By Tom MacDonald The demand for food at St. Mary-St. Catherine’s Harvest on Vine emergency food pantry has skyrocketed since COVID-19 hit. The number of families we serve has increased, and the amount of food we distribute has increased. Men…
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Walsh, Boston Housing Authority Awards $2.5m in Food Distribution Contracts
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) is launching a $2.5 million partnership with local businesses and nonprofits to distribute hundreds of thousands of meals to its most vulnerable residents through the end of the year.…
Mayor Announces Boston Resiliency Fund Is Supporting Boston Lyric Opera
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that through a grant provided by the Boston Resiliency Fund, Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) will work with its local costume shop partner, CostumeWorks, to initially produce over 1,800 lip-reading-friendly clear-front face masks to support Boston’s…
Ethnic Studies Is a Must for Our Schools, Claim Boston City Councilors
Twelve of the 13 Boston City Councilors signed onto a letter supporting the Boston Teachers Union’s Ethnic Studies Now! Committee and its campaign to fully integrate Ethnic Studies into the City’s public school curriculum. The Committee, headed by educators from the Boston…
Boston Local Development Corporation Receives $693,000 CARES Grant
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced Monday that the Boston Local Development Corporation has received a $693,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to provide loans to…
COVID-19 Infection Rate Remains Steady in Charlestown
Charlestown’s COVID-19 infection rate and those testing positive for the virus remain well below the citywide average. Last week, the COVID-19 infection rate in Charlestown rose only 2.1 percent. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
DeBrino Graduates from RIT John DeBrino of Charlestown graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BS in computer engineering. Some 4,000 degrees were conferred in the 2019-2020 academic year at all of RIT’s campuses. A virtual celebration was held…
Traffic Detours of Monsignor O’Brien Highway Outbound in Cambridge This Weekend, August 29 and 30
The MBTA announced it will continue crane lifts this weekend at the new Lechmere Viaduct under construction between the Gilmore Bridge and Lechmere Station along Monsignor O’Brien Highway. The operation necessitates the closing of the outbound lanes on Monsignor O’Brien…
I-93 Southbound Zakim Bridge Lane and Ramp Closures
Overnight temporary lane and tunnel closures Friday, August 28, and Saturday, August 29 The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced that temporary lane and ramp closures will be implemented on I-93 southbound on the Zakim Bridge into the Tip…
Candidates, Voters Navigate One Strange Election Season as Sept. 1 Primary Approaches
Thousands of mail-in votes have been requested and hundreds have been cast in-person already for the Sept. 1 Primary Election as mail-in and in-person voting options have brought excitement to campaigns for U.S. Senate and State Representative in Charlestown. With…