Special to the Bridge Last week, the Healey Administration announced $40 million in federal and state funding to implement the law that Senator Sal DiDomenico championed for years, and the legislature passed in 2022 that would streamline access to core…
We’re (Over)Eating Ourselves to Death
The latest statistics reveal an incredibly negative picture of Americans: 40% are obese and another 32% are overweight. In other words, almost three quarters of Americans maintain an unhealthy weight. Yes, the fast-food industry is hugely to blame, as epitomized by all…
60 Years of James Bond
It was 60 years ago this summer that the first James Bond movie, Dr. No, starring the late Sean Connery, was released in the U.S. That movie instantly became a touchstone of 1960s pop culture which has flourished to the…
Letter to the Editor
Guidance on Preventing Opioid Overdose Dear Editor, We are now amid the worst drug overdose crisis in our nation’s history, with an estimated 109,680 lives lost across the country in 2022. In Massachusetts six people die each day from overdose,…
Charlestown Dads Bring Pickleball to Union Street Playground
By Allen Reitz On Wednesday nights on the converted Union Street tennis court, the sounds of “Thonk! Thonk!” ripple through the surrounding neighborhood. These are the sounds of the world’s fastest growing sport, Pickleball, which has reached this small enclave…
Local Attorney Tobin Re-Elected as Vice President of USA Hockey
Special to the Patriot-Bridge John L. Tobin, local attorney and real estate broker, was recently re-elected a Vice President of USA Hockey by acclamation at its Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. As Vice President, he chairs USA Hockey’s Legal Council…
Councilors Offer a Hearing To Discuss the Digitization and Tracking of Parking Regulations
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta and Councilor-At-Large Michael Flaherty will host a hearing to discuss the digitization and tracking of parking regulations in the City of Boston on Tuesday, July 11, at 10am in the Iannella…
Wu Announces Grant for Public Art Programming
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture (MOAC) announced that MOAC has recently been awarded $3 million in funding from The Monuments Project at the Mellon Foundation for the city’s proposal: Un-monument…
Overdose Prevention Trainings Offered Each Month
The Charlestown Coalition, in partnership with the Boston Public Health Commission, will be holding Overdose Prevention Trainings in the beginning of each month for Summer 2023. These trainings will equip community members to identify signs of an overdose, administer naloxone…
Boston Harborfest Brings Color, Music, and Spectacle to Downtown
The 42nd edition of Boston Harborfest, the country’s largest, and Boston’s most expansive, Fourth of July celebration, runs June 30 through July 4 with events stretching from Downtown Crossing to the North End and from the Boston Common to Boston…
North Washington Street Bridge Construction Look-Ahead Through July 8
Construction Look-Ahead for the Noerh Washington St. Bridge through July 8 is as follows: Scheduled Work • Installation of concrete deck placements • Installation of bridge deck formwork • Installation of bridge barrier and sidewalk formwork • Cutover of utilities…
Happy Fourth of July
With the Fourth of July falling on a Tuesday this year, many of us will be enjoying an extra-long holiday weekend for which the weather hopefully will cooperate. The Fourth of July brings back fond recollections from our youth, when…