By Seth Daniel The Charlestown Community Impact Fund made the first-ever disbursal of funds late last week to 41 non-profits in the community, having to turn away 15 applications, and giving out $179,000 of the $1 million chunk of money…
BPDA Issues Scoping Document on One Charlestown, to Take Summer Off
By Seth Daniel The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) announced to the Patriot Bridge this week, after issuing a detailed Scoping Document to the One Charlestown developer, that they plan to take the summer off and come back full…
Bunker Hill Day
Charlestown Pride Week finds new entry with an old idea – a block party By Seth Daniel Charlestown Pride Week is well underway by now with a host of cherished events already having been held and others about ready to…
May Sees Two Robberies, Two Aggravated Assaults and A Breaking-and-Entering
By Dan Murphy Two robberies, two aggravated assaults and one breaking-and-entering were among the incidents of Part One crime reported in Charlestown in May, according to Community Service Officer Robert Luongo of District A-1. During one robbery, the suspect entered…
Stephen Passacantilli to Launch Campaign for District 1 Councilor on June 13
Stephen Passacantilli, a North End civic leader, Boston Public Schools parent, and former staffer to City Councilor Sal LaMattina will formally launch his campaign for Boston City Council (District 1) in Charlestown next week. Passacantilli’s Charlestown Kickoff is next Tuesday, June 13…
Police Briefs 06-08-2017
Charlestown Beat Violation of Auto Law 05/31/17 – As a result of a traffic stop on Medford Street, an individual was taken in to custody for operating a motor vehicle with a revoked license. Robbery 05/31/17 – Officers responded to…
Townie Tidbits
By Sal Giarratani THANK YOU CHARLESTOWN Thank you for your hard work and your generous donations. The spring fundraiser was a huge success, raising roughly $25,000 to buy food for the neediest families in our community. And the distributions went…
Gov Baker Stands Tall — Again
The swift and unequivocal announcement last Friday by Gov. Charlie Baker that Massachusetts will join in an initiative with other states to encourage alternative forms of energy in order to reduce carbon emissions is yet another example of the sort…
Townie Sports
By Kevin Kelly A HIDDEN TREASURE While attending the jam-packed 3rd annual Ryan “Duce” Morrissey Scholarship banquet, in which $12,000 was awarded to deserving “Townie” high school and college students, I came across this gem courtesy of Jack Morrissey. It…
Mayor’s Coffee Hour
Hundreds of residents turned out at the John Harvard Mall on Thursday morning, May 25, to join Mayor Martin Walsh for the annual Coffee Hour in Charlestown. Mayor Walsh visited with residents for an hour or so and then joined…
Bunker Hill Associates Celebrates 32 Years of Week’s Worth of Events
By Seth Daniel For more than three decades, the Bunker Hill Associates have planned and helped to plan exciting events for the Charlestown Pride Week – everything from the Family Feud to the Associates Breakfast and about 15 other singular…
Antiphonal Brass Band to Play Concert on the Monument
By Seth Daniel A new tradition is forming for the annual Bunker Hill Concert on the Monument, and its forming around trumpets and trombones rather that tubas and crazy outfits. The Bridgewater Antiphonal Brass Society will bring its 22-piece orchestra…