The Emmons Horrigan O’Neil Memorial ice rink – under the authority of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) – took delivery of a brand new Zamboni ice resurfacer on Monday afternoon, but that only scratched the surface of…
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Disney in Charlestown: New Movie Highlighting Charlestown Puts Neighborhood’s Best Foot Forward
A Disney feature film shot mostly in Charlestown earlier this year premiered last weekend, and put a great face on the Town with a snowy winter landscape (which was fake as we had no snow last year) and a cameo…
Return to School: Cassellius Announces Some In-Person Learning to Return in Charlestown
Some of the most vulnerable students in Boston Public Schools (BPS) will be able to return to local schools on Dec. 14 for in-person services and learning, according to an announcement by Supt. Brenda Cassellius on Tuesday. However, a plan…
State Outlines Initial Steps for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
On Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Baker announced allocation and distribution plans for the first round of COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Massachusetts set to begin around December 15 – with the first round of doses going straight to front-line hospital workers and…
Gaslight Replacement Program to Focus Only on Beacon Hill for Now
The City is in the process of exploring how to convert colonial gas lights into electrified colonial fixtures, and while that program could come to Charlestown eventually, right now it’s focus is on Beacon Hill and downtown Boston. The City…
News Briefs
Mayor Walsh Appoints Aisha Miller as Chief of Civic Engagement Long-time Chief of Civic Engagement Jerome Smith has left his position with the City, and has taken a job with Amazon. Now, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the appointment of…
Kennedy Center Honors Partners in Funding for Roof Repairs
The Kennedy Center celebrated the completion of their historic roof replacement project this week, a project that received state funding and City Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding as well. The Kennedy Center school, formerly the Old Kent School, was designed…
Long-Vacant Store Now Features Neighborhood Home Décor Boutique
Bunker Hill Relics had become a relic to most everyone passing by on that key business corridor of Main Street, but the long-vacant storefront has now found the perfect complement to the businesses on the block. Charlestown’s Donna Garlough opened…
Historic Houses of the Month: The Thompson Triangle
Charlestown has been blessed with an amazing number of late 18th century and early 19th century homes that were built during the reconstruction of Charlestown following the Battle of Bunker Hill. By the late 1960s the population of the town…
Charlestown’s Positive Test Rate Increases Dramatically Post-Thanksgiving Holiday
As feared the post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 surge is here and numbers are once again spiking in Charlestown. Charlestown experienced a 39 percent drop in the positive test rate during Thanksgiving week but that number has increased a whopping 257.5 percent the…