Boston’s Commissioner of Veterans’ Service Department Francisco Urena and Jennifer Siegler were married on Friday, August 15th in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The wedding was held at the Codman Estate, a historic home built in the 1700s. Urena and Siegler met when Siegler was…
Police Briefs 08-21-2014
Armed Robber Arrested There have been two incidents this month where guns have been taken out of the hands of criminals through diligent police work from District A-1/15.Last week officers from District A-1/15 responded to a radio call for an armed…
Charlestown Residents to Participate in Jimmy Fund Walk
On Sunday, Sept. 21, Darcy Goldman, Aimee Goudas, Natalie McManus, Elianna Nuzum, Catherine O’Connor, Danielle Valle-Fitzgerald and matthew Wicker, residents from Charlestown will walk up to 26.2 miles along the historic Boston Marathon® route in the Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk presented…
Summer’s End
Summer always seems to go by too quickly — “Tempus fugit,” (Time flies) as the ancient Romans would say — and that is especially true when we’ve had a summer that just didn’t happen such as we have had this year. For…
National Night out
Senator Sal DiDomenico attended Charlestown’s Family Night and National Night Out in Doherty Park on Tuesday August 5, which brings the community together to raise awareness about crime in our neighborhoods. “I am always happy to attend this event and…
MGC to Charlestown: “We Will Decide”: Walsh, Residents Upset over Decision of No ‘Surrounding Community Status’ for Boston
After months of failed negotiations between the City of Boston and Wynn Everett to nail down a ‘surrounding community’ agreement, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) stripped the city of surrounding community status last Thursday at a public hearing. The MGC…
Grants Announced for Building Healthier Charlestown Community
Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Community Health Improvement (CCHI) and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital recently announced the distribution of $118,628 in grant funding through Building a Healthier Charlestown to two Charlestown collaboratives. The grants follow a community health assessment and community…
Wynn Unveils Transportation Plan: $65 Million in Major Traffic Improvements Are Planned
Wynn Everett officials unveiled its transportation plan, outlining a series of major improvements to roadways, intersections, sidewalks, bikeways, traffic lights, and signage on the routes leading to the proposed $1.6 billion casino/resort on the former Monsanto site in Everett. Robert…
Townie Tidbits
YOU TAKE THE HIGH BRIDGE And I”LL TAKE THE LOW BRIDGE By now everyone in Charlestown seems to know about the new bridge being planned to replace the aging 116 year old structure that looks old enough to be on…
On Wynn’s Traffic Plans
Dear Secretary and Commissioners, It is my understanding that the design plans and traffic analysis for the Sullivan Square portion of the Wynn Everett 2014 FEIR (Final Environmental Impact Report) have been removed. If so, this is completely unacceptable on many…
Dan Ryan Settling in As State Representative
It’s been a busy few months for State Representative Dan Ryan since being sworn in as the Charlestown and Chelsea state rep back in April. Ryan was tossed out of the pan and into the fire and thrown into the…
North Washington Street Bridge Plans Moving Forward
The plan to tear down the century old North Washington Street Bridge that connects Charlestown to the North End is moving along. The $90 million plan calls for tearing down the aging steel bridge and replacing it with a more…