TWIN SANTA VISITS: Shannon (Lundin) White and her husband, Mark White, brought the whole family to see Santa Claus on Saturday, Dec. 1, at the First Church in Charlestown’s Breakfast with Santa and Holiday Bazaar. Big sister Tatum joined the new twins, Brynn and Oliviah, for their first visit to old Santa Claus. The...
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Mayor Martin Walsh presenting Marine Corps Sgt. Lynn Alexis with gifts for Toys for Tots at the Warren Tavern on Dec. 2 during the annual Toys For Tots kick-off. All of the toys gathered go to local organizations to assist needy families during Christmas.
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Harvest on Vine Food Pantry The Harvest on Vine Food Pantry is requesting boxes of cereal and small bags of rice, two items that empty the shelves fast. Any donation on non-perishable foods that you could make would also be greatly appreciated. Donations can be dropped off at the Food Pantry at 49 Vine...
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The Charlestown Resident Alliance (CRA) and the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) announced a change in the leadership for the resident organization of the Bunker Hill Public Housing Community. Nancy Martinez, a longtime member of the CRA and resident of the Bunker Hill development, was recently elected as the organization’s president in a unanimous vote....
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Hood Park – Transportation Focused Discussion A second Public Meeting, hosted by the BPDA with the Hood Park Development Team, to discuss Transportation related topics to the proposed area. When: Thursday, December 6, 6-8 p.m. Cambridge College, Town Common Room 1403, 500 Rutherford Ave. From the Dec. 6 Tree Removal Hearing, 1010 Mass. Ave.,...
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Charlestown Beat Larceny 11/27/18 – A victim on Pearl Street reported someone stole the resident parking sticker from his motorcycle. Burglary – No Force 11/27/18 – A victim on Walker Street reported unknown person(s) entered the school, vandalized several classrooms and shut off the boilers. There were no signs of forced entry at...
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Harvard-Kent Elementary Students cannot wait for a sixth grade Expanding the Harvard-Kent to sixth-grade is the perfect pilot for BuildBPS, which proposes grade reconfigurations to K-6 and K-8s. It costs the district no money from the $1 billion BuildBPS allocation since we have space and require no new build. It will have students stay...
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JACK KELLY TALKING AGAIN OVER IN EASTIE If you didn’t get the opportunity to listen to author Jack Kelly talk about his struggles with addiction and his road of recovery when he spoke at the Charlestown Branch Public Library or over at the East Boston Branch Library last week talking about his struggle with...
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With the Christmas season in full swing, there will be the usual office, family, and neighborhood parties for all of us to partake and enjoy. By no means do we wish to cast negative thoughts or to be party-Scrooges, but we would be remiss if we did not remind all of our readers to...
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This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose just the right tree, decorate it carefully with our family-heirloom ornaments, and when we...
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