Standing on the parking lot or open space at Hood Park in year’s past meant having a front-row seat to the highway just a few knots to the west. Now, the wind rustles in the trees, the fountains flow and…
Author: Seth Daniel
Councilor Edwards Seriously Considering Run for State Senate
Councilor Lydia Edwards is giving serious consideration to running for the potentially open state senate seat that covers some of her district, including her home base of East Boston, but does not include Charlestown. Edwards said this week she is…
Historic Ropewalk Building Reopens in Navy Yard
The newest address in the Navy Yard – the Ropewalk Building – is probably the most unique address in all of Boston. With the longest hallway in the City, repurposed units with amazing industrial flair, and a short walk to…
Exam School Admission Task Force Puts Off Test for This Fall
For just a small fraction of the Boston Public School (BPS) student population, the Exam Schools have proffered no shortage of controversy and outsized attention this year. That was on display last Wednesday, June 30, when the Exam School Admissions…
Budget Process to Be on the Ballot, Edwards Celebrates Milestone in Budget Reform
In the divisive 2020 City Budget discussion, Councilor Lydia Edwards had any number of complaints about her vote to approve the budget, and even had her home in East Boston vandalized, likely as a result of that decision. To counter,…
Rutherford/Sullivan Project Affirmed as Priority, Bus BRT Aspects Left to the Future
There has always been a bit of shifting sand under the long-discussed Sullivan Square/Rutherford Avenue Reconstruction project, but a milestone 25 percent design meeting late last month seemed to have a little more solid ground and momentum underneath it –…
MGC Awards Second Community Mitigation Fund Grant for Lost Village Traffic
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) recently approved the award of approximately $4.8 million in Community Mitigation Fund grants, including an additional $239,000 grant for construction of traffic mitigation in the Lost Village area of Sullivan Square. Charlestown received two grants during…
Sprouts Garden Cuts the Ribbon on a Major Revival
The rejuvenated Sprouts Community Garden held a ribbon cutting and community celebration on June 26, and it was so successful that garden organizers said they hope to make it an annual event on the banks of the Little Mystic Channel.…
City Council Passes Operating Budget, and With Mayoral Melodrama Included
The City Council voted – though not unanimously – to approve the City’s Operating Budget, the School Department Budget, and the Capital Budget at its meeting on June 30, culminating what’s been a long and arduous journey that has made…
Councilor Edwards Takes Extreme Exception to Globe Editorial Against Charter Amendment
With no warning and what she says are serious legal misunderstandings, Councilor Lydia Edwards has fired off a pointed letter to the Boston Globe calling for a retraction or correction to their editorial against her Budget Charter Amendment last Friday.…