Coming back to Boston Public Schools (BPS), the incoming leader of Charlestown High School is ready to take the school into a new, COVID-19 future in which the school could potentially expand and become integrated into a neighborhood education pipeline.…
Month: May 2020
Councilor Edwards Calls on Secretary Galvin to Show up for Guidance on Voting
After Secretary of State Bill Galvin’s office was a no-show last week at Councilor Lydia Edwards’s critical Council hearing on how voting will take place this year, Edwards said she was “disgusted” and called on Galvin or his office to…
Priscilla Rojas Elected as First Woman and Latina to Chair the BPDA Board
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board on May 14 unanimously voted to elect Priscilla Rojas as Board Chair. Rojas will be the first woman and Latina to hold the position. Appointed by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Rojas has served…
Testing Picks up, While Cases and Rates Remain Low
Testing has picked up and is about to really increase in the coming weeks, as Charlestown’s 149 cases of COVID-19 remain the lowest in all the city. The numbers of tests have grown by 60 percent in the latest results,…
Six Businesses Get Grants from Small Business Relief Fund
Six businesses in Charlestown joined more than 500 citiwide that received word of funding grants through the recently-established Small Business Relief Fund – a fund announced by Mayor Martin Walsh last month with initial funding of $2 million. Walsh announced…
North Washington Street Bridge (Charlestown Bridge) Construction Look-Ahead:
Travel Impacts Overnight Lane Reductions: Overnight lane reductions in both directions will continue during weekdays from 9 p.m. – 5 a.m. At least one lane across the bridge and all turn movements will be available. • N. Washington Street Inbound: Off-peak…
Boston Water Sales Drop Substantially as City Comes to Standstill
There seems to be no end to the secondary effects of the COVID-19 virus, and now City officials are at a loss to figure out why water sales for home and commercial ratepayers are down – particularly for Boston. The…
Neighborhood Round Up
“E” inc. presents: Discovery Planet “e” inc – the planet science learning & action center based in Charlestown has just released its first set of online videos (YouTube) for its planet science show called “Discovery Planet.” The content is set…
Police Briefs 05-21-2020
Charlestown Beat Larceny 05/11/20 – A victim on Mt. Vernon Street reported the postman rang her bell with a package delivery. A short time later when she went to get the package, however, she observed the box had been opened,…
Memorial Day, 2020
This will be a Memorial Day unlike any that Americans have known. Ever since the official inception of the holiday on May 30, 1868, when the practice of decorating the graves of the fallen Union soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and…