This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work and changes to traffic configurations beyond those described below. Description of Scheduled…
Month: May 2021
We Deserve This Great Weather
With Massachusetts entering the reopening phase after 14 months of lockdowns, the arrival of the magnificent weather this week could not have been better-timed. All of us have had to make sacrifices to varying degrees during the pandemic. Many of…
Liz Cheney Is a Profile in Courage
We disagree with Liz Cheney on just about everything, politically-speaking. We suspect that most of our readers also have felt the same way over the years. But there is no denying that her principled stand in opposition to her party…
Letters to the Editor
Thank You, Morrissey Family To the Editor, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to the Morrissey family and the Ryan “Duce” Morrissey Scholarship committee. I have been blessed to have known Ryan and am honored by the Morrissey family’s…
On 8th Anniversary, Friends and Family Remember Steven Jones
Despite a heavy heart from the news that her son’s killer, Pablo Flores Jr., had been granted parole from prison last week, Susan Rawlinson’s spirits were lifted high like the balloons that were launched in memory of her late son,…
Charlestown Working Theatre Goes Online for Fundraiser
The annual Charlestown Working Theatre (CWT) fundraiser has attracted top-rate comedic talent for years, but this year the online version of the event, after a one-year hiatus due to COVID in 2020, will feature a lineup that could never be…
RSM Partners With MGH and Kennedy Center on Early Intervention Initiative
Early intervention programs significantly improve chances of optimal child development and academic success by identifying specific developmental areas that need attention right at the start of a child’s education. With this in mind, the Charlestown office of accounting firm RSM…
Two Hotly Contested Cannabis Proposals Get Hearing on Same Day
Marijuana is supposed to be mellow, or so they say, but it’s been anything but that in Charlestown as the City upped the ante on the ultra-intense competition between two cannabis proposals vying for licenses in the Town landed public…
Charlestown ‘John Doe’ Charged With Identity Theft and COVID-19 Fraud
A Charlestown man whose identity is unknown was charged last week in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently claim COVID-19-related unemployment assistance and commit other frauds, all in connection with his use of a stolen identity. An individual referred…
Boys & Girls Club Golf Tourney Finds Sponsor
RISE Construction Management recently committed to be an “Event Sponsor” for the annual Charlestown Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament at the end of May. RISE Construction, which has Charlestown connections, is part of the team that is proposing the One…