After months of intense discussion, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved three of the four final proposals to activate the Navy Yard this summer – including a proposal to put a Tall Ship restaurant in Dry Dock #2.…
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Meet Judge Robert Ronquillo: Boston Municipal Court Chief Tells Kids to Strive for Education, Dreams
For an adult, it’s no small task to keep high schoolers on the edge of their seats, engaged and hanging on every word. But that’s just what Boston Municipal Court Chief Justice Robert Ronquillo achieved when he visited Charlestown High…
Charlestown Resident Selected for Excellence Award
The Boston Estate Planning Council (BEPC) has selected Charlestown resident, JD, AEP, managing director of Private Banking and founding executive director of the Center for Women & Wealth (CW&W) at Brown Brothers Harriman, as the recipient of the 2019 BEPC…
Neighborhood Round Up
Ryan “Duce”Morrissey Scholarship The Friends of Ryan “Duce” Morrissey Scholarship Fund committee is pleased to announce the availability of several scholarships for high school and college students (freshmen and upperclassmen.) Deadline to apply is April 10, 2019. Eligibility criteria and…
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
BPDA Announces ‘Planning Study’ for Charlestown; Stops Short of ‘Master Plan’
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) announced this week that they will enter into a ‘Planning Study’ for Charlestown in 2020, with that announcement coming just one week after the Charlestown Preservation Society (CPS) and other organizations called on…
Charlestown Horse Owner Rooting Hard for ‘Bourbon War’
Charlestown’s Mark Sullivan doesn’t particularly care for mint juleps, but if his horse ‘Bourbon War’ finishes the race season strong, he will gladly be sipping juleps at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. Sullivan – who has lived for 19…
Councilor Wu Visits Charlestown HS; Learns about Open Enrollment Challenges
Charlestown High Principal Will Thomas hosted Councilor Michelle Wu on Monday morning, and the school leader educated the councilor on what he believes are unfair standards placed upon his school – a school that has a much larger population of…
Boston Officials to Install Dedicated Bus Lane on North Washington Street
In a move that could dramatically reduce the commute times for Charlestown bus riders, the City announced this week that they are planning on installing a dedicated bus lane on North Washington Street from Causeway to Haymarket. It would be…
City Ready to Put out RFP for Permanent Ambulance Station
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) will likely take the first step to creating a permanent, two-bay ambulance substation in Charlestown when it puts out an RFP in April or May. The BPDA’s Reay Pannesi and a crew of…