Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata joined a majority of her colleagues in voting for an omnibus amendment package on the FY27 operating budget. Following the Council’s vote on the amended operating budget, it is now on Mayor Michelle…
Month: June 2026
Juneteenth is more significant than ever
Juneteenth, which has been a national holiday since 2021, marks the day when the Union Army entered the city of Galveston on June 19, 1865, and formally freed those who still were being enslaved in Texas. As the Union…
Charlestown High School Class of 2026 Graduation
Graduation took place on Wednesday evening, June 12 at Emmanuel College. Welcoming all and serving as Master of Ceremonies was teacher David Lopes. Addressing the graduates was Head of School Ajay Trivedi, Class President Isabella Foronda Correa, graduate Sam Jenkins…
“e” inc. awarded $25,000 Cummings Foundation Grant
“e” inc. has been selected as one of 150 nonprofits to receive funding through Cummings Foundation’s annual grant program, which awarded $35 million this year. Chosen through a competitive review process that drew a record 959 applicants, the Charlestown-based…
World tour of potato salad
If your potato salad experience has been from a deli or made with mayo, we have some alternatives for you. We’re a no-mayo household, which has allowed us to discover the many styles of potato salads that exist in other…
It’s time! Bunker Hill Parade is Sunday
The 2026 Battle of Bunker Hill Parade, commemorating the 251st anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, will be held Sunday, June 14, beginning at 12:30 p.m. at Hayes Square. The highly anticipated and always exciting parade is sponsored…
The enduring purpose of the Bunker Hill Monument
Why do we build monuments? They are not erected merely to mark a place, decorate a landscape, or preserve stone and steel. Monuments exist because societies understand a fundamental truth: people must remember where they came from in order…
‘Mayor of Charlestown’ Sean Boyle looking forward to Bunker Hill Parade
Being the “Mayor of Charlestown” is a title that Sean Boyle continues to carry proudly. Though he held the honor of mayorship for the 2025 Bunker Hill Parade in Charlestown (by raising the most money), Boyle, 35, will again…
Mapping the Battle: X-Rays and 1775 maps lead to major Bunker Hill discovery
“We found it! “ said City of Boston archeologist Joe Bagley. On the Bunker Hill Monument the archeological dig has located and excavated the original ditches for redoubt, which defended the Patriots against the British assault on June 17,…
Voices of Bunker Hill to echo once again in Charlestown
More than two and a half centuries after musket fire thundered across Breed's Hill, the voices of those who shaped one of the most consequential moments in American history will be heard again in Charlestown. In commemoration of the…