North Washington Street Bridge (Charlestown Bridge) Construction Look-Ahead: March 8 – 21 Travel Impacts •N. Washington Street Inbound : Off-peak daytime lane reductions across the bridge and additional lane reductions at Keany Square will continue. One lane across the bridge and all…
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Charlestown Votes: Democrats Remain United Against President Trump Following Super Tuesday Outcome
While some local Democratic leaders were shocked by the outcome of Super Tuesday, especially with Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s third-place finish in her home state, they agree that defeating Presidential Trump in November is their top priority. For Charlestown and Boston…
Bunker Hill Re-development Meetings Kick Off March 18
Community meetings for the Bunker Hill Re-development project will begin on March 18 following last month’s official filing of plans with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), and already elected officials in the neighborhood are providing feedback. The development…
Former ATF Agent to Speak on Solving Infamous Boston Arson Cases
The leads had dwindled and houses and buildings were burning down nearly every day in the early 1980s. AFT agents like Wayne Miller were working the case hard, but getting nowhere. Then they interviewed a Boston Police officer named Robert…
Quinn Scholarship Applications Now Available
By Kevin Kelly “Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.” ~ Ronald Reagan As the “H Company” platoon leaders huddled in the darkness of the Quang Nam Province in…
CNC Gets Clarity on Constitution Inn Sale
The Charlestown Neigh-borhood Council (CNC) got a little more clarity on the future of the Charlestown YMCA and the Dennis McLaughlin House at Tuesday night’s meeting. Charlestown YMCA Executive Director Dru Belli said there are no plans to close the…
McGonagle/McGoff Tourney Brought Excitement to CYHA Mites
It came down to a shootout. Nine Hyde Park players had come at Charlestown Mite 1 Goalie Reed Fullerton, and he had turned all nine away. It was a game that was miraculously close as Hyde Park had beaten the…
Charlestown’s O’Brien Finds a Home as a Homework Helper
On most Monday or Thursday afternoons, one can find Charlestown’s Jim O’Brien sitting in the front room of the Charlestown library, actively helping students organize their homework assignments. It’s an assignment he’s not unfamiliar with having been a Boston Public…