The Kennedy Center is exploring the possibility of creating a new Preschool for 2.9-5 year olds in Charlestown to start this September. The new preschool would be modeled on a Creative Curriculum which will have developmentally appropriate activities for children…
Celebration at Peter Looney Park Saturday Morning, 10:30 A.m.
Peter Looney Park is the place to be for Charlestown residents, parents and their children Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. Mayor Thomas Menino, City Councillor Sal LaMattina, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Representative Eugene O’Flaherty, and the membership of Charlestown Against Drugs,…
Police Briefs 04-26-2012
Investigate Property 04/16/12 – At about 6:30 p.m., officers responded to Bartlett Street for a report of vandalism to a bay window, which was possibly a bullet hole. Upon inspection, officers found the damage to have been caused by a…
Obituaries 04-26-2012
Phuoc Huu Tu Owned Bunker Hill Laundromat Phuoc Huu Tu of Medford, formerly of Charlestown, died on April 21. The late owner of Bunker Hill Laundromat, Charlestown and Zen Nail & Beauty Bar, Woburn, he was the husband of Huong…
Senator in Dunkin Donuts
Senator Scott Brown shown shaking hands with a Dunkin Donuts employee while buying coffee during a visit Friday morning. Notice the senator holding his own money and ready to pay for his coffee with it – and he even asked…
Peter Looney Park Rededication
Mayor Thomas Menino, City Councillor Sal LaMattina, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Representative Gene O’Flaherty, and the membership of Charlestown Against Drugs invite all those men, women and children who take in interest in the well-being of Peter Lonney Park to gather…
Life Focus Loses State Funding
The pressure on embattled Life Focus Center founder and president Jack Millerick to resign has been turned up a notch with word that the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) has decided to terminate its contract with the troubled Charlestown non-profit.…
Carnival Plans Halted
After a Charlestown Neighborhood Council meeting where young townie, Sean Boyle roused members and the audience by proposing to bring back the Charlestown Carnival, the town was abuzz with nostalgia. But just a couple of months later, the merry-go-round of…
Charlestown Gets a History Lesson from Constitution Museum
In the USS Constitution Museum Theater last week, Ph.D. Sidney Hart, Senior Historian at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, presented an illuminating lecture about the bicentennial exhibition on the War of 1812, which will open at the National Portrait Gallery…
Food Truck Festival Set for June 16
The New England food festival scene is heating up just like the weather! Food Truck Festivals of New England present the Charlestown Food Truck Festival at the Pier 4 (1 First Avenue) on Saturday, June 16, with a portion of…
The American Revolution is What Began Here in 1775
This year marks the 237thyear of American Independence. The noble American experience with freedom and justice for all began here and everything that took shape and form since, had its beginnings in this place. We are called the Cradle of…
Police Briefs 04-19-2012
Warrant Arrest 04/10/12 – Officers on Park Street placed an individual under arrest for an outstanding Charlestown Court warrant charging operating under the influence of drugs. Trespassing 04/10/12 – At about 9 p.m., officers in Thompson Square placed a suspect…