The usual school shopping list of crayons, glue, uniforms and protractors has been joined this year by the heavy topic of childhood COVID-19 vaccination – and last week NEW Health and the Eliot School took the opportunity to help incoming…
Author: Seth Daniel
Bunker Hill Parade Comm. Sets $100K Fundraising Goal
It’s been two years since there was a traditional Battle of Bunker Hill Day Parade with all of the bands, militias, military entries and children’s activities, and the big call from everyone is to make 2022 one of the best…
New Bike Trail Nearing Completion on Alford Street
The MBTA and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) are nearing completion of the shoreline stabilization project at MBTA’s Charlestown Bus Facility along the Mystic River – giving full view to a much more stable shoreline and a smart…
BPS Pulls Out of Commissary Mitigation Space at Hood Park
The developers of Hood Park and Boston Public Schools (BPS) confirmed somewhat surprisingly on Monday that they have pulled the plug on a planned 20,000 sq. ft. Central Kitchen Commissary, negotiated at the last minute in 2019 as mitigation for…
Neighborhood Grows by 16 Percent Over 2010
The Census 2020 numbers came in for Boston last week, and in Charlestown the total population is up by 16 percent to numbers that resemble the population of the Town in the 1960 Census – though the diversity of Charlestown,…
Charlestown Preservation, Historical Society to Hold History Walk Aug. 26
The Charlestown Preservation Society (CPS) and the Charlestown Historical Society (CHS) will host City Archeologist Joe Bagley for a free historic building walk on Aug. 26 to highlight nine structures in Charlestown that are part of a recent book Bagley…
Finch Therapeutics Leases New Home at Hood Park
A life science therapeutics company from just over the Somerville line now located on Inner Belt Road has taken out a lease on 61,000 sq. ft. of lab/research space at Hood Park this month – making it their second location…
Olympic Runner Returns to Visit Navy Yard’s Anchor Venue
One never knows who might be greeting them at the door, or serving them a drink, at The Anchor in the Charlestown Navy Yard, and for those who have been loyal customers since the beginning of the venue three years…
Parks Department, Boston Transportation to Convene Meetings in September About Open Space Transformation
The Boston Parks Department, the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) and private developers like Hood Park will convene an overall series of visioning meetings for what will be a transformative change in open space from Ryan Playground all the way down…
East Boston Team Edges Charlestown’s Collier Team for First Townie Cup
An epic comeback the likes of which hadn’t been seen for a few years wasn’t quite meant to be, as Brendan Collier’s veteran roller hockey team stormed back from the brink of defeat in the loser’s bracket at the 1st…