The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has announced that there will be lane closures on the Gilmore Bridge, which carries traffic on Austin Street between Boston and Cambridge, beginning on the weekend of July 27, and continuing on weekends only through…
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Charlestown’s Leigh Ann Steele Joins NEMPAC Board of Directors
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) welcomed Leigh Ann Steele to its Board of Directors this month. Steele, of Charlestown, was elected a member on June 5, 2019, and will proudly serve a three-year term on the…
Christie Getto Young to Receive Top National Staff Award
Senate Assistant Majority Leader Sal DiDomenico and his team are proud to announce that Christie Getto Young, chief of staff to Senator DiDomenico, is the 2019 recipient of the National Conference of State Legislature (NCSL) Legislative Staff Achievement Award. This…
TCB Contributes $5K to Boys & Girls Club’s ‘Life After the Club’ Program
The Cooperative Bank (TCB) and the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club cemented a partnership last Friday, July 19, with a check presentation to support the ‘Life after the Club’ program. Club Director Derek Gallagher said he was thankful for the…
Neighborhood Round Up
Cookie Jar Kup Roller Hockey Tournament for Kids The Cookie Jar Kup roller hockey tournament for kids is on for this coming weekend, to be played out at Eden Street Park/McCarthy Playground on Saturday, July 27. It is the 5th…
Natural Classroom : Boston Public Schools, Courageous Sailing Awarded for Summer Learning Program
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Students from across Boston last week start the “5th Quarter of Learning,” using the city’s amazing natural and local resources as a classroom to have fun, learn critical life skills, and help slow the summer slide. Boston students, many…
City Square Concert Series
Still Upbeat : Chain Forge Gets Another Extension, Developers Seeking Complex Funding
The developers of the Chain Forge (Building 105) hotel project received another extension from the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) to secure funding, but officials and the developers are upbeat about the progress recently made to get the project…
Big New York Developers Gobble up Two Properties in Industrial Park
Two New York residential developers have gobbled up large industrial properties in the Bunker Hill Industrial Park over the last 30 days – with one of the developers adding a parcel in the Park to another they purchased in 2015.…
Acquitted Shooter in Murder Arrested With Gun 16 Months Later
The suspected shooter of the late Ryan ‘Duce’ Morrissey, who was acquitted of the crime and freed in February 2018, was arrested June 28, allegedly with a loaded gun and heroin, in Roxbury by Boston Police. Alexander Soto, 21, formerly…