When COVID-19 hit, the e-Inc. children’s science program in the Navy Yard took a huge financial hit, and was blanketed in uncertainty with schools closed and hands-on activities cancelled. Now they have pivoted to produce a series of shows called…
Author: Seth Daniel
Testing Begins to Ramp Up, But Still Far Below Other Neighborhoods
More residents are being tested than previously, but Charlestown still lags far behind the rest of the city’s neighborhoods in the numbers being tested – yet at the same time there are still relatively few cases and a rather low…
Wakefield Company Vying to Replace Mystic Generation Station With Wind Power “Highway”
For decades, environmental activists and hopeful residents have opined for the day that clean wind power could replace the gas-powered Mystic Station powerplant on Everett’s waterfront, just a few hundred yards away from Charlestown’s heavily residential areas. Now, that day…
Temporary Bridge Takes Shape, Traffic to Switch by Mid-July
Crews are working below the North Washington Street Bridge this week to secure the piers from marine traffic, and following that work they will open the newly-constructed temporary bridge – which will accommodate all modes of traffic for the next…
‘It’s Good to Be Open’: Bunker Hill Barber Shop among First to Re-open
It was Memorial Day – typically a day when the scissors and shears are in the off position – but for many beauty salons and barber shops, it was the first time in months they were allowed to open their…
Honoring, Remembering Billy Boyle
There was not anything that Billy Boyle wouldn’t do for Charlestown – let alone all the people he helped in the Town. Last Thursday afternoon, scores of his family, friends and neighbors came out to honor him and let him…
Councilor Edwards Moves to Endorse Rep. Ryan in Primary Race
In a hard choice between two qualified candidates she has known for many years, City Councilor Lydia Edwards said this week she was endorsing State Rep. Dan Ryan over Chelsea City Councilor Damali Vidot in the upcoming Sept. 1 Democratic…
Bunker Hill Car Parade Called off on Advice from the City
Start your engines…or maybe don’t. The Battle of Bunker Hill Day car parade that has been carefully planned for June 14 to prevent an all-out cancellation of the event has now been called off. Parade Coordinator Arthur Hurley said the…
MGC Consultants See ‘Significant Shift’ in Culture at Wynn, Encore
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) heard a report from consultant Miller & Chevalier regarding how Wynn Resorts and Encore Boston Harbor has adhered to the changes required after sexual misconduct hearings one year ago. It seems like a lifetime ago,…
CNC Gets Visit from Mayor Walsh on Zoom Planning Meeting
The Charlestown Neighborhood Council (CNC) had a nice online surprise earlier this month when they conducted a Zoom planning meeting of the members, and had Mayor Martin Walsh show up as a guest to address their questions – which were…