Month: January 2020
‘Finding Your Strength’
For Sale: YMCA Announces They Will Sell Constitution Inn, Look for Another Location in Charlestown
Leaders of the Boston YMCA announced this week they plan to sell the Constitution Inn at the Navy Yard, but will continue to operate the Charlestown YMCA there for the next three or four years while they look for a…
Arraignment in Peace Park Case Held Over as Parties Try to Resolve Issues
An arraignment hearing last Friday, Jan. 24, in Jamaica Plain’s West Roxbury District Court in the alleged desecration of the Peace Park on Lowney Way was held over with the hope that the suspect in the case and the victims…
Residents Not Likely to Return to Building After Bunker Hill Fire
The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) reported that no one was seriously injured in a major fire at one of the buildings on Tufts Street in the Bunker Hill Housing development, but with that building within the first phase of the…
Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard 2020 Annual Membership Drive
Join the Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard as a new or renewing member and enjoy access to members only benefits at more than 10 local businesses and restaurants. Since 2004 the Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard has provided…
Ward Two to Elect Delegates To Democratic State Convention
Registered Democrats in Ward 2 will hold a caucus on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at the Charlestown Branch Library to elect Delegates and Alternates to the 2020 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the caucus beginning at 6…
Charlestown Residents Take to the Streets to Look for Good Tree Homes
Don’t be alarmed if you see residents out in the streets of Charlestown measuring sidewalks and sizing up empty planting sites. They’re newly minted VolunTREErs, part of the non-profit Speak for the Trees’ efforts to measure and inventory empty planting…
BPDA Proposing Zoning Code Changes for Digital Signage
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) held a public meeting on Jan., 27 regarding a recommended adjustment in permitted times for operation of digital signs in the city. Mark McGonagle of the BPDA said that right now, digital signs…
Building a Better T: Second of Four Winter 2020 Weekend Orange Line Diversions Begins This Weekend
The MBTA reminded customers that weekend Orange Line service between Sullivan Square and Tufts Medical Center Stations will be suspended the next several weekends beginning at 8:45 p.m. on Friday through to the start of service on Monday. “This past…