The coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping across the world has highlighted how ill-prepared the U.S. healthcare system has become for dealing with a national health emergency of this potential magnitude. The U.S. has lagged far behind other nations in terms…
Month: March 2020
Youth Hockey – Saturday Fun Day
The Charlestown Youth Hockey Association (CYHA) is wrapping up the season over the next two weeks, but not before they have a great day of hockey and celebration on Saturday, March 14, at the Emmons Horrigan O’Neil Rink. The day…
Music Bingo
I’m only 26!
Charlestown Votes: Democrats Remain United Against President Trump Following Super Tuesday Outcome
While some local Democratic leaders were shocked by the outcome of Super Tuesday, especially with Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s third-place finish in her home state, they agree that defeating Presidential Trump in November is their top priority. For Charlestown and Boston…
Bunker Hill Re-development Meetings Kick Off March 18
Community meetings for the Bunker Hill Re-development project will begin on March 18 following last month’s official filing of plans with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), and already elected officials in the neighborhood are providing feedback. The development…
Former ATF Agent to Speak on Solving Infamous Boston Arson Cases
The leads had dwindled and houses and buildings were burning down nearly every day in the early 1980s. AFT agents like Wayne Miller were working the case hard, but getting nowhere. Then they interviewed a Boston Police officer named Robert…
Quinn Scholarship Applications Now Available
By Kevin Kelly “Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.” ~ Ronald Reagan As the “H Company” platoon leaders huddled in the darkness of the Quang Nam Province in…
CNC Gets Clarity on Constitution Inn Sale
The Charlestown Neigh-borhood Council (CNC) got a little more clarity on the future of the Charlestown YMCA and the Dennis McLaughlin House at Tuesday night’s meeting. Charlestown YMCA Executive Director Dru Belli said there are no plans to close the…
McGonagle/McGoff Tourney Brought Excitement to CYHA Mites
It came down to a shootout. Nine Hyde Park players had come at Charlestown Mite 1 Goalie Reed Fullerton, and he had turned all nine away. It was a game that was miraculously close as Hyde Park had beaten the…