Harvest on Vine Food Pantry Appeal The Food Pantry has had a great need at this time as it has been very busy serving many more residents in town and providing more frequent distributions. Donations of all non-perishable foods are…
Month: March 2021
North Washington Street Bridge Construction Look-Ahead Through March 20
This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. Vibratory Hammer Noise Impacts •A vibratory hammer is being used to install the five cofferdams which will be needed to build the…
Police Briefs 03-11-2021
Charlestown Beat Investigate Property 02/18/2021 – Officers responded to area of 103 Ninth St. at around 3:15 a.m. for a reported loud noise, as well as a possible shot fired. Police searched the area and spoke with several witnesses, who…
What Are They Thinking?
Patrick Henry, the fiery American patriot and orator during the American Revolution, famously said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” However, Repubican governors in some of our Southern and Midwestern states have, under the guise of “freedom,” given that…
Guest Op-Ed: The Bunker Hill Monument: An Appreciation
By David Lowe Cozad I grew up in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, which is about as far away from the Bunker Hill monument as one can get while still standing on American soil. As I assume may be the…
Guest Op-Ed: Rollins in Support of H.R. 1280 – George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
By DA Rachael Rollins America as a whole is just beginning to recognize what Black and brown people have known for generations – that law enforcement and the criminal legal system do not treat all people equally. As leaders and…
John Barros Announces Campaign for Mayor
Community development leader, small business owner, and Boston’s first Chief of Economic Development John Barros today announced his campaign for Mayor of Boston. A former community organizer and executive director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Barros made the announcement…
Concerns Bring Commitment to Hire Crossing Guards at Eliot
As students begin to trickle back to some form of in-person schooling, many Charlestown parents have growing concerns that when older kids return on March 15 to their North End school – crossing over the new temporary bridge and construction…
Pandemic Response Defined Locke’s Time as Charlestown Liaison
There always seems to be one major thing to define the mayoral liaisons that have served in Charlestown under Mayor Martin Walsh over the last several years, and for departing Liaison Quinn Locke – who ended his service in the…
One Year Later, Thompson Square Project Files for Review
Last year about this time, the owners of 1-2 Thompson Sq. filed for a major renovation to their property on Warren Street next to the Five Cent Bank building, only to be postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, now…