Standing in the Charlestown High School gym, Charlestown’s Patty Suprey could almost hear the sound of the wall-to-wall crowd on that January night in 1980. She could put her feet on the free throw line where she stood and shot…
Author: Seth Daniel
Two School Committee Members Resign After Racially Charged Texts Come to Light
Two Boston School Committee members, including Chair Alexandra Oliver-Davila, have resigned this week suddenly amidst the unexpected release of text messages that were disparaging to white people – particularly to white parents from West Roxbury. Chair Oliver-Davila resigned on Tuesday,…
General Warren Toast a Fun Tradition That Continues
It was about 10 years ago when State Rep. Dan Ryan, who was still tending bar at the Warren Tavern, struck up a conversation with Tom Coots – of the Charlestown Militia – on the birthday of General Joseph Warren.…
Bunker Hill or Bust to Feature Fun, Dining and Automobile Parade
The last time the Charlestown Militia marched up and down Bunker Hill Street for the annual parade was on a rainy Sunday, June 16, in 2019. It seems almost impossible that two years would have come and gone without the…
New Book by Local Author Cuts Through the ‘Fog’ of War
There’s no shortage of new revelations for the die-hard Battle of Bunker Hill enthusiast in a new book by Marc Stockwell-Moniz, including an updated death count and some insight into just how crazy – or foggy – the whole battle…
BPDA Proposes to Hire Consultant for PLAN Charlestown
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) is petitioning its Board at the meeting on Thursday, June 10, to hire a consultant to assist in the preparation of the planning study for PLAN Charlestown. In a memo to the Board,…
Councilor Edwards Enjoys Political Win in Advancing Structural Change for City Budgeting
Several observers and prognosticators of Boston City politics are giving a tip of the hat to the astute political path Councilor Lydia Edwards walked over the past year in getting her Charter Amendment for radical change in City budgeting past…
BCDC Voices Grave Concerns Over One Mystic
Members of the Boston Civic Design Commission (BCDC) expressed numerous concerns about the design, height and connectivity of the proposed One Mystic residential tower during a review meeting on Tuesday night. The BCDC is an appointed group of architects that…
Unexpected Memorial Day Wreaths Find a Place in Remembering
Sean Boyle said he just wanted to do something to help remembering fallen soldiers amidst all the celebration of the lifting of COVID restrictions, the beginning of summer and the entry of much better weather. After a call to the…
Bunker Hill or Bust! With No Parade or Bunker Hill Activities Again, Time to Improvise
A large group of volunteers and neighborhood leaders have mobilized to put together an improvised celebration for the Battle of Bunker Hill Day and the normal celebrations that lead up to that sacred day on the Charlestown calendar – as…