HARVEST ON VINE BBQ CELEBRATION The Harvest on Vine Food Pantry held a super celebration on Tuesday, June 12. It was a big hit. The parking areas was standing rom only. The food line looked like a ticket gate at…
Month: June 2018
Promises to Make to Yourself
You make promises to others but what promises do you make to yourself? Making appropriate commitments to yourself is essential for guiding your life in the direction you desire. If you don’t take care of yourself, no one else will.…
Enjoy a Safe and Sane Fourth
The summer season’s big holiday, the Fourth of July, soon will be upon us. Millions of Americans will be celebrating the holiday — which will be a long and extended five-day weekend for many of us — with friends and…
Observing 243rd Anniversary
Members of the Connecticut Society Of The Sons Of The American Revolution stand guard at the Monument on Sunday, June 17, during the annual Battle of Bunker Hill Commemoration Exercises put on by the Bunker Hill Monument Association and the…
Rare Battle of Bunker Hill Artifacts Found by Dealer
Just as the sacred Battle of Bunker Hill exercises played out last Sunday, June 17, at the Monument, a dealer in Beacon Hill announced that he had located very rare military ribbons from the Battle of Bunker Hill that were…
Mystic River Builds Momentum for Access with Kick-Off Event
Siblings Tom and Sharon Dow have looked at the Mystic River from their home for their entire lives. Three generations of their family have lived in Charlestown before them and also looked out on the River. Yet the one thing…
Wu,Edwards to Study Resident Parking Sticker Program
City Councilor Michelle Wu will hold a hearing next week, June 28, to begin examining the residential parking program citywide – including the extensive program in Charlestown. Wu put in a hearing order last year, and action was slow to…
Neighborhood Round Up
ISEE PREP CLASS AT THE CLLC This fall, the Charlestown Lacrosse & Learning Center (CLLC) will once again be hosting our annual ISEE Prep-Class for sixth-grade students during the 2018-2019 school year. Any and all students are welcome to join, but space is extremely…
Bunker Hill Florists Will Be Retiring, To Pass on Business after 37 Years
Nearly four decades have passed since Joe Shadroui came to the Town with flowers in hand, but his reign over the petals is coming to an end this month. Through his Bunker Hill Florist business, now owned with his husband…
Hood Park to Talk New Campus Proposal, Major Community Input Saturday
From new office buildings, to water falls at the stack, hotels to a two-acre green space, Hood Park is coming to the community this summer – beginning on Saturday morning, June 23 – to share some ideas for their revised…