Elise Roth and Matt Alderman danced on Pier 1 in the Navy Yard on Saturday night, Aug. 27, to the swinging music of the Tin Pan Band with the USS Cason Young as their backdrop. The public swing dance was…
Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff
First Female Welder in Navy Yard, Was Not Ordinary
By Seth Daniel When Peggy (Merigo) Citarella took out the classified advertisements shortly after graduating from Somerville High School in the late 1930s and while working in a candy factory in Charlestown, she noticed that the jobs for men paid…
Casino Mitigation Fund Passed by Council, First Meeting This Month
By Seth Daniel The Boston City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday, Aug. 24, to accept Mayor Martin Walsh’s proposal to create the Charlestown Casino Impact Fund and begin meetings on how to move forward with distributing $1 million currently in…
BTD Schedules Another Sullivan Square Meeting
By Seth Daniel The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) has scheduled a second meeting on Sullivan Square for October to discuss the design results that were crafted following input from the first meeting with he community in June. The meeting will…
Police Briefs 09-01-2016
Charlestown Beat Warrant 08/22/16 – Officers in the area of Main Street took an individual into custody on a Charlestown Court warrant for apprehension. Larceny 08/23/16 – A victim on Auburn Street reported that Federal Express delivered a package to…
Letter to the Editor
Seeks election as Registrar of Deeds Dear Editor: On Thursday, September 8th, Suffolk County Democrats will go to the polls to nominate their candidate for Suffolk County Register of Deeds. This position has long been referred to as the “velvet…
Enjoy Labor Day Weekend — Safely
It’s hard to believe, but the inevitable has arrived — Labor Day weekend is here. For those of us in the Greater Boston area, this has been the most incredible summer that anyone can remember (and for some of us,…
Townie Sports
By Kevin Kelly If anyone knows of any fall season “Townie” high school and collegiate athletes, let us know and we will post periodic updates on their teams. FALL SPORTS (high school) GOLF Devin Gallagher, Boston Latin (junior) SOCCER Mark…
Performing At City Square Park
Howie Newman (right) and Jackie Damsky (left) performed at City Square park on August 11 to a large crowed of families on the lawn. The concert was sponsored by the Friends of City Square Park and the Charlestown Mothers’ Association.
Bunker Hill Housing Development Moves Closer to Being Re-Done
By John Lynds Developers responsible for the project to replace the aging Bunker Hill Housing Development in Charlestown officially filed their ‘Letter of Intent’ with the Boston Redevelopment Authority this week. In its letter to the BRA, Corcoran-SunCal wrote that…