After the Charlestown COVID positive test rate increased over 55 percent two weeks ago, the positive test rate exploded last week according to the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). The neighborhood had the highest percentage of people testing positive last…
Author: John Lynds
Coastal Zoning Overlay District in Effect
Late last month, Acting Mayor Kim Janey signed a new Coastal Zoning Overlay District into effect requiring new development in Charlestown and other Boston coastal neighborhoods to take additional steps to limit the damage and displacement related to the impacts…
City Officials Seeking Applicants to Improve Charlestown Alternative Policing Pilot Programs
Since October the city has dispatched co-responders in Charlestown as part of a pilot program to better address mental health crisis calls. This form of co-response and alternative response deploys teams of Emergency Medical Technicians and mental health workers to…
Charlestown’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Increases Over 55 Percent
After the Charlestown COVID positive test rate decreased nearly 40 percent two weeks ago, the positive test rate increased dramatically last week according to the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). According to the weekly report released Monday by the BPHC,…
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Honors Charlestown Student Fatima Fontes
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay recently honored this year’s Boston Harbor Heroes at the organization’s annual Destination Boston Harbor gala at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Among this year’s honorees was Charlestown college student Fatima Fontes who worked as…
Michelle Wu is Elected the New Mayor
In a historic election where two female candidates of color squared off for the first time for the Boston Mayoral seat, Michelle Wu edged out Anissa Essaibi George during Tuesday’s election to become the first woman elected Mayor in Boston’s…
Charlestown’s Weekly COVID Positive Test-Rate Decreases
After the Charlestown COVID positive test rate increased over 50 percent three weeks ago it has decreased week over week according to the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). According to the weekly report released Monday by the BPHC, 619 Charlestown…
District Changes: Rep. Ryan Could Lose Chelsea; Gain Parts of Everett and Cambridge in New House Map
The new redistricting map approved by the House has Chelsea being taken out of Rep. Dan Ryan’s district. While Ryan would lose Chelsea he would gain two precincts in Everett and precincts in East Cambridge and Cambridgeport. House Bill 4210,…
Charlestown, City Kick Off Early Voting for November’s Municipal Election
On Tuesday, Charlestown voters had the opportunity to vote early at the Harvard/Kent Elementary School Gymnasium for the Nov. 2 Municipal Election and voters here can continue to vote at City Hall until Friday or utilize early voting drop boxes…
Charlestown’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Decreases
After the Charlestown COVID positive test rate increased over 50 percent two weeks ago it has decreased slightly last week according to the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). According to the weekly report released Monday by the BPHC, 655 Charlestown…