Mayor’s Cup Street Hockey Tournament Begins April 21 Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2022 Mayor’s Cup Street Hockey Tournament in partnership with the Boston Bruins Foundation during the April public school vacation…
Month: March 2022
Annual DiDomenico Foundation St. Patrick’s Day Kick-off Roast Is Set for March 12
Governor Charlie Baker (R-Massachusetts) and Attorney General Maura Healey (D-Massachusetts) will join host State Senator Sal DiDomenico (D-Everett) at the head table for the Annual DiDomenico Foundation St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on Saturday, March 12, beginning at 6:30 pm at…
Weekly Positive COVID Tests Decrease
Three weeks after the city ended Boston’s “B Together” policy, which requires patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 would be lifted, new infections continue to decline in Charlestown and the rest of…
Charlestown Bath Towel Drive a Success
On Saturday, February 12, the amazing generosity of so many Charlestown neighbors and friends showed itself once again with the culmination of a town-wide Bath Towel Drive. In spite of an ongoing pandemic, a weekend blizzard, and unusual freezing rain…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
UMF Announces Dean’s List for Fall 2021 Semester The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces Carleigh Schievink of Charlestown was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2021 semester. University of Maine Farmington (UMF) maintains a Dean’s List each…
Wu Signs Transfer Fee Home Rule Petition
Mayor Michelle Wu joined State Representative Brandy Fluker Oakley, local elected officials, and residents to sign a home rule petition to implement a transfer fee of up to two percent on real estate sales of $2 million or more in…
Putin: Pure Evil
As regular readers of this column know, we do not view events in terms of “good vs. evil.” Over the years, we have referred to tobacco companies, polluters, et als as greedy and despicable, but describing them as “evil-doers,” as…
Energy Relief Is Needed — Suspend the Gasoline Tax
Other than a couple of on-air Fox TV personalities, the vast majority of Americans are outraged about the situation in Ukraine. But there isn’t much that we in the U.S. can do about it directly, whether individually (unless we want…
Guest Op-Ed: Is Vladimir Putin the Devil?
Dr. Glenn Mollette There is nothing good to be said about the Devil. If you don’t believe me, check out Bible. Or, just turn on the television for a reporting of the evil he spreads throughout the world. You will likely…
Letter to the Editor
Beyond Sunsetting Urban Renewal To the Editor, John Lynds’ article in the March 3rd edition of the Patriot-Bridge on sunsetting Boston Urban Renewal exposes a profound defect in Charlestown’s governance, the failure of planning. With disappearance of urban renewal, any…