The Charlestown Neighborhood Council (CNC) met on Tuesday night, June 5, and heard development plans for Sullivan Square, while also getting to the bottom of a long-standing issue about the rental of the Courageous Sailing pier. The meeting was also highlighted by a visit from Councilor Ayanna Pressley, who gave an update of her...
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A Peek into Luxury: Encore ‘Golden Rooms’ Show Off What is to Come
Even though the outside of the Encore Boston Harbor tower isn’t completed, there is already an opportunity to get a peek at the lap of luxury that is soon coming to the shores of the Mystic River. “This is the first run where you fit out all the rooms for quality, specifications and dimensions,”...
Two North End Restauranteurs Partner to Bring Flavor of the North End to Encore Boston Harbor
Encore Boston Harbor has picked two North End restaurant legends—Frank DePasquale and Nick Varano—to operate a 135-seat, 5,200-square-foot Italian restaurant at the Five-Star, $2.5 billion Encore Boston Harbor Resort. ‘Fratelli’ (which means brothers in Italian) is the first local restaurant partnership between DePasquale and Varano and the first locally-operated restaurant at the 3 million-square-foot...
Indigo Ag in Hood Park Gets Major State Job Creation Grant
Indigo Agriculture – headquartered in the Hood Park campus – has received a major life sciences job creation grant this week in excess of $1 million. The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced $20 million in tax incentive awards to 23 life sciences companies this week, including $1.125 million to Indigo. The awards were approved...
Hood Park Kicks off Community Discussion, Trading Open Space for Height
The first in a series of three planning and design charrettes regarding the future of Hood Park was held on May 30, just a week after the company proposed a 230-foot office building on its campus – double the height of the current allowable limits. Mark Rosenshein, of Trademark Partners, LLC, began the meeting...
CNC Spaulding Partnerships Award $100,000 to 18 Organizations
It was a celebratory atmosphere in the Knights of Columbus Hall on Tuesday evening when the Charlestown Neighborhood Council (CNC) and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Partnership awarded $100,000 in grants to 18 small community groups. It was the third year for the Spaulding mitigation money to be distributed, with $100,000 to be given out over...
Ryan Endorses Carvalho for District Attorney
On Monday during Charlestown Pride Week, State Rep. Dan Ryan of Charlestown announced he is endorsing his State House colleague, Evandro Carvalho of Dorchester, for District Attorney in the race to fill the seat being vacated by Dan Conley. “Evandro and I were sworn-in within weeks of each other,” Ryan said. “We hit it...
Bunker Hill Day Special
Thomas Knowlton: Bunker Hill hero, father of Special Forces The rag-tag precursor to the Continental Army that fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill for the Colonists can hardly be thought of as an elite Special Forces unit, but the father of today’s modern Army Special Forces cut his teeth right on Bunker...
Letters to the Editor
THANK YOU Dear Editor: To the Old Charlestown Schoolboys Association. I would like to Thank You for selecting me for one of the Schoolboy Scholarships. This Award will be put to good use as I continue my education at Stonehill College. Christopher Page THANK YOU Dear Editor: To the Old Charlestown Schoolboys Association. I would...
Townie Tidbits
SUMMER IS STILL HARVEST TIME IN TOWN Our pantry membership is growing, thus we need your support more than ever. Along with the 160 registered families that came for food last Tuesday, 17 new families signed up. We have five volunteer opportunities in June. Distribution 1 Set-up, Friday, June 8, 4:00 p.m. Distribution, Saturday,...
Schoolboys Dinner
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES: Dan Smith, Keith Lordan, John Scheiffern, Bill Smith, and Bill Lordan enjoyed the 105th Old Charlestown Schoolboy’s Association dinner last Sunday, May 20, in the Knights of Columbus Father Mahoney Hall. President Bob Flynn presided over the affair, which saw a packed house once again for the oldest organization in...
Hood Park Files for 230-Foot Office Building on its Campus
A little over one month after the community and some elected officials rose up to defeat a proposed text amendment regarding building height at the Boston Zoning Commission, Hood Park has filed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) for a building that is twice the current height...
Edwards says Now Is the Time to Push MassPort for Mitigation
Even though MassPort occupies a significant amount of land on Charlestown’s waterfront, Councilor Lydia Edwards said the Authority isn’t giving Charlestown its fair share of mitigation – and many times it isn’t even inviting the Town to the mitigation table. “When we walk away from the table, we should always know we’re walking away...
Here Comes Charlestown Pride Week: Associates Unveil Jam-Packed First Week
The Battle of Bunker Hill Day isn’t until June 17, but in Charlestown, the party starts right about now. The Bunker Hill Associates unveiled their calendar of events for Charlestown Pride Week this week, and it showed a packed week of fun starting this Sunday, June 3, and continuing full speed until the Associates...
CNC Corner
The monthly meeting of the Charlestown Neighborhood Council will be held on Tuesday June 5, at 7 p.m. in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 545 Medford St. At 6 p.m., we will be giving out the awards from the Spaulding-CNC Community Partnership Fund. All are invited to attend, to celebrate, and to thank our...
MyRWA to Take a Serious Look at Mystic River Waterfront
The Charlestown waterfront along the Mystic River remains largely hidden and inaccessible – a stark contrast to the east side which has seen significant investments in the Harborwalk and other waterfront parks. Through a robust community outreach process, which is kicking off with an Open House Event on June 14, the Mystic River Watershed...
Encore’s Off-Site Construction on Speedy Timetable
One can’t help but marvel at the 20-plus story casino tower and resort coming to life across the Mystic River in Everett while passing by, but it will likely be the massive amounts of road construction that will become more prominent this summer as the casino puts the pedal to the metal to get...
YMCA to Hold Summer Splash on June 7
The Charlestown YMCA is holding its annual signature fundraising event, Splash Into Summer, on Thursday, June 7, from 6-9 p.m. at Courageous Sailing Pier (Pier 4) in Charlestown. Every year, the Charlestown Y hosts this signature event to raise funds to support families and individuals in its own backyard. All funds raised from this event go...
O’Neill Elected Secretary-Treasurer Of National Urban Schools Coalition
Charlestown’s Michael O’Neill, a member of the Boston School Committee, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Council of the Great City Schools, the nation’s primary coalition of large urban public-school systems. His one-year term begins July 1. He becomes one of four Council officers and part of the organization’s leadership team for the 2018-19...
Women’s Heritage Trail Charlestown Walking Tour
In 1989, a group of Boston Public School teachers, librarians and students established the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) to remember, credit and commemorate the numerous women who helped mold and grow our city. Since its founding, BWHT has worked to restore women to their rightful place in history and in school curriculums by...
Here’s a Challenge:Jack Alves, Charlestown Benevolent Fund Issues Challenge to Help Harvest on Vine
Jack Alves of the Charlestown Benevolent Fund has issued a fundraising challenge this week to everyone in the Town on behalf of Harvest On Vine – the Town’s only Food Pantry serving those less fortunate. Alves wrote that he is issuing the community an immediate challenge, saying the Benevolent Fund will match any gift...
Police Briefs 05-31-2018
Charlestown Beat Drugs 05/22/18 – As a result of a drug investigation in the area of Bunker Hill Street, two individuals will be summonsed to Charlestown Court for possession of a Class A substance (heroin). Robbery 05/23/18 – Officers responded to the area of Franklin Street for a fight. As a result of the...
Townie Tidbits
REMEMBERING THE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY Memorial Day is a holiday started up by the Confederacy following the end of the Civil War and eventually became a national holiday to remember all who had fallen in defense of the American way of life. It is a day to pay respects to those who have...
Remembering Those Who Gave All
This Memorial Day, we remember and honor the American heroes who gave their lives for our country. Our Gold Star families deserve respect this day, and every day, of the year. My own father, Andrew, was a World War II veteran who enlisted in the Army as a private. He fought in the Battle...