Spring (and Winter) Lacrosse Registration is now OPEN ALL ARE WELCOME! The Charlestown Lacrosse & Learning Center has opened registration for it’s main Spring season & for it’s Winter skills seasons!!! The CLLC teaches the great game of Lacrosse to a diverse group of…
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Police Briefs 12-19-2019
Charlestown Beat Vandalism 12/02/19 – Officers responded to Austin Street for a report of vandalism. The store manager stated a group of teenagers entered his business, and done of them kicked the front door, causing it to break. The incident…
Townie Sports
CYHA Update – Mayor’s Cup Week •SQUIRT 1…The Squirts won in thrilling fashion Tuesday night in Dorchester’s Devine Rink, beating Dorchester in a shootout, 2-0. The team had been up in regulation, but Dorchester came back and tied it 3-3…
Guest Op-Ed: Christmas is Still Special
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Make a mental decision that Christmas is going to be great. Our world exists in the space between our ears known as our brains. We can dread or hate something or just decide it’s going to…
Smiling With Santa
Toys for Tots Drive
CNC Community Corner
Tutorial Monday: The Spaulding-Charlestown Neighborhood Council Community Partnership Fund announces the fifth and final year of awarding grants to eligible non-profit organizations. The first tutorial for applicants will be held on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 at 7 p.m. at the…
Historic Houses of the Month The Gambrel Houses
By Nancy Hayford Kueny Charlestown has more late 18th-and early 19th-century frame houses than any other Boston neighborhood. Although many streets today are lined with brick townhouses, the majority of the oldest homes in Charlestown are timber framed homes covered…
Charlestown Loses a Special Man, Rene Menard, 1961-2019
By Tom MacDonald Rene (Rainy) Menard moved to 9 Samuel Morse Way, #878, Charlestown, 12 years ago. He’d been living at the Pine Street Inn, and the staff at Pine Street deemed him capable of managing his own apartment. Rainy…
Neighborhood Round Up
Charlestown’s Holiday Night Out Save the date and join your neighbors for a fun, family friendly night in the town on Thurs., Dec. 12, from 5-8 p.m. Support your local small businesses! The town’s businesses, makers, community groups, and nonprofits are…