Senator Sal DiDomenico recently announced that he has been informed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (Mass DOT) that the Alford Street Bridge will be completely open on Friday, August 1.. Mass DOT is currently in the final stages of…
Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff
Darcy Ertl Takes Second Place In Mayor’s Garden Contest
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced the winners of the Mayor’s 2014 Garden Contest that included Darcy Ertl from Charlestown who won a second place award for Porch, Balcony, Deck or Window Box Garden.. Now in its 18th year, the…
Sal Giarratani Plays a G-Man in ‘Black Mass’ Film
Sal Giarratani is character even without the cameras rolling so it’s no wonder he landed a minor role in the upcoming Johnny Depp movie ‘Black Mass’ based on the life of Irish Mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. Giarratani, a retired police…
Townie Tidbits
REMEMBERING MY UNCLE JOE My mother’s side of the family was pretty large and growing up I had plenty of Irish uncles in my life. My mother’s family has its roots back in the Old Country in West Cork and…
Downtown View
Citizen Bob You’ll soon realize I like this man very much so I’ll say it up front. I first met Bob O’Brien, the retiring executive director of the Downtown North Association, when he showed up, uninvited, in 1990, to a…
Tiny Bubbles
Children played with bubbles, ran around the pier, and danced together during the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center’s Injury Prevention Fair last Saturday, July 12.
The Ones That Didn’t Get Away: Charlestown Resident Marco Savage Wins Youth Fishing Tournament
More than 40 teens from Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston took part in the 4th Annual Fan Pier Celebrity Youth Fishing Tournament on Thursday, July 17th. The tournament began at 7:30 with…
BRA Approves $4m: Rutherford Ave. Project
The Boston Redevelopment Authority recently approved a $4 million transit orientated project on Rutherford Avenue. The Rutherford Landing project at 463 Rutherford Ave. promises to bring transit-oriented housing to Charlestown. The $4 million project will replace a dilapidated, three-story building…
New Tolling System in Effect on Tobin
On Monday morning MassDOT activated the new all-electronic tolling system on the Tobin Bridge/US 1 southbound. The new system is the first phase in a plan to convert all of MassDOT’s tolled facilities to an all-electronic system. The new system…
Townie Tidbits
AUSTIN AND CHARLESTOWN SHARING AMERICA TOGETHER Austin, Texas over 1,500 miles away from Boston and Charlestown shares the same pride in American history. As I turned the State Capitol in Austin, I saw countless monuments to those who fought and…