and themes for the park. Members of the Charlestown Coalition and the Turn It Around group…
Encore Initiates New Protocols After Videos of Large Hotel Parties Emerge
Just about everywhere, people are ready to shake the quarantine and let loose this summer, but they’re not going to be able to do that at Encore Boston Harbor anymore. On Monday, Encore Boston Harbor released new protocols for its…
Exelon Says It Will Shut Down Remaining Two Generators in 2024
After a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ruling against Exelon energy’s Mystic Generating Station, the company said late last week they will continue with the plan to shut down the remaining two generators on the Everett power plant just across…
Charlestown Adult Education Graduates Largest Class in Years
Graduation has been a delicate thing to pull off this spring and summer, but one of the most heart-felt graduation ceremonies annually in Charlestown got the green light last Friday, Aug. 14, and it saw 35 adults graduate from the…
Walking and Remembering: Durette Celebrates VJ Day in City Square
As Charlestown native Billy Durette looked out from Hays Square, with 128 American flags in a backpack that he was ready to tote through the Town last Saturday, he said there was an odd sense of remembrance that came over…