The Season is upon us to eat, drink and be merry, but what if you’re a person who struggles with addiction? Overcoming holiday stress and dealing with temptation isn’t easy, but it’s possible to survive the holiday season without derailing…
Month: December 2019
Neighborhood Round Up
Spring (and Winter) Lacrosse Registration is now OPEN ALL ARE WELCOME! The Charlestown Lacrosse & Learning Center has opened registration for it’s main Spring season & for it’s Winter skills seasons!!! The CLLC teaches the great game of Lacrosse to a diverse group of…
Police Briefs 12-19-2019
Charlestown Beat Vandalism 12/02/19 – Officers responded to Austin Street for a report of vandalism. The store manager stated a group of teenagers entered his business, and done of them kicked the front door, causing it to break. The incident…
Townie Sports
CYHA Update – Mayor’s Cup Week •SQUIRT 1…The Squirts won in thrilling fashion Tuesday night in Dorchester’s Devine Rink, beating Dorchester in a shootout, 2-0. The team had been up in regulation, but Dorchester came back and tied it 3-3…
Guest Op-Ed: Christmas is Still Special
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Make a mental decision that Christmas is going to be great. Our world exists in the space between our ears known as our brains. We can dread or hate something or just decide it’s going to…
Smiling With Santa
Toys for Tots Drive
Community Benefits: Lucrative Mitigation Package on Little Mystic Lease Includes Waterfront Rail Trail
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) is expected to approve a new lease for the Little Mystic parcels with MassPort at its meeting on Thursday night, but for this new term, there is far more mitigation in the kitty…
Charlestown Parking Lot Approved for Cambridge Drug Company
A new 431-car parking lot, on what is currently a school bus yard abutting the interstate, was approved, but not unanimously, by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at City Hall. Two members of the ZBA…
‘Ruth’-erford Vs. ‘Ruther’-ford The Pronunciation Mystery Continues
Over the course of any of the numerous meetings about the re-design of Rutherford Avenue, there’s always a frustration – perhaps even outrage – in the air within the crowd. It has nothing to do with lanes of traffic or…