Last week, on these pages, the newspaper highlighted the very real challenges for Mimi Tovar and her family in relocating to South Boston as one of the first wave of families relocated for the upcoming Bunker Hill Redevelopment.Just days after…
Author: Seth Daniel
Developer files plans for new high-rise community on Flynn junkyard
What has for generations been the junkyard on the way to Somerville now has grand plans to become a large, 29-story, high-rise living community just on the edge of Charlestown – with developer Scott Brown of Fulcrum Global Investors filing…
Charter Effort: New year will bring effort by Edwards to deliver Charter Change to voters
Facing some critics – including Mayor Martin Walsh – Councilor Lydia Edwards said she has overcome the rumors and misinformation for her hopeful campaign to change the City Charter, and will begin the year with an effort to sell it…
First in Line: Charlestown Native, WW II Veteran, the First VA Patient to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Blazing a trail once again, Charlestown native Margaret Klessens was the first Veterans Administration (VA) patient or resident in the United States to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday at the Bedford VA Hospital where she resides in an…
Uprooted: Realities of Relocation Sink in for Tenants Who Left Bunker Hill
This year, Mimi Tovar and her family of seven will celebrate their first Christmas outside of Charlestown – one of the first families to be relocated as part of the Bunker Hill Redevelopment project. They expected to be gone this…
New Mitigation Package Presented for Bunker Hill Development IAG
The development team for the Bunker Hill Development presented an enhanced mitigation package at what was to be the final Impact Advisory Group (IAG) meeting on Dec. 9, and residents seemed to be torn between moving forward and addressing issues…
MGH, Boston Medical Receives First Shipment of COVID-19 Vaccine
Boston Medical Center (BMC) received the area’s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID19 vaccine on Monday morning, taking it into cold storage immediately and, on Wednesday, beginning the first rounds of vaccinations on staff members.Mass General Brigham followed suit on…
BPDA to Review Several Items for Charlestown
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) will review several items related to Charlestown at its Board meeting on Dec. 17, with the major one being approval of a contract to demolish the Power Plant (Building 108) in the Navy…
New School Committee Chair Leans on Experience With Youth in New Role
Alexandra Oliver-Davila often tells the youth at the non-profit she leads in Mission Hill to be careful about what they say, because quite often it could come true. That is the case for Oliver-Davila, who – as a consultant 21…
New Zamboni Clears Path for More Improvements, Strong Partnerships Formed at Local Ice Skating Rink
The Emmons Horrigan O’Neil Memorial ice rink – under the authority of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) – took delivery of a brand new Zamboni ice resurfacer on Monday afternoon, but that only scratched the surface of…