Just as the framing for the first floor of the housing project on Bunker Hill Street began in March, COVID-19 entered the scene and shut down the project – a well-received nine-unit housing construction across from St. Francis de Sales…
Author: Seth Daniel
Charlestown Gets Locations for Neighborhood Food Truck Pilot Program
The Bacon Truck and a few other popular food trucks will land in Charlestown at three locations this summer as part of Mayor Martin Walsh’s Boston Food Truck program – a program in response to COVID-19 that seeks to locate…
Whole Foods Hit with Lawsuit on BLM Masks, Company Denies Reports of Firing for Wearing Such Masks
Several former and current Whole Foods employees filed a federal lawsuit against the grocery store company in Boston Federal Court on Monday alleging the company fired employees for wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’ facemasks to work, but Whole Foods contends it…
Splash Down! Charlestown’s Clougherty Pool Opens with Appointments, Precautions
Visiting the dentist has always required an appointment, but a trip to the public pool in Charlestown – well, in the era of COVID-19, that too requires an appointment. Cheers went up from the huddled and hot masses in the…
Little League Kicks off Summer Season With Care
Little League has been as predictably popular summer after summer in Charlestown that it can become like a summer job to those heavily involved in organizing the league or coaching the kids. Numbers have increased significantly at all the ranks…
Just Like The Bruins…
Hockey is king in Charlestown, but summer roller hockey has taken a hit due to COVID-19 lockdowns. A few games here and there have popped up, but recently some began to come back to the roller rinks. On a recent…
Tatte Bakery Opens Its Doors Here
In what used to be a first-floor parking lot for the Urban Renewal-era 40 Warren St. office building, Tatte, a sleek new bakery and restaurant, has opened to a very warm welcome in an area that is light on such…
Encore Re-Opens Doors With No Issues
The sounds of Frank Sinatra music or sultry Peggy Lee tunes in the Encore Boston Harbor resort had been off since March until this past week – as employees began to return for training in the run up to last…
CNC Distributes Final $100,000 Spaulding Grant Money in Year Five
It wasn’t exactly how the Charlestown Neighborhood Council (CNC) hoped the final year of their Spaulding Rehabilitation mitigation grant distribution would go, as they had always hoped to have a big celebration at the Knights of Columbus to celebrate a…
Councilor Edwards to Begin Hearings on ZBA Reforms
City Councilor Lydia Edwards will hold a working session on Thursday at City Hall to discuss major reforms to the Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA), just as the Board begins to meet again and tackle a backlog of hundreds of…