Special to the Times-Free Press National Grid is urging customers facing rising winter energy bills to consider company-offered programs that can spread bills across several months and explore payment assistance programs offered by state and federal agencies and regional non-profits.…
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ScrubaDub, Community Servings Partner on 30th ‘Pie in the Sky’
Community Servings, a nonprofit provider of medically tailored meals and nutrition services, and a leader in “food is medicine” research, advocacy and policy, is teaming up with ScrubaDub Auto Wash Centers once again for the 30th annual Pie in the…
An Important Election With Big Ballot Questions
This Tuesday, November 8, is state election day in Massachusetts. With two-term incumbent Governor Charlie Baker having chosen not to seek re-election, voters will be choosing a new governor for the first time in eight years. The contest between Democrat…
Letters to the Editor
Destined to Fail To the Editor, The St. Francis/POUA withdrew its Article 80 Large Project Waiver Request for the Helm Project on the eve of the October 24 public hearing. Hopefully, St. Francis/POUA has acknowledged that its Helm project, the…
Guest Op-Ed: Preserving More Deeply Affordable Units Across the Commonwealth
By Joseph J. Corcoran This past week, the Joseph J Corcoran Company broke ground on a 330 unit mixed income transformation of the Innes Apartments. It will replace a 1950’s built, 96-unit, public housing development owned by the Chelsea Housing…
Tour Will Get You Into the Spirit for Halloween
Constitution Inn Developers Agree To Submit to Article 80 Process
By Stephen Quigley The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) meeting that had been scheduled for Monday, October 24, concerning the controversial Constitution Inn project in the Navy Yard that would create 126 units of affordable housing for previously homeless…
Trick or Treating in Monument Square
Halloween at Monument Square is where each Charlestown child in attendance creates lifelong memories of Halloween at the Bunker Hill Monument. This is our 37th year that the generous Monument Square Neighborhood area residents provide a fun, safe evening of trick-or-treating for all…
Charlestown Streets Closed on Monday for Halloween
Temporary parking restrictions and street closures will be in place for the annual Charlestown Halloween Parade in the interest of public safety on the following streets: Monument Square, Both sides, around the entire square/monument. Monument Avenue, Both sides, from Monument…
CNC Corner
CNC General Meeting, Tuesday, November 1, 2022 The Charlestown Neighborhood Council will hold an in-person, public meeting on Tuesday November 1, 2022, 7-9 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 545 Medford Street, Charlestown. Please bring your questions and neighborhood concerns to the meeting or…