Charlestown has been blessed with an amazing number of late 18th century and early 19th century homes that were built during the reconstruction of Charlestown following the Battle of Bunker Hill. By the late 1960s the population of the town…
Month: December 2020
Charlestown’s Positive Test Rate Increases Dramatically Post-Thanksgiving Holiday
As feared the post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 surge is here and numbers are once again spiking in Charlestown. Charlestown experienced a 39 percent drop in the positive test rate during Thanksgiving week but that number has increased a whopping 257.5 percent the…
Dedicated Bus Lane to Start on Mystic/Tobin Bridge This Monday
The heavily-used 111 bus route will become the most prioritized route in the MBTA system starting on Monday when a 1.1 mile dedicated bus lane from Chelsea to Charlestown begins on the Mystic/Tobin Bridge – a pilot program brought on…
Townie Santa to Return With Meals to the Elderly on Dec. 19
The Townie Santa program will continue on this year after being fully revived in 2019 by the Bunker Hill Associates, with the operation and delivery taking place on Dec. 19. Townie Santa is a collaboration between the Associates and the…
Neighborhood Round Up
Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard 2021 Annual Membership Drive Joining the Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard is a great way to get involved in the community and to stay informed on important issues and current events. Become a…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, gets underway this Thursday, December 10, and will culminate next Friday, December 18. In summary, Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees — a group of fierce warriors who used…
The Virus Is a Hunter — and We Are Its Prey
It now has been nine months since lockdowns went into effect in many states, including here in Massachusetts on March 16. However, despite all of our previous efforts, the COVID-19 pandemic is surging across the entire United States. The pleas of public health…
Pearl Harbor Was 79 Years Ago
It was 79 years ago this week — December 7 — that the nation of Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint session of Congress in which he famously…
Guest Op-Ed: When Does Christmas begin?
Dr. Glenn Mollette Christmas has different beginning times for most everyone. For some it’s when you put up the Christmas tree and decorations. For others it’s when you wrap some presents and put them under the tree. While for others…
Letters to the Editor
Veterans Scholarship Program Applications Now Available Abraham Lincoln Post 11, GAR, is now accepting applications for their 2020 Veterans Scholarship program. Due to the restrictions on public gatherings, we were forced to cancel our annual Veterans Dinner and Scholarship Awards…