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…
Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff
Charlestown Resident Alliance Elects New President
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…
For the Record
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,…
Police Briefs 12-06-2018
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…
Letter to the Editor
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…
Townie Tidbits
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…
Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
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…
Enjoy the Holiday Season
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…
Turkey Time Fundraiser
Nolan Burns (front) and Jimmy Lister fight for bragging rights in the annual Turkey Time fundraising hockey game on Saturday night, Nov. 24. The annual game raises funds for the Charlestown Youth Hockey Association (CYHA) by having former players come…
Powers at Library
Carol Cardello, Author Bobby Powers, and Karen Dean-Smith during Monday night’s author talk at the Charlestown Public Library. Long-time Charlestown resident, and poet, Bobby Powers presented his book of poetry, ‘Charlestown: A Cornerstone of America,’ to the entire community .