By John Lynds City Councilor Sal LaMattina was chosen by Council President Stephen Murphy to serve as the Council’s Vice President Monday, possibly setting up a future presidency run for LaMattina at the end of Murphy’s two year term. LaMattina…
The Mayor’s Address
Mayor Menino touched on what is certain to be one of the major issues confronting Boston and all the cities and towns in Massachusetts this year at his state of the city address given at Faneuil Hall last week. He…
The Snowstorm’s Residue
All of us have noticed the huge amounts of snow that fell on us, and the giant snow piles created by plows with virtually nowhere to put it. Automobiles in our neighborhoods on some streets will not move for the…
Sports 01-20-2011
Honor Roll Call Providence College Dean’s List (minimum 3.55 GPA): Kevin Celata, Andrew Connors. Curry College Dean’s List (minimum 3.30 GPA): Luiz Duque, Venida Gray, Jacqueline Hurley, Joseph Twomey. Who gets the Heisman? The Charlestown Youth Football program, which completed…
Obituaries 01-20-2011
Anne ’Cookie’ Farrell Charlestown resident Anne M. “Cookie” Farrell of Charlestown, formerly of Revere and Winthrop, died unexpectedly. She was 60 years old. She was the beloved daughter of the late Bernard J. and Anna M. (Kenny) Farrell; cherished sister…
Another Successful Dan McGoff Christmas Classic Hockey Tournament
By CYHA Board This year marked the tenth Annual Dan McGoff Christmas Classic Hockey Tournament hosted by Charlestown Youth Hockey and there were plenty on hand to watch some very talented teams compete all weekend long in over 20 games.…
Amanda Wynn wins USTA Tourney
Amanda Wynn of Charlestown won a USTA Tennis Tournament recently held in Manchester Massachusetts at the Manchester Athletic Club. Wynn prevailed be defeating Aarti H. Bhagwandas of Marietta Georgia 6-3, 6-1 and Sara M. Lee of Winchester Massachusetts 6-3, 6-4.…
City Hit with Another Heavy Snowstorm
By Joshua Resnek Charlestown awakened Wednesday morning to more than a foot of snow, which buried the neighborhood and pretty much closed it down for the day. Charlestown looked quintessentially New England, Boston gorgeous – Monument Square and the Bunker…
The Mayor, Again
Mayor Thomas Menino is again recovering from yet another operation. This time, it was to correct difficulties he was having with one of his knees. As the mayor said succinctly in a Boston Globe piece on his health over the…
The Slaughter in Tucson
It is being pieced together what exactly caused Jared Lee Loughner to kill six people and to wound 13 others at a public get together for Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. We would like to think it was a simple insane…
Sports
Honor Roll Call Belmont Hill School – Edward Columbia (High Honors), Richard O’Keefe (Honors). “Townies” sports update Standout winger Michael Settipani, 5 goals and 12 assists, has been on fire lately for Hebron Academy…USA National Development Team (U-17) defenseman Matt…
Police Briefs 01-13-2011
01/05/11 – Disorderly Person As a result of an incident on Old Ironsides Way, the officer assigned to the area placed a suspect under arrest for being a disorderly person. 01/05/11 – Warrant Arrest Officers on Walford Way placed an…