Last week, Senator Sal DiDomenico and his colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate passed a $17 billion transportation bond bill that will fund major transportation infrastructure projects across the Commonwealth in an effort to modernize, expand, and maintain our transportation…
Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff
Second Youth-Led Discussion on Race and Policing Scheduled
Join Councilor Lydia Edwards and the Charlestown Coalition for a continued youth-led, healing conversation on race and policing with young adults from the Turn-It-Around program. The event will take place this Friday, July 24 at 1 p.m. at the Peace…
USS Bunker Hill Returns to San Diego
The guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) returned to San Diego, July 8, after a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. Bunker Hill is part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and departed on a…
BPS Partners with NWEA to Administer Exam School Admissions Test
The Boston Public Schools (BPS) last week named NWEA as the vendor to administer the assessment for its three high schools that require an exam as one part of admissions criteria. The “examination schools,” Boston Latin Academy, Boston Latin School,…
Charlestown Artist, Joe Caruso to Show at AREA CODE Art Fair
The work of Charlestown artist, Joe Caruso, has been selected for the main on-line section of the Area Code Art Fair, the first art fair featuring contemporary artists with ties to New England. Caruso is one of 50 artists who…
Charlestown Residents to Participate in the Reimagined 2020 Pan-Mass Challenge
On Saturday, Aug. 1, more than 10,000 participants, including 47 participants from Charlestown, will virtually take part in the reimagined 2020 Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) with the goal of raising critical funds for cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Dana-Farber).…
Councilor Vidot Urges Residents to Vote Safely and Vote by Mail in Sept. 1 Primary
At-Large Chelsea City Councilor and Candidate for State Representative of the Second Suffolk District, Damali Vidot, recently recognized the Massachusetts Legislature and Gov. Charlie Baker for developing and implementing the Commonwealth’s first-ever vote by mail program. Today, she’s urging residents…
BPDA Extends Rent Deferment for Qualified Commercial Tenants
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board last week authorized the agency to extend its rent deferment program for qualified commercial tenants at BPDA-owned properties through September. The agency launched this program in April as a way to support the small…
Lechmere Viaduct Rehabilitation Update
As part of the Green Line Transformation (GLT) program, work is continuing on the Lechmere Viaduct Rehabilitation project, in which the MBTA is rehabilitating and replacing track on the historic, concrete arched structure. Marine mobilization has begun and starting Wednesday, July…
For the Record
From the July 16, 10 a.m., City Council Committee on Government Operations Working Session: The Committee will hold a working session on a petition for a special law re: An Act Relative to the Zoning Board of Appeal. The Chair of the…