Mayor Martin J. Walsh congratulates the winners of the Porch, Balcony, or Window Box Garden category in the citywide Mayor’s Garden Contest during a reception held August 12 in the Public Garden. Left to right: First Place winner Debbie Lingos of Back…
Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff
Crime Down in Charlestown
Half way through the year and overall Part One crime is down 10 percent in Charlestown with homicides, robbery or attempted robbery, burglary or attempted burglary, and larceny are all down when compared to same time period last year. From January 1…
City’s Veterans Commissioner Weds Jennifer Siegler
Boston’s Commissioner of Veterans’ Service Department Francisco Urena and Jennifer Siegler were married on Friday, August 15th in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The wedding was held at the Codman Estate, a historic home built in the 1700s. Urena and Siegler met when Siegler was…
Police Briefs 08-21-2014
Armed Robber Arrested There have been two incidents this month where guns have been taken out of the hands of criminals through diligent police work from District A-1/15.Last week officers from District A-1/15 responded to a radio call for an armed…
Charlestown Residents to Participate in Jimmy Fund Walk
On Sunday, Sept. 21, Darcy Goldman, Aimee Goudas, Natalie McManus, Elianna Nuzum, Catherine O’Connor, Danielle Valle-Fitzgerald and matthew Wicker, residents from Charlestown will walk up to 26.2 miles along the historic Boston Marathon® route in the Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk presented…
Summer’s End
Summer always seems to go by too quickly — “Tempus fugit,” (Time flies) as the ancient Romans would say — and that is especially true when we’ve had a summer that just didn’t happen such as we have had this year. For…
National Night out
Senator Sal DiDomenico attended Charlestown’s Family Night and National Night Out in Doherty Park on Tuesday August 5, which brings the community together to raise awareness about crime in our neighborhoods. “I am always happy to attend this event and…
MGC to Charlestown: “We Will Decide”: Walsh, Residents Upset over Decision of No ‘Surrounding Community Status’ for Boston
After months of failed negotiations between the City of Boston and Wynn Everett to nail down a ‘surrounding community’ agreement, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) stripped the city of surrounding community status last Thursday at a public hearing. The MGC…
Grants Announced for Building Healthier Charlestown Community
Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Community Health Improvement (CCHI) and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital recently announced the distribution of $118,628 in grant funding through Building a Healthier Charlestown to two Charlestown collaboratives. The grants follow a community health assessment and community…
Wynn Unveils Transportation Plan: $65 Million in Major Traffic Improvements Are Planned
Wynn Everett officials unveiled its transportation plan, outlining a series of major improvements to roadways, intersections, sidewalks, bikeways, traffic lights, and signage on the routes leading to the proposed $1.6 billion casino/resort on the former Monsanto site in Everett. Robert…