Mark your calendars and prepare to join the Boston Parks and Recreation Department to celebrate the holiday season with their 2022 schedule of lighting celebrations in City of Boston parks. Lighting of the Trellis at Christopher Columbus Park Monday, November…
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Bridges Homeward Named New Children’s Trust Healthy Families Massachusetts Provider
The Children’s Trust, the state’s child abuse prevention agency, announced last week that Bridges Homeward was awarded the 2022-2028 contract to oversee the Healthy Families Massachusetts program for Chelsea, East Boston, Revere, Winthrop, and Charlestown. The Children’s Trust’s Healthy Families…
News Briefs
Your Local Post Office Will be Closed in Recognition of Veterans Day Post offices across the commonwealth will be closed on Friday, November 11, in honor of Veterans Day. There will be no street delivery, except for guaranteed overnight parcels,…
Remember To Thank Our Veterans
This Friday, November 11, marks the national holiday of Veterans Day, a day marked by solemnity and reverence to honor those who have served in our nation’s military. Veteran’s Day initially was known as Armistice Day when it was enacted…
Letters to the Editor
A Huge Thank You To the Editor, A huge thank you to the many who gave food donations (cans, pasta, and cash) to the Harvest on Vine Food Pantry (HOV) at the recent Halloween Parade event around the monument. Tom…
Halloween in Charlestown
Open Space and Resiliency Improvements Galore at 425 Medford Street
By Michael Coughlin Jr. The Flatley Company held its first of three meetings scheduled over the next few months on Wednesday, Oct. 26, to discuss open spaces and resiliency at its proposed 25.5-acre development at 425 Medford Street, the site…
Residents Suggest Ideas for BHCC Parking Lots
By Michael Coughlin Jr. The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), in conjunction with members of PLAN: Charlestown, an initiative to reshape the future of the neighborhood, held a workshop Thursday, Oct. 27, to discuss potential redevelopment plans for the…
Municipal Court Hosts Bicentennial Celebration
The Charlestown Division of Boston Municipal Court was pleased and honored to host a Bicentennial Celebration on October 28. They were joined by approximately fifty 6th grade students from the Harvard Kent Elementary School, who toured the Courthouse and participated…
Suffolk County Sheriff Tompkins Named ‘Employer of the Year’
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins was named “Employer of the Year” by the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE). Reacting to the unexpected honor of becoming the first-ever recipient of the award, Sheriff Tompkins expressed his appreciation for both…