Edwards to Host Annual Women’s Event, Selected as Boston’s Most Impactful Black Women In celebration of Women’s History Month, Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards is hosting her annual “Lead with Lydia” Women’s Event on Thursday, March 25, at 5:30 p.m.…
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Teamsters Local 25 Autism Fund Announces Grant to Special Townies
The Teamsters Local 25 Autism Fund provided grants totaling more than $350,000 to organizations dedicated to autism research, services and awareness – including Special Townies. Organization leaders received the great news during a virtual Zoom presentation hosted by Teamsters Local…
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Girls Softball Registration Registration is officially open for Charlestown Girls Softball. There will be divisions for: Instructional/8U, 10 and under, 12 and under and 14 and under. For more information visit their website www.charlestowngirlssoftball.com. Blood Drive With MGH-Hosted by the…
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Edwards Makes Peace on Tree Issue at Bunker Hill
Safe to say contentious meetings are a part of the fabric of Charlestown, but rarely has the issue been about trees – if ever. That said, tensions have been high over the last week or more in regards to a…
More Students Return to In-Person School
With teachers fully vaccinated and many families ready to get back to the “real” classroom, students in grades 4-8 returned to the Eliot School on Monday, March 15, to join students from the K-3 classes that went back on March…
Boston Parents Reach 700 Signatures in Online Petition Requesting Denial of BPS Waiver
In less than a week, more than 700 people coming from every Boston neighborhood have signed a Change.org petition encouraging Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to reject any waiver from Boston Public Schools (BPS)…
Cookie Crisis: Unique Partnership With RSM Brings Famed Collettey’s Cookies to City Square
There were only a limited amount of rejections a determined young woman like Collette Divitto would take before doing something about it. Speaking from the now-vacant kitchen at the RSM offices in City Square on Monday, she said she got…
Outdoor Dining to Return to Charlestown on March 22
Several Charlestown restaurants are expected to take advantage of the City of Boston’s 2021 outdoor dining program set to begin on March 22. This is an earlier start than the previously-announced date of April 1. Last year the restaurants that…