By State Rep. Dan Ryan and Councilor Lydia Edwards A significant amount of discussion has taken place in the last month regarding the Bunker Hill housing redevelopment. While some residents have asked to extend the review process in an effort…
Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff
Guest Op-Ed: It’s too Loud in Charlestown
By James Medeiros What’d ya say? Can you speak louder?! That’s what it’s like trying to have a conversation when walking up Lowney Way by Peace Park. The noise coming off the Tobin Bridge can be deafening. I find myself…
Letter to the Editor
Zelma Lacey House to Transition Away from Assisted Living Model To the Editor, What a sad surprise to read the article in the April 1 issue of the Patriot-Bridge. My mom lived at Zelma Lacey for six years. She moved…
CNC Corner
The Charlestown Neighborhood Council will hold a public meeting on Tuesday April 6 at 7pm. The agenda includes a presentation by the BPDA on developments in Charlestown by the developers of the site at 201 Main Street (over the 99…
The Kennedy Center Working to Keep Charlestown Strong
By Thara Fuller, Director of the Kennedy Center For more than 54 years, and long before the COVID pandemic hit, the Kennedy Center has faced the pandemic of poverty. The needs and challenges faced by the poorest of the poor were…
Councilors Edwards and Wu file Expanded Parental Leave Ordinance
Boston City Councilors Lydia Edwards and Michelle Wu have filed an ordinance that would codify the recent change to City policy expanding paid parental leave for city employees from six weeks to 12 weeks. The ordinance would also replace the…
USS Constitution Museum Honors Women of “Old Ironsides”
The USS Constitution Museum and USS Constitution hosted Rad Women of USS Constitution, a free virtual panel discussion on Wednesday, March 31. Current and former female crew members of “Old Ironsides” joined the Museum for an insightful discussion about leadership and the role women play…
The Markey-Warren-AOC Build Green Act Is Needed
The recent catastrophic winter-weather event in Texas has highlighted the degree to which our national infrastructure (among other things) has fallen victim to the penny-wise and pound-foolish thinking that has dominated our national politics for the past 40 years. The…
Guest Op-Ed: Goodbye and Thank You, Boston
By Former Mayor Martin J. Walsh I left Boston City Hall for the final time as mayor. I packed up the last of the photos on my desk, say goodnight to the security guards as I’ve done a thousand times…
Hockey News: National Championship Game and a lot of Youth Hockey
But for a fluke goal from behind the net by a Wisconsin player, Charlestown would have had an NCAA champion in the Town this hockey season, with Miceala Sindoris of the Northeastern University Women’s Ice Hockey team helping to make…