It came down to a shootout. Nine Hyde Park players had come at Charlestown Mite 1 Goalie Reed Fullerton, and he had turned all nine away. It was a game that was miraculously close as Hyde Park had beaten the…
Author: Seth Daniel
Charlestown’s O’Brien Finds a Home as a Homework Helper
On most Monday or Thursday afternoons, one can find Charlestown’s Jim O’Brien sitting in the front room of the Charlestown library, actively helping students organize their homework assignments. It’s an assignment he’s not unfamiliar with having been a Boston Public…
BPDA receives new documents on Bunker Hill Redevelopment
The new development partnership of Leggat McCall and Corcoran filed its documents with the City – a Draft Project Impact Report (DPIR) – to begin the official reviews of the 10-year, massive, mixed-use, mixed-income public housing redevelopment project at Bunker…
Leap Year Lady: Charlestown’s oldest resident turns…26?
When Charlestown’s Irene Morey thinks back through the many years, the sharp-witted woman unlocks memories from times long past – the many decades she’s lived through: the presidents, the accolades, the ups and the downs. As Charlestown’s oldest resident, Morey…
Cassellius supports Charlestown High to go 7-12
Supt. Brenda Cassellius said in a recent interview that she would be supporting the idea of adding a middle school to Charlestown High and making it a clear pathway encompassing Grades 7-12, a vision that is shared with Charlestown High…
AtlasScope: Leventhal Map Center Creates Amazing Historic Map Tool
Finding the history of a specific place in Charlestown – such as one’s home or business – often resulted in consulting numerous printed atlases, perhaps a trip to the Hyde Park archives and likely a lot of dead ends. Now,…
Urban Renewal Meeting Will Be About Listening, Talking about Results
Saving the best for last, the long-awaited Charlestown Urban Renewal review meeting has been scheduled for Feb. 27, and will be led by Charlestown’s Chris Breen – who has been conducting Urban Renewal meetings all over the city for the…
A Legacy in Verse: Ronnie Doe Found Redemption in Poetry, Helping Others
In years past Ronnie Doe said he wasn’t known for his emotional side, or for being in touch with the feelings that come from death, love or religion. Moreso, he said he was often remembered in Charlestown for the path…
Councilor Edwards to Hold Hearing on Sweeping ZBA Changes
With the chairmanship in her possession of a powerful Council committee, Councilor Lydia Edwards has quickly advanced her Home Rule Petition in that committee, a petition that calls for sweeping reforms to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). Edwards announced…
Encore Revenues Show Dramatic January Decrease in Table Games
They say never to tout your success too soon, and if one does, they should knock on wood. It doesn’t appear like Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox knocked on any wooden objects after the quarterly investor call earlier this month…