Santa Claus gave his reindeer a break and travelled to Charlestown by boat on Saturday, Dec. 10, landing at the Navy Yard and greeting children and festive revelers at Pier 6 Bistro. Santa was greeted heartily by everyone and all…
BPDA Grants IAG Delay Request On One Charlestown
By Seth Daniel The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) announced on Wednesday that it will grant the 90-day moratorium on Development Review of the One Charlestown project, a request made by the project’s Impact Advisory Group (IAG) last month…
Transfer of Site Management in One Charlestown is Reason of Concern among Some IAG Members
By Seth Daniel At least one member of the Impact Advisory Group (IAG) for One Charlestown is feeling a little betrayed by how the transfer of ownership is now being contemplated between the developer and the Boston Housing Authority (BHA),…
Wynn Boston Harbor to Start Putting Up Steel
By Seth Daniel There’s something about steel columns and beams that make a building project much more tangible no matter how many millions of dollars one pours into removing soil and setting foundations. And that kind of cold steel reality…
Keeping Warm with Charlestown History, Blanket Proceeds Will Benefit St. John’s
By Seth Daniel The historic sites in Charlestown are a comforting sight to those who live in the neighborhood and those who once lived here, and now there’s a gift for the holidays whereby those sites can fight off the…
Police Briefs 12-15-2016
Charlestown Beat Warrant 12/05/16 – Officers in the area of Vine Street placed an individual under arrest for an outstanding warrant. Larceny from Building 12/07/16 – A victim on Belmont Street reported video surveillance from her outdoor security camera showed…
Townie Tidbits
THEY BUILT A WHAT IN ELECTRICITY CLASS? A longtime friend of mine graduated from Charlestown High School back in 1972 and he recently told me a story worth repeating. It seems like everyone knows about the old Charlestown Prison where…
The Most Wonderful Time of Year
As Andy Williams once crooned, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” and the festiveness of the Christmas season is something to enjoy every December. The wonderful holiday light displays that adorn homes are a sight to behold. The…
A System That Needs To be Addressed
That was certainly an eye-opening story in the Boston Globe last week about raising the minimum wage to $15 and the effect it will have on Mass. residents and small businesses. The most startling quote to us was from a…
Obituaries 12-15-2016
Marilyn Doherty Education Advocate, wife of the Honorable Gerard Doherty Marilyn M. (Dillon) Doherty, a longtime resident of Charlestown and Worthington, entered into eternal life on Friday, December 9 at the Curahealth/Kindred Hospital in Brighton. She was 85 years old.…
Holiday Countdown
Santa Claus and Mayor Martin Walsh throw the switch to turn on the lights at Thompson Square during the annual Enchanted Trolley stop last Sunday, Dec. 4. Numerous families, and children especially, converged on the Square to get a chance…
IAG Members ask for 90-Day Breather on One Charlestown
By Seth Daniel Members of the One Charlestown Impact Advisory Group (IAG) have requested in writing a 90-day moratorium on Development Review of the One Charlestown project given all of the information that has come into their hands as a…