This week the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture awards grants to artists and organizations to create short-term public art projects and activations through the Transformative Public Art program. In Charlestown, artist Jasmine Lee will receive grant money to create…
Bob Cappucci Announced His Candidacy for Mayor
Bob Cappucci, a lifelong resident of East Boston, a retired Boston Police Officer, and a veteran of the US Navy Nuclear Submarine Service, is running for mayor as the Law and Order candidate. He has experienced the hopes and struggles…
Candidate John Barros Proposes City College System for Boston
Candidate for Mayor John Barros today released a proposal to establish a City College System for Boston that would knit together Boston’s designated Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to provide open doors for Boston Public School students to affordable post-secondary education, and industry-informed…
North Washington Street Bridge Construction Look-Ahead
This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work and changes to traffic configurations beyond those described below. Marine Impacts The…
Edward’s Boston-Cambridge Tourism Marketing District Passes Council
City Councilor Lydia Edward’s push to create the first ever tourism marketing district for Boston and Cambridge passed the City Council unanimously last week. The effort, spearheaded by Edwards and cosponsored by Councilor Frank Baker, will permit hotels in Boston…
Make the Most of the Rest Of Summer
If nothing else, the Summer of 2021 has taught us an age-old lesson: The only thing that is certain about life is uncertainty. Remember when President Biden told the country in the spring that his goal was to have the…
The Unvaccinated Are Rebels Without a Cause
For the majority of our readers — who are vaccinated (because we live in Eastern Mass.) — the reasons being given by those who refuse to get the shot, even when they are dying in the hospital, are inexplicable. The…
Letter to the Editor
Don’t Give up the Pier To the Editor, Throughout our advocacy for keeping Pier 5 public, what we are hearing from many in the Charlestown community is, “you can’t fight City Hall”, “the outcome is already in the bag,” and…
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New Bike Trail Nearing Completion on Alford Street
The MBTA and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) are nearing completion of the shoreline stabilization project at MBTA’s Charlestown Bus Facility along the Mystic River – giving full view to a much more stable shoreline and a smart…