After over three decades of service and being responsible for the creation of a 140 bed nursing home and an elderly housing development in the neighborhood, North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health) CEO James Luisi is set to retire next…
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Annual Scollay Square Members Exhibition at Boston City Hall The Menino Arts Center and the Hyde Park Art Association proudly announce the Annual Scollay Square Members Exhibition at Boston City Hall, viewable through May 29, 2022. There will be an…
Charlestown, City’s Weekly COVID Positive Test-Rate Climbs Once Again
With the neighborhood and city’s weekly COVID positive test rate still climbing, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is recommending residents take precautions to stop the spread. The BPHC also renewed its recommendation that masks be worn in indoor public…
Local Officials React to Roe V. Wade Leak
The unprecedented leak to Politico Monday that five Supreme Court Justices may be gearing up to reverse the court’s landmark decision that has protected a woman’s right to choose for a half century has set off a firestorm of condemnations…
Lydia Edwards Says Farewell to the Boston City Council
Last Wednesday Sen. Lydia Edwards delivered her final speech inside the Boston City Council Chambers after a five year tenure representing District 1, which includes East Boston, Charlestown and the North End. Edwards’s time on the Council officially came to…
North Washington Street Bridge Construction Look-Ahead to May 14
This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work and changes to traffic configurations beyond those described below. Traffic Signal Work…
Earth Day Festival
BPDA Approves 420 Rutherford Ave for Office Lab Space
At its April board meeting the Boston Planning and Development Agency approved plans to transform the existing site at 420 Rutherford Avenue into a 101,500 square-foot office and lab building. Related Beal, known for their developments at The Clarendon, One…
COVID Positive Test-Rate Continues to Climb
Charlestown and the city are in the middle of another COVID surge as nearly 1 out of every 10 residents tested last week in the neighborhood were positive. Health experts are saying the new subvariant of the omicron strain, known…
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston Presents ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder with Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak and Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman triumphantly finds its way to the Lyric Stage Company of Boston after originally scheduled to open on May…