Facing some critics – including Mayor Martin Walsh – Councilor Lydia Edwards said she has overcome the rumors and misinformation for her hopeful campaign to change the City Charter, and will begin the year with an effort to sell it…
Month: December 2020
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First in Line: Charlestown Native, WW II Veteran, the First VA Patient to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Blazing a trail once again, Charlestown native Margaret Klessens was the first Veterans Administration (VA) patient or resident in the United States to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday at the Bedford VA Hospital where she resides in an…
Uprooted: Realities of Relocation Sink in for Tenants Who Left Bunker Hill
This year, Mimi Tovar and her family of seven will celebrate their first Christmas outside of Charlestown – one of the first families to be relocated as part of the Bunker Hill Redevelopment project. They expected to be gone this…
New Mitigation Package Presented for Bunker Hill Development IAG
The development team for the Bunker Hill Development presented an enhanced mitigation package at what was to be the final Impact Advisory Group (IAG) meeting on Dec. 9, and residents seemed to be torn between moving forward and addressing issues…
MGH, Boston Medical Receives First Shipment of COVID-19 Vaccine
Boston Medical Center (BMC) received the area’s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID19 vaccine on Monday morning, taking it into cold storage immediately and, on Wednesday, beginning the first rounds of vaccinations on staff members.Mass General Brigham followed suit on…
COVID Positive Test Rate in Charlestown Increases Over 14 Percent
The COVID-19 surge across Boston is continuing and Mayor Martin Walsh said the city is focusing efforts on neighborhoods that have a high volume of community spread ahead of the Christmas holiday. Of the 10,018 Charlestown residents tested for the…
NEW Health Expands Thursday COVID-19 Testing Hours
With the COVID-19 positive test rate increasing dramatically across the city following the Thanksgiving holiday, North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health) announced it is expanding testing hours at its Hannover Street site for Charlestown and North End residents and NEW…
MBTA Temporary Cuts Include Charlestown Ferry
The MBTA’s Fiscal Control Management Board (FCMB) voted on Monday to enact a number of temporary cuts due to low ridership across the system, with one of those cuts being the Charlestown ferry service in the Navy Yard. That move…
USS Constitution Names a Cannon ‘Go Navy’ Ahead of Army-Navy Game
USS Constitution officially named one of her 24-poung long guns the “Go Navy” in honor of Navy Midshipmen Football last week. The 121st Army-Navy Game was played on Saturday, December 12, at West Point, N.Y., and CBS Sports televised the…