The Battle of Bunker Hill Day isn’t until June 17, but in Charlestown, the party starts right about now. The Bunker Hill Associates unveiled their calendar of events for Charlestown Pride Week this week, and it showed a packed week…
Month: June 2018
CNC Corner
The monthly meeting of the Charlestown Neighborhood Council will be held on Tuesday June 5, at 7 p.m. in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 545 Medford St. At 6 p.m., we will be giving out the awards from the Spaulding-CNC…
MyRWA to Take a Serious Look at Mystic River Waterfront
The Charlestown waterfront along the Mystic River remains largely hidden and inaccessible – a stark contrast to the east side which has seen significant investments in the Harborwalk and other waterfront parks. Through a robust community outreach process, which is…
Encore’s Off-Site Construction on Speedy Timetable
One can’t help but marvel at the 20-plus story casino tower and resort coming to life across the Mystic River in Everett while passing by, but it will likely be the massive amounts of road construction that will become more…
YMCA to Hold Summer Splash on June 7
The Charlestown YMCA is holding its annual signature fundraising event, Splash Into Summer, on Thursday, June 7, from 6-9 p.m. at Courageous Sailing Pier (Pier 4) in Charlestown. Every year, the Charlestown Y hosts this signature event to raise funds to support…
O’Neill Elected Secretary-Treasurer Of National Urban Schools Coalition
Charlestown’s Michael O’Neill, a member of the Boston School Committee, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Council of the Great City Schools, the nation’s primary coalition of large urban public-school systems. His one-year term begins July 1. He becomes one…
Women’s Heritage Trail Charlestown Walking Tour
In 1989, a group of Boston Public School teachers, librarians and students established the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) to remember, credit and commemorate the numerous women who helped mold and grow our city. Since its founding, BWHT has worked…
Here’s a Challenge:Jack Alves, Charlestown Benevolent Fund Issues Challenge to Help Harvest on Vine
Jack Alves of the Charlestown Benevolent Fund has issued a fundraising challenge this week to everyone in the Town on behalf of Harvest On Vine – the Town’s only Food Pantry serving those less fortunate. Alves wrote that he is…
Police Briefs 05-31-2018
Charlestown Beat Drugs 05/22/18 – As a result of a drug investigation in the area of Bunker Hill Street, two individuals will be summonsed to Charlestown Court for possession of a Class A substance (heroin). Robbery 05/23/18 – Officers responded…
Townie Tidbits
REMEMBERING THE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY Memorial Day is a holiday started up by the Confederacy following the end of the Civil War and eventually became a national holiday to remember all who had fallen in defense of the American…