If one has stood at the apex of City Square and looked off over the Bunker Hill/Zakim Bridge with a beautiful unobstructed view of the Charles River and downtown Boston – then they have seen Bill Lamb’s vision. If anyone…
Month: September 2020
It’s Time: Back to School Preparations Take Unique Format as Kids Get Ready for Remote Learning
School leaders have never had to prepare for school in quite such unique ways, but all previous ways of getting ready for back to school have been tossed aside this year as school communities look to re-invent this coming Monday,…
RSM Virtual Fundraiser to Benefit Kennedy Center and Harvard Kent
The RSM company in City Square will host a virtual Birdies for Love fundraiser this year with all local benefits going to the Kennedy Center and two Harvard Kent School efforts. Colleen Boyce of RSM said the annual fundraiser has…
COVID Defiance Recovery Group Draws a Socially Distant Crowd at the Football Field
When members of the recovery community couldn’t meet any longer in their usual inside spaces, they simply went outside. If in-person recovery meetings couldn’t happen at the usual locations, many in the Charlestown recovery community weren’t about to lose their…
Historic Houses of the Month Frederic Tudor and Charlestown’s Ice Trade
It’s hard to imagine, but in the early 19th century there were 14 wharfs along the Charlestown waterfront extending along the shoreline of Charles River Bay just below Town Hill, all the way to the Navy Yard. There were an…
Bunker Hill Associates Stage Backpack Giveaway Sept. 17 at Three Locations
The Bunker Hill Associates are staging a Back to School backpack and school supply distribution for the community – ages 5-13 – at three locations on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 17. There will be special guests like numerous local police officers…
Bunker Hill Redevelopment Re-Convenes Online, Adds Some Changes
After about a year since the last major meeting regarding the long-reviewed Bunker Hill Redevelopment project, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) reconvened the process on Sept. 9 with a general update meeting about the development online. The BPDA…
Police Briefs 09-17-2020
Charlestown Sees 40-Percent Increase in Part One Crime Now As August of 2020 was drawing to a close, Charlestown had seen a 40-percent spike in violent and property crime from last year – the biggest year-to-date increase in any of…
Police Briefs 09-17-2020
Charlestown Beat Shoplifting 09/07/10 – As a result of a radio call to First Avenue for a person shoplifting, an individual was questioned and issued a no-trespass order barring her from coming back into the store. Assault and Battery 09/08/20…
Apocalypse — Now
The photos of the wildfires in our western states that have incinerated entire communities and that have turned daytime skies to night by their heavy smoke have illustrated the dramatic effects of climate change upon the daily lives of millions…