Guarded carefully by two armed members of the Colonial Charlestown Militia, Mayor Martin Walsh and Abraham Lincoln Post President Joe Zuffante took the podium at Memorial Hall Monday afternoon to highlight more than $11 million given out citywide this year…
Month: April 2019
Dunkin’ (Donuts) Cups Begone: Dozens of Volunteers to Clean up Charlestown
Committed to improving the cleanliness, beauty and safety of their community and neighboring waters, dozens of volunteers will clean Terminal Street, Medford Street, and Sprouts Community Garden on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sponsored by Free…
Neighborhood Roundup
Save the Date! Morrissey Scholarship Awards Night Saturday, May 17, 2019 marks the 5th Annual Friends of Ryan “Duce” Morrissey Scholarship Awards Night. The fun begins at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Medford St.. There will…
The Curse of Social Media and the Internet
In the aftermath of the terrible coordinated attacks by suicide bombers on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people and wounded about 500 in churches and hotels across the small nation, the Sri Lankan government took…
Guest Op-Eed Grassley-Klobuchar Ushers in Dangerous Counterfeit Drugs
Sally C. Pipes Congress is poised to consider a bill that would allow Americans to import prescription drugs from Canada. The bill’s authors — Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) — label their effort as a bipartisan push…
Letters To The Editor
Extremely thankful To the Editor: The Harvard-Kent Elementary School students, families and parents’ association are extremely thankful and grateful to the Bunker Hill Associates for their generous donation to the after school program. The grant the parents’ association received allowed us…
Dogs and children don’t mix at Eden Street Park
Many of us would like to know “what is going on with Eden Street Park”? The first really beautiful sunny warm, delightful day, (Saturday April 13, 2019) I decide to walk over to Eden Street. where I know I will…
Townie Tidbits
BUONA PASQUA (HAPPY EASTER) TO EVERYONE Sometimes we just need to take a break from this reality of ours and try to view the big picture of our life. Many of us take each day as it comes, but sometimes…
Townie Sports
BUNKER HILL CC CHANGES MASCOT After more than a year of research, reflection and evaluation, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) has revealed a newly designed bulldog mascot to represent the College’s Athletics program. The new BHCC Athletics Bulldog was revealed…