After years of red tape, permitting, city and state approvals and construction, East Boston’s second adult-use cannabis dispensary will open at 220 McClellan Highway–the former site of Enterprise Rental Car facility. Newton-based Happy Valley Ventures LLC, which was originally approved…
City Council Passes Operating Budget, and With Mayoral Melodrama Included
The City Council voted – though not unanimously – to approve the City’s Operating Budget, the School Department Budget, and the Capital Budget at its meeting on June 30, culminating what’s been a long and arduous journey that has made…
32 Charlestown Residents to Participate in Pan-Mass Challenge
On Aug. 7 and 8, more than 6,000 riders, including 32 participants from Charlestown, will take part in the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), a two-day 211-mile bike-a-thon across Massachusetts, with the goal of raising $52 million for cancer research and patient care at…
Little Mystic Community Mitigation Measures Presented at Community Meeting
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) held a community meeting on June 24 to discuss with the community the mitigation benefits planned as part of the Designated Port Area and Little Mystic sites. Reay Pannesi, Senior Real Estate Development…
No Escaping Climate Change
Heat domes. Polar vortexes. Superstorms. Megadroughts. Wildfire tornados. Rising sea levels. These terms were unheard of at the start of this century — other than in academic journals — but are now part of our everyday conversation. Climate change and its catastrophic effects…
Guest Op-Ed: Welcoming Phase of Reentry and Renewal
By Cathy Judd-Stein It is often said that the opportunity to find a deeper power within emerges when life becomes most challenging. Like many, I continue to reflect on the magnitude of fear and uncertainty we collectively experienced during the…
Garden Tour
Charlestown Soccer’s Boys Places Second in Tournament
By Peter Jaffe Charlestown Youth Soccer’s 9-11 grade boys Division 1 team went further than any previous Charlestown Youth Soccer Association (CYSA) team, and took a second place finish in the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions (MTOC) held this past weekend…
Harborfest Returns July 1-4
One of the largest Independence Day celebrations in the nation, as well as a tradition that now dates back back 40 years, Boston Harborfest returns with a four-day celebration from Thursday, July 1, through Sunday, July 4. The festivities get…
Boston’s Drinking Water Complies With Standard
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) has begun mailing its Annual Water Quality Report to every household in its service area. In the report published online the MWRA includes statistics on the quality of Boston’s drinking water, which the Boston…
Councilor Edwards Takes Extreme Exception to Globe Editorial Against Charter Amendment
With no warning and what she says are serious legal misunderstandings, Councilor Lydia Edwards has fired off a pointed letter to the Boston Globe calling for a retraction or correction to their editorial against her Budget Charter Amendment last Friday.…
Charlestown COVID Update Listed
For a second week in a row Charlestown’s weekly COVID-19 positive test rate has been zero percent according to the latest data released last Friday by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). According to the latest BPHC report, last week…