The Navy Yard Children’s Quarter Day Care children and staff including (left to right) Kristine Smith, Dixie Stanislaus, and Paulina Vaca were engaged by Boston National Historical Park Ranger Merrill Kohlhofer at ReadBoston’s Storymobile special appearance at the Bunker Hill…
Month: August 2011
USS Constitution to Set Sail on 2012 Forever Stamp
In 2012, the U.S. Postal Service will issue a stamp featuring USS Constitution, the most famous ship of the War of 1812. With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812, a two-and-a-half year…
Triple Play? House and Senate Report Out on Gambling Bill; Gov. Patrick Offers his Conditional Approval
As expected, the House and the Senate have agreed on legislation for expanded gambling and have reported it out from committee and have made it available to the public in an action taken Tuesday by House Speaker Robert DeLeo and…
The Neighborhood Loses One of its Great People
Charlestown and this neighborhood is more than the sum of its long history and its Federalist architecture. Charlestown, above all, is about people. Always has been. Always will be. The death of Peter Looney takes from this neighborhood one of…
Father Mahoney and Father DiPerri
We wish to inform our readers that we do know that there is a difference between Father DiPerri, who presided and who spoke at Peter’s funeral Mass, and Father Daniel Mahoney who was unable to attend because of illness. The…
Sports 08-28-2011
Help keep me in the loop If a parent has any info/photo of their child participating in a sports or recreational activity (elementary school, high school, college, or otherwise), please E-Mail me at [email protected] and I will be sure to…
Obituaries 08-25-2011
Werner Bunschuh Documentary Filmaker, Developer of Historic Properties Werner M. Bundschuh, documentary filmmaker and developer of historic properties, died accidently at The Maples, his home on The Common in Royalston, on Aug. 19 when he was removing a gutter and…
Charlestown Residents Receive Scholarships from Partners HealthCare
Two Charlestown residents have been named as recipients of the 2011 Partners Health Care Merit Scholarship. Catherine Taglilatela, a life-long resident who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training at Colby-Sawyer College in New…
Peter Looney Dead at 69
In the end, Peter Looney left this world with much more than when he came into it. When he died last Thursday at the age of 69 following a long and heroic battle with lung cancer, his legacy added up…
The Summer of Our Discontent
Where did the summer go ? What has happened to the economic recovery ? How did the easy and seemingly pleasant and uneventful spring devolve into the plunging stock market and volatile mix of bad economic news from around the…