The National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) is urging the public to use added caution when heating their homes during the winter months, when nearly half (46 percent) of all U.S. home heating equipment fires occur. Home heating equipment is the…
Mayor Wu’s State of the City Address
Mayor Wu delivered her first State of the City Address on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at MGM Music Hall. The following is her speech: Good evening, Boston! Tonight we’re at the beautiful new MGM Music Hall, and I want to…
Get Ready for the Cold!
We may have just finished what reportedly ranks as the fifth-warmest January on record, but by the end of this week, we’ll be experiencing our coldest weather in seven years when an Arctic blast dips into the United States and…
Health Care for All Is a Public Good
We were pleased to see that Chelsea’s newly-elected State Representative, Judith Garcia, announced last week that she has co-sponsored An Act to Advance Health Equity, a bill that aims to close the gap in healthcare by prioritizing equity in state…
Ronald McDonald House Charities Dedicates New Playroom to Napoli Family
Special to the Patriot-Bridge The Ronald McDonald House Charities of New England (RMHCNE) has announced that its playroom and reading nook will be named the Team Napoli Playroom in honor of Sal, Sabrina, and Sophia Napoli and all of the…
Tenth Straight Win
CNC Corner
Special Election: The Charlestown Neighborhood Council will hold a special election on Saturday, February 4, 2023 for seven (7) open seats: two (2) at-large seats and five (5) precinct seats. Voting will be in-person from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Location TBD).…
News Briefs
Join FCNY Joining the Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard (FCNY) is a great way to get involved in the community and to stay informed on important issues and current events. In 2022 FCNY continued to make strides back to…
Local Students Launch an Adventure Across the Atlantic
Two “miniboats” created by a local Harvard-Kent School 4th-grade class in 2020 have journeyed across the Atlantic, touching communities all along their journey, with the school – and many more followers – eagerly awaiting an anticipated landfall on the coast…
DiDomenico Visits Soldiers’ Home InChelsea Amid Inspector General Report
In light of the Inspector General’s January report citing many areas that have to be addressed and improved at the Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea, Senator Sal DiDomenico visited the Veteran facility last week alongside State House colleagues, Senator John Velis,…
Bunker Hill Associates Winds Down 2022 With Another Successful Townie Santa
Before the New Year, the Bunker Hill Associates were hard at work making sure the elderly and shut-ins of Charlestown had everything they needed for the holidays, capping off another successful year of fundraising with their annual Townie Santa, keeping…
North Washington Street Bridge Construction Look-Ahead Through February 4
This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work and changes to traffic configurations beyond those described below. Contraflow Pilot The…