State Rep. Dan Ryan is joining the Baker Administration in championing an immediate effort to provide $10 million in assistance to small businesses across the state – an effort announced earlier this week in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business…
Author: Seth Daniel
BH Redevelopment Seeks only MEPA Waiver, Full City Process to Play Out
The Bunker Hill Redevelopment team will not seek a waiver for the City’s Article 80 review process, but will seek a waiver from state environmental reviews (MEPA) for its Phase 1 portion of the project – which includes the first…
Ropewalk Project Hits Hard times in Finances, Asks BPDA to Defer Rent
The redevelopers of the nearly-completed Ropewalk residential project have asked the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) to defer six years of ground lease payments in exchange for four more affordable housing units on site due to several financial issues…
Papa’s Past: Looking Back at Growing Up on Belmont Street
Raising his family outside of Charlestown, Joseph Hart used to mesmerize his children with stories of life growing up in Charlestown – bolstered by frequent visits to the longtime family home on Belmont Street (which the family sold in 2006).…
Hero Sports Keeps Charlestown Kids Active at the Harvard-Kent
As the school day goes from morning to afternoon on Mondays and Thursdays at the Harvard-Kent School, there’s one thing that excitedly stays on the minds of many of the young people. That excitement is Hero Sports – a program…
Encore Boston Harbor Working with State, MGC on Coronavirus
Few companies in Massachusetts have the experience of dealing with the Coronavirus in the way that Encore Boston Harbor’s parent company, Wynn Resorts, has over the last two months. Last month, the company’s resorts in Macau, China had to close…
PLAN Charlestown to Continue with Historical Perspective this Month
The PLAN Charlestown initiative will continue with its second meeting on March 24 in the Charlestown High School Cafeteria. The effort kicked off on Jan. 30 with a jam-packed house at the Warren Prescott School, an open house format that…
Charlestown Votes: Democrats Remain United Against President Trump Following Super Tuesday Outcome
While some local Democratic leaders were shocked by the outcome of Super Tuesday, especially with Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s third-place finish in her home state, they agree that defeating Presidential Trump in November is their top priority. For Charlestown and Boston…
Bunker Hill Re-development Meetings Kick Off March 18
Community meetings for the Bunker Hill Re-development project will begin on March 18 following last month’s official filing of plans with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), and already elected officials in the neighborhood are providing feedback. The development…
Former ATF Agent to Speak on Solving Infamous Boston Arson Cases
The leads had dwindled and houses and buildings were burning down nearly every day in the early 1980s. AFT agents like Wayne Miller were working the case hard, but getting nowhere. Then they interviewed a Boston Police officer named Robert…