In the battle against the opiate epidemic, the Charlestown MGH Health Center is taking a big step in creating a mock Safe Injection Facility (SIFs) at the High Street facility next week – putting together what a real SIF might…
Author: Seth Daniel
Crossroads Resource Center Celebrates Grand Opening
Two Charlestown health centers have come together this summer and fall to collaborate on a drop-in resource center, particularly for those struggling with addiction and other such issues. NEW Charlestown and the Charlestown MGH Health Center have collaborated on opening…
Bye, Bye Bra? Councilor Wu Presents Plan to Abolish BPDA
In a meeting that packed the South End’s Union United Church on Monday with residents from all over the city, Councilor Michelle Wu presented a bold, 75-page plan to abolish the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) – formerly the…
BPDA Looking to Hear From the Community on Navy Yard Properties
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) will be coming to the community this month to have a discussion about disposing of three key properties in the Navy Yard – including the condemned Pier 5 structure. Devin Quirk of the…
No Park, No Peace: Advocates Say They Will Rebuild Desecrated Peace Park
There weren’t many places little Oliviah Lundin-Monaco could go to remember her late father in a positive way – but for a time the Peace Park (officially the Lowney/McGrath Park) was the place. But suddenly last week, the 18 month-old…
Walsh at Chamber : Tells How Boston is Different in 2019
The Charlestown Chamber of Commerce welcomed Mayor Martin Walsh and his economic development team to an outdoor Q&A with the business community on Monday afternoon, and the mayor led off with talking about the evolution of the City as a…
A Night with Smokey: Community Rallies Around DJ Smokey Cain
Few people in Charlestown have not been helped by Michael ‘Smokey’ Cain, and this Friday the community is coming together for him as he battles an aggressive form of prostate cancer. The time is typically the annual Anthony’s Dream Motown…
Eliot School Student Stuck by Drug Needle in Park
A student from the Eliot School in the North End – where many Charlestown students attend – was apparently struck with a discarded drug needle in a North End park after school last week, bringing the opiate crisis to the…
Possible Groundbreaking on Rutherford Avenue Plan
The current plan for Rutherford Avenue and Sullivan Square is still in the design stage, but Mayor Martin Walsh said there could be a groundbreaking by next summer on the mammoth road reconstruction project. The Rutherford Avenue/Sullivan Square plan would…
Mitigation Time: City Receives First Mitigation Payment from Encore
The City confirmed this week that the first $2 million mitigation payment from Encore Boston Harbor has been received at City Hall. Upon opening on June 23, Encore was to pay the $2 million within 90 days, and this week…