The rates of COVID-19 cases and the positive rates per test continue to be low and to get lower for Charlestown, but testing of the neighborhood is still much lower than anywhere else in Boston. A new testing site has…
Author: Seth Daniel
Preservation Park to Get a Makeover, CPS Looking for Input
Preservation Park is about to get a re-make. But where in the world is Preservation Park? Few know, but those in the Charlestown Preservation Society (CPS) are well aware of it as they have maintained it for years. Preservation Park…
Friends of City Square on Hold for Concerts This Summer
City Square has become a marvelous summer hangout in Charlestown, with families coming more and more to enjoy the open space and – especially – the monthly concerts in the park. This week, Grace Bloodwell, governor of the Friends of…
New Health Charlestown Begins Testing Site Outside Clinic
Charlestown has been plagued by low testing numbers – the lowest in the City by far – throughout the COVID-19 response, but now NEW Health Charlestown has stepped up to try to bridge that gap by establishing the first testing…
Battle of Bunker Hill Day Parade Will Continue On…in the Car
Like the Revolutionary-era conflict that is celebrated throughout mid-June, the Battle of Bunker Hill Day Parade is not going down this year without a fight – or at least a festive drive around the Town. Long-time Parade coordinator Arthur Hurley…
Three New Test Companies Bid for Exam School Test
Three high-level testing companies have submitted bids to Boston Public Schools to be the next Exam School Test provider – potentially administering their first test for entrance into the City’s three elite 7-12 schools this fall. Supt. Brenda Cassellius said…
New Charlestown High Principal Ready to Lead School into the Future
Coming back to Boston Public Schools (BPS), the incoming leader of Charlestown High School is ready to take the school into a new, COVID-19 future in which the school could potentially expand and become integrated into a neighborhood education pipeline.…
Councilor Edwards Calls on Secretary Galvin to Show up for Guidance on Voting
After Secretary of State Bill Galvin’s office was a no-show last week at Councilor Lydia Edwards’s critical Council hearing on how voting will take place this year, Edwards said she was “disgusted” and called on Galvin or his office to…
Testing Picks up, While Cases and Rates Remain Low
Testing has picked up and is about to really increase in the coming weeks, as Charlestown’s 149 cases of COVID-19 remain the lowest in all the city. The numbers of tests have grown by 60 percent in the latest results,…
Six Businesses Get Grants from Small Business Relief Fund
Six businesses in Charlestown joined more than 500 citiwide that received word of funding grants through the recently-established Small Business Relief Fund – a fund announced by Mayor Martin Walsh last month with initial funding of $2 million. Walsh announced…