Lifelong East Boston resident Gabriela “Gigi’ Coletta came out on top during Tuesday night’s Special Election Preliminary for the District 1 City Council seat left vacant by Sen. Lydia Edwards and is on her way to City Hall. Coletta will…
Author: John Lynds
North End Waterfront Health CEO James Luisi to Retire
After over three decades of service and being responsible for the creation of a 140 bed nursing home and an elderly housing development in the neighborhood, North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health) CEO James Luisi is set to retire next…
Charlestown, City’s Weekly COVID Positive Test-Rate Climbs Once Again
With the neighborhood and city’s weekly COVID positive test rate still climbing, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is recommending residents take precautions to stop the spread. The BPHC also renewed its recommendation that masks be worn in indoor public…
Local Officials React to Roe V. Wade Leak
The unprecedented leak to Politico Monday that five Supreme Court Justices may be gearing up to reverse the court’s landmark decision that has protected a woman’s right to choose for a half century has set off a firestorm of condemnations…
Lydia Edwards Says Farewell to the Boston City Council
Last Wednesday Sen. Lydia Edwards delivered her final speech inside the Boston City Council Chambers after a five year tenure representing District 1, which includes East Boston, Charlestown and the North End. Edwards’s time on the Council officially came to…
BPDA Approves 420 Rutherford Ave for Office Lab Space
At its April board meeting the Boston Planning and Development Agency approved plans to transform the existing site at 420 Rutherford Avenue into a 101,500 square-foot office and lab building. Related Beal, known for their developments at The Clarendon, One…
COVID Positive Test-Rate Continues to Climb
Charlestown and the city are in the middle of another COVID surge as nearly 1 out of every 10 residents tested last week in the neighborhood were positive. Health experts are saying the new subvariant of the omicron strain, known…
Baker Highlights Massachusetts Clean Energy Industry Report at Charlestown’s Wind Tech Testing Center
Last week, Gov. Charlie Baker joined Environmental Secretary Kathleen Theoharides, MassClean Energy Center (MassCEC) CEO Jennifer Daloisio, Rep. Dan Ryan and Rep. Josh Cutler at MassCEC’s Wind Technology Testing Center in Charlestown to provide an update on clean energy jobs.…
Teen Injured in Playground Shooting
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg at a Charlestown playground Sunday and police are still looking for the teen’s assailant. The shooting occurred shortly after noon according to police at a playground near Monument Street and Walford Way.…
City Council Race Heats Up
With special election preliminary for the District 1 City Council seat less than a month away, the two candidates, Gabriela “Gigi” Coletta and Tania Del Rio, have been out in the district canvassing with volunteers, talking to voters about the…