Charlestown Against Drugs (CHAD) held it’s Second Annual Turkey Trot races for children and their parents on Saturday, November 23rd at the Charlestown High School athletic field. Over fifty families turned out on the sunfilled but blustery windy morning in hopes of winning a turkey for their Thanksgiving holiday dinner. The children also enjoyed...
The Charlestown Boys and Girls Club will be one of 33 area non profits to share $394,000 in grant funding as part of the city’s Partners With Non-Profits (PNP) program. Mayor Thomas Menino made the announcement last week and said the funds will be used for facility upgrades and on-site physical improvements at the...
The calendar produced by the Friends of the Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library is now available in several locations in town. This year’s calendar is available for sale in our branch library, The Joy of Old on Main Street, Ace Hardware in the Shopping Center and Bunker Hill Souvenirs on the Training...
Next week MassDOT will make detour maps available to Charlestown residents regarding the upcoming Callahan Tunnel closure. The Callahan Tunnel connects Boston to East Boston and points north along the Route 1A corridor. It is one of two Boston Harbor Tunnels that connect downtown to Logan International Airport. The tunnel is slated to close...
The internationally-acclaimed Barker College Choir & Orchestra from Sydney, Australia will perform at St. Mary’s Church, on Warren Street on their U.S. tour on Friday, December 6 at 8:00 p.m. Their trip begins in Boston with performances at Boston Latin School and Faneuil Hall Marketplace as well as workshops at Boston University and a...
Charlestown resident Alex F. Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA, Provost and Academic Vice President of Academic Affairs and a renowned speech-language pathologist at MGH Institute of Health Professions, received the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) highest honor on November 15 at the organization’s annual meeting. Dr. Johnson, who joined the MGH Institute in 2008, received the...
As the city digests FEMA’s new maps for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFAP) and how it will impact residents and business owners in coastal neighborhoods like Charlestown, City Councilor Sal LaMattina is calling for a hearing on the issue. “FEMA has redrawn flood zone maps which are the basis of the NFIP’s regulations...
On December 5, at 6:00 PM the Charlestown Neighborhood Council will host a neighborhood meeting with the Principal of the Edwards Middle School to discuss the Edwards Parking Lot rules and regulations. There will be a question and answer session regarding the parking lot which is used by many neighbors of the school for...
On Monday, November 11, members from the Charlestown Boys & Girls Club headed out to Drumlin Farm run by the Mass Audobon Society in Lincoln, MA. They saw chickens, massive pigs, goats, deer and cows, and also Vince Vaughn shooting his new movie! It was a great fall adventure for everyone!
MGH Institute of Health Professions raised more than $390,000 for student scholarships during its annual Gala on November 6. More than 300 people attended the event, held at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, to support students in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology who attend the Charlestown Navy Yard graduate school. The...