Charlestown’s Michael O’Neill, a member of the Boston School Committee, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Council of the Great City Schools, the nation’s primary coalition of large urban public-school systems. His one-year term begins July 1. He becomes one…
Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff
Women’s Heritage Trail Charlestown Walking Tour
In 1989, a group of Boston Public School teachers, librarians and students established the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) to remember, credit and commemorate the numerous women who helped mold and grow our city. Since its founding, BWHT has worked…
Police Briefs 05-31-2018
Charlestown Beat Drugs 05/22/18 – As a result of a drug investigation in the area of Bunker Hill Street, two individuals will be summonsed to Charlestown Court for possession of a Class A substance (heroin). Robbery 05/23/18 – Officers responded…
Remembering Those Who Gave All
This Memorial Day, we remember and honor the American heroes who gave their lives for our country. Our Gold Star families deserve respect this day, and every day, of the year. My own father, Andrew, was a World War II…
Walking Tour
Brian Sullivan and Jeff Zettel look at a gravestone amongst the Phipps family in the Phipps Burial Ground, one of the stops on the new Charlestown Preservation Society’s walking tour app. The Phipps Burial Ground is one of the oldest…
CNC Corner
The monthly meeting of the Charlestown Neighborhood Council will be held on Tuesday June 5 at 7 p.m. in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 545 Medford Street. At 6 p.m., we will be giving out the awards from the Spaulding-CNC…
ParkARTS Watercolor Painting Workshops Return
Budding artists ages nine and up are invited to join the Boston Parks and Recreation Department for its popular summer series of ParkARTS Watercolor Painting Workshops during the month of June at six Boston locations. The series of free workshops…
Placement Evaluations for Charlestown Soccer Fall Season to Take Place
Placement evaluations for Charlestown Soccer’s Fall 2018 travel soccer season will take place over the course of the first two weeks in June. Sessions will run for roughly one hour and 15 minutes, following the check in period. Placements are…
Zelma Lacey House Announces New Fitness Partnership Started
Zelma Lacey House, an assisted living community located in Charlestown, and managed by full-service real estate and property management firm Peabody Properties (www.peabodyproperties.com), recently announced a new fitness partnership with J. Fish Senior Fitness, a company specializing in physical fitness…
Encore Soil Clean Up, Dredging Complete with $68 Million Price Tag
After moving nearly a million tons of soil and sediment on land and water for more than 18 months – and spending in excess of $68 million in private funds – Encore Boston Harbor announced that it has completed final…