The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) reported that no one was seriously injured in a major fire at one of the buildings on Tufts Street in the Bunker Hill Housing development, but with that building within the first phase of the…
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Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard 2020 Annual Membership Drive
Join the Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard as a new or renewing member and enjoy access to members only benefits at more than 10 local businesses and restaurants. Since 2004 the Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard has provided…
Ward Two to Elect Delegates To Democratic State Convention
Registered Democrats in Ward 2 will hold a caucus on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at the Charlestown Branch Library to elect Delegates and Alternates to the 2020 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the caucus beginning at 6…
Charlestown Residents Take to the Streets to Look for Good Tree Homes
Don’t be alarmed if you see residents out in the streets of Charlestown measuring sidewalks and sizing up empty planting sites. They’re newly minted VolunTREErs, part of the non-profit Speak for the Trees’ efforts to measure and inventory empty planting…
BPDA Proposing Zoning Code Changes for Digital Signage
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) held a public meeting on Jan., 27 regarding a recommended adjustment in permitted times for operation of digital signs in the city. Mark McGonagle of the BPDA said that right now, digital signs…
Building a Better T: Second of Four Winter 2020 Weekend Orange Line Diversions Begins This Weekend
The MBTA reminded customers that weekend Orange Line service between Sullivan Square and Tufts Medical Center Stations will be suspended the next several weekends beginning at 8:45 p.m. on Friday through to the start of service on Monday. “This past…
State Schedules Temporary Overnight Lane Closures on Longfellow Bridge
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced there will be temporary overnight lane closures on the Longfellow Bridge between Boston and Cambridge for anyone traveling in a motor vehicle. The overnight closures are scheduled to take place February 3,…
Neighborhood Round Up
Charlestown Girls Softball Spring Registration and Winter Clinics will be held at the Harvard Kent School Gymnasium, 50 Bunker Hill Street from 6 – 8 p.m. on the following dates: February 3,10 & 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23 &30. …
Major GLX and GLT Work at Lechmere Coming in Spring 2020
The MBTA announced major work taking place this spring 2020 on the Green Line as part of the Green Line Extension project (GLX) and the Green Line Transformation Program (GLT): the closure, relocation, and complete replacement of Lechmere Station to take place…
Councilor Edwards Looking to Focus on Local Issues in 2020
Councilor Lydia Edwards has a lot of overarching, citywide – even statewide – goals for the new year, but she said by and large her office sees this as a year to focus locally. “We see this as a year…