SAL’S ST. PATRICK’ S DAY CELEBRATION No this isn’t my celebration time but I can say I celebrated well last Friday night at the Knights. The Annual DiDomenico Foundation St. Patrick’s Day party, sponsored by Senator Sal DiDomenico, was well…
Obituaries 03-12-2015
Rocco Anthony Jesso Gifted and Much Loved Educator Rocco Anthony Jesso, a Charlestown native, formerly of Revere, died on Wednesday, March 4 after a long illness at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 83 years old. Mr. Jesso was born and…
Engaged Charlestown Residents Start Working Groups next Week
Working groups on the environment, jobs/vendors and transportation will be held next week with Wynn Resorts officials as part of the newly formed Engaged Charlestown Residents effort to work with and get answers from the casino developer. The formation of…
Chang Chosen as New School Superintendent
The Boston School Committee chose to enter contract negotiations with a new superintendent Tuesday night after an executive session meeting that revealed the choice of Dr. Tommy Chang in a 5-2 vote – a choice that gave Mayor Martin J.…
The Mail Must Go Through
Anyone who thinks they’ve had their fair share of the snow and cold should try delivering the mail through the nooks and crannies of Charlestown’s streets. Whether it’s dressing for bone chilling cold, jumping over snowbanks the size of cars,…
CWT Receives Grant from BCC
The Charlestown Working Theater (CWT) is one of 137 organizations that support arts and culture from across the city that will share in $303,476 in grant money from the Boston Cultural Council (BCC). Mayor Martin J. Walsh made the announcement…
DiDomenico Foundation St.Patrick’s Party is March 6
Senator Sal DiDomenico will once again be hosting the Annual DiDomenico Foundation St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on March 6, 2015, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at the Bunker Hill Knights of Columbus in Charlestown. In addition to a traditional Irish dinner, the…
Tony V May Have the Right Idea
Recently, the Boston Globe did a great story on snow humor and right there on the front page of the Metro section was a full color photo of Tony V acting as a live space saver, sitting on a beach…
The Jeff Allison Story
Jeff Allison finally got to speak to Charlestown after the first scheduled date to speak was cancelled to 26 inches of snow back in January. It got rescheduled I’m told and plenty of folks showed up. The event was at…
Letter to the Editor
Showing pride Dear Editor: During this exceptional snowy winter, Charlestown residents showed pride in their community by clearing away snow from hydrants in complying with the fire department’s “adopt-a-hydrant” campaign. But as the city continues to remove snow from Boston…
Annual Brian McGonagle Tournament Held Sunday
This past Sunday the 21st annual Brian J. McGonagle Tournament was held at Emmons-Horrigan-O’Neil Rink where teams from Charlestown and the North Shore competed for three days to see who was best. The Revere/Everett Squirt team took home second place…
North Washington St. Bridge Plans Gets a New Look:Residents Like the Look, But Concerns Over Auto Capacity
Charlestown residents and members of the Charlestown Preservation Society’s (CPS) Design Review Board cheered the beautiful and modern design of the proposed, $90 million North Washington Street Bridge, but jeered the fact that the proposal didn’t seem to have expanded…