On Saturday, February 12, the amazing generosity of so many Charlestown neighbors and friends showed itself once again with the culmination of a town-wide Bath Towel Drive. In spite of an ongoing pandemic, a weekend blizzard, and unusual freezing rain…
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Local Students Earn Academic Honors
UMF Announces Dean’s List for Fall 2021 Semester The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces Carleigh Schievink of Charlestown was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2021 semester. University of Maine Farmington (UMF) maintains a Dean’s List each…
Wu Signs Transfer Fee Home Rule Petition
Mayor Michelle Wu joined State Representative Brandy Fluker Oakley, local elected officials, and residents to sign a home rule petition to implement a transfer fee of up to two percent on real estate sales of $2 million or more in…
Medford St. Meeting Focuses on Open Space, Resiliency
Monday night’s community meeting hosted by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) regarding the Planned Development Area (PDA) Master Plan for the former Domino Sugar Factory at 425 Medford Street focused on open space and resilency. The Master Plan…
Wu Begins Process of Sunsetting Boston Urban Renewal Plans
This week Mayor Michelle Wu began the process of sunsetting Boston’s outdated Urban Renewal plans in several areas of Boston including the Charlestown Urban Renewal plan. Mayor Wu filed the order with the City Council Monday that would begin the…
City’s Indoor Mask Mandate to Be Lifted on March 5
The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) held a virtual meeting on March 1, where it discussed COVID-19 updates and trends, as well as made a unanimous decision to lift the city’s indoor mask mandate beginning on Saturday, March 5. BPHC…
News Briefs
Charlestown Democrats to Elect Delegates to State Convention On Tuesday, March 8, at 6:00 PM, Boston Ward 2 (Charlestown) Democrats will convene virtually to elect 13 delegates and 4 alternates to represent Charlestown at the 2022 State Democratic Convention. This…
Charlestown’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Decreases
Two weeks after Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) Executive Director Dr. Bisola Ojikutu announced that the City’s “B Together” policy, which requires patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19,…
Arroyo and Hayden Say They Are Both in the Race for Suffolk County District Attorney
So far the race for Suffolk County District Attorney will be between one candidate who supports many of former DA Rachael Rollin’s reforms and another who is more moderate and was appointed as interim DA by Republican Governor Charlie Baker.…
Paramedic Training School Scholarship Program for Massachusetts’s EMTS Announced
Transformative Healthcare announced a $1,000,000 Paramedic Training School scholarship program to enable EMTs aspiring to become Paramedics access to state-of-the-art education at a fraction of the tuition expense. Over eighty (80) EMTs will receive scholarships to participate in the 2022…