An age-old, but forgotten, Charlestown tradition will be returning for the holidays this year, and it’s likely to brighten the faces of several homebound elderly and veterans. A conglomeration of volunteers from the Bunker Hill Associations, the Golden Age Senior…
Author: Seth Daniel
State Hopes Changes at Rutherford, Cambridge Will Help Gilmore Bridge
One of the most frustrating pinch-points for local traffic in the Town has become the Gilmore Bridge – a much more critical corridor these days as more residents look to travel to work in Cambridge. That commute, while just minutes…
Councilor Flaherty Tops Ticket in Charlestown, Murphy Strong Here
Final unofficial numbers from the Election Department this week show that Councilor Michael Flaherty once again topped the ticket in Charlestown in the Nov. 5 Council at-large race, with Councilor Michelle Wu finishing in a close second. Candidate Erin Murphy…
City At-Large Election Too Close to Call on Final Seat: Councilor Edwards Gets Good Vote Though Unopposed
The City Election is Charlestown featured a slow day of voting, but any excitement absent during the day was made up for at midnight – when the final spot on the at-large ballot became contested between candidates Julia Mejia of…
Stub Ramp: Partially Constructed On-Ramp to 93 North Could Be Built
Most in Charlestown know it as the “stub.” It’s come up so many times in meetings over the last 15 years that it has its own nickname that most in Town actually recognize. For all those years, it was just…
Organizers Looking for More Survey Responses in Plan Charlestown
A survey from the 02129 Neighbor Alliance is available now and organizers of the effort said they are really pushing to get the maximum number of responses before the City’s planning process starts in January. The survey is part of…
Japanese Townie Served Valiantly, Wounded Twice, in World War II
The story of Kinzo Hamano is a very curious one on its own – he being one of the few Townies from the old days who was a native of Japan, but spoke with the Irish brogue so common in…
Tatte Bakery Gets Mix of Support, Opposition at Abutters’ Meeting
A large crowd was on hand Monday night in the American Legion Post on Adams Street to hear the plans for the Tatte Bakery local chain to occupy the ground floor of the refurbished and expanded 40 Warren St. office…
BRT Enters Design for Rutherford Ave.
The design for Rutherford Avenue and Sullivan Square has brought in a new wrinkle in that it has begun to adopt some aspects of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service – potentially in the center lane along the corridor and…
Halloween on at the Monument, Postponed at the Training Field
Halloween spawns one of the largest public gatherings for the Town every year, but this year the soggy weather has put a fright in the plans – with the Training Field postponing its activities until Sunday and the Monument Square…