Month: July 2018

Police Briefs 07-05-2018

Charlestown Police Beat Robbery – Commercial 06/27/18 – Officers responded to a Thompson Square liquor store for a reported robbery. On arrival, the storeowner informed police that a male suspect wearing all black had entered the store, pointed a black…

Letters to the Editor

TOWARD PEACE IN THE PEACE PARK Dear Editor: On Tuesday, June 26, the Charlestown Coalition led an event rededicating the renovated Peace Park in Charlestown, followed by a community walk and celebration. I would like to highlight such a positive…

Townie Tidbits

MEN OF THE CLOTH IN CHARLESTOWN Growing up outside Charlestown, I remember the towering presence of Father Brock. He was the chaplain  at Boston City Hospital for decades when I was living my life in the South End and Lower Roxbury. He and…

Stay Away, Amazon

As Amazon narrowed its list of city choices for its HQ2 from 238 to 20 in January, journalists, bloggers, and civic leaders were furiously trying to square up the finalists against one another to guess which city would reel in…