The stock market is booming and unemployment is near an all-time low, but there was the depressing news this past week that homelessness among Americans has increased by 12 percent in the past year. The cold, harsh reality for many…
Month: December 2023
Enjoy the Long Holiday Weekend Safely
The upcoming long-weekend means that most of us will be partaking in traditional gatherings with our families, friends, and co-workers to share the joy of the holiday season. Unfortunately, this also means that many among us will be overindulging in…
Letters to the Editor
On the Constitution Inn and the BPDA Dear Editor, Mayor Wu, BPDA, and City representatives, On December 14, the BPDA board voted on several upcoming developments. Charlestown had two agenda items, both pertaining to the Constitution Inn. It took less…
Hood Park Holds Annual Winter Village
State, Federal Leaders Cut the Ribbon at New Veterans Home in Chelsea Community Care Facility
By Adam Swift There were big names on hand from the State House and Washington, DC last Friday for a ribbon cutting at the new Massachusetts Veterans Home in Chelsea, but the focus was on the services the new state-of-the-art…
Cummings Tech Announces New Biotechnology Associate Program
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (Franklin Cummings Tech), the only two-year technical federally designated minority-serving institution in Boston, announced that the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education has approved its new Associate Degree in Biotechnology and is now accepting applications…
BPDA Board Scheduled To Vote on Constitution Inn Project Today
Michael Coughlin Jr. The Independence at the Charlestown Navy Yard (previously known as the Helm on Third), a polarizing project that would bring permanent supportive and affordable housing to the site of the old Constitution Inn, is set to go…
Construction Look-Ahead for the North Washington Street Project Through December 23
Special to the Patriot-Bridger The scheduled work is as follows: Traffic to Shift to New North Washington Street Bridge •MassDOT will shift all pedestrian and vehicle traffic from the temporary bridge to the east side of the new bridge beginning…
Boston Police Have New Headquaters at BHA
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Mayor Michelle Wu joined Boston Housing Authority (BHA) Administrator Kenzie Bok, former Administrator Kate Bennett, and members of BHA’s South Street community to mark the opening of a new BHA Police headquarters at the agency’s South…
Thank You, Gov. Healey, Sen. Warren, and Sec. Santiago
We wish to offer a sincere “Thank you” to Governor Maura Healey, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Dr. Jon Santiago (Massachusetts’ first-ever Secretary of the Executive Office of Veterans’ Services) for affirming their commitment to veterans at last week’s ribbon-cutting…