The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC), the popular music and performing arts nonprofit that serves youth in Charlestown and the North End, is bringing its “Jazz in the Park’’ Summer Concert Series back to The Rose Kennedy…
Author: John Lynds
Wu Announces $20 Million Investment To Expand City’s Universal Pre-K Program
Last week Mayor Michelle Wu announced an expansion of Boston’s Universal Pre-K program to 992 total seats, which will greatly benefit working families in Charlestown and beyond. The $20 million investment in early education through Boston’s Universal Pre-K (UPK) program…
Free Summer Eats in Full Swing
With school out and summer in full swing, children that receive free or reduced breakfast and lunches during the school year might have been out of a meal if it wasn’t for the free summer food programs sponsored by the…
John Nucci Elected To Serve Another Term on Massport Board
The Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee (Massport CAC) voted unanimously to reappoint John Nucci to another seven-year term as the committee’s appointee to the Massport Board of Directors. Nucci was sworn in to his second term on the board…
Charlestown’s Weekly COVID Positive Test-Rate Increases to Over 10 Percent
Charlestown’s weekly positive test rate is back on the rise and jumped over 10 percent last week as another summer surge of the COVID omicron sub variants takes hold across the country. According to the latest data by the Boston…
Mary Skipper Selected To Lead BPS As New Superintendent
In a 4-3 vote at last week’s Boston School Committee meeting, Mary Skipper edged out Boston Public School (BPS) Region 1 Superintendent Tommy Welch to become the next BPS Superintendent. With BPS recently avoiding receivership, School Committee members voting in…
Suffolk County DA’s Community Reinvestment Grant Will Help Two Nonprofits Doing Work in Charlestown
Last week District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced the distribution of $60,000 in grants to Suffolk County nonprofit organizations dedicated to promoting the health and safety of the county’s residents. Two nonprofits doing work in Charlestown were among the 13 nonprofits…
Charlestown Gets New Proposed Polling Location Following the City’s Reprecincting Effort
In October of last year the City of Boston conducted a reprecincting initiative to restructure polling locations in neighborhoods across the city aimed at increasing voter participation and equity as well as reducing wait times in some wards. On Tuesday…
Friends of Clougherty Pool To Host Meeting on Status of Community Pool
Ever since the city decided last month to close the BCYF Clougherty Pool on Bunker Hill Street for the summer due to maintenance issues Charlestown residents have not been happy. The last minute closure right before the summer was about…
Ryan, House Pass Reproductive Rights Bill in the Wake of Roe V Wade Being Overturned
In response to the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) recent decision to overturn Roe v Wade, Rep. Dan Ryan joined his House colleagues last Wednesday to pass a bill to uphold reproductive justice and gender-affirming care. The bill, H.4930 “An Act…