Charlestown resident Andrew Jay recalls reading in history books about a time in the distant past when the streets of downtown Boston were covered in oyster shells; when boats going up or down the Mystic River past Charlestown had to…
Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff
Running for Ryan Morrissey
Boston Police Runners Club Run Boston Marathon in Memory of Ryan Morrissey: On Friday, April 17, Commissioner William Evans, members of the Boston Police Runners Club, representatives from the Boys & Girls Club of Charlestown, representatives from Operation Progress Boston…
Residents Supporting Street Parking Changes
Charlestown residents Erin Woods and Shannon Fabiano-McLaughlin seem to have struck a common bond of frustration amongst their neighbors as their effort to change parking restrictions in Charlestown has come out of the gate sprinting. Woods reported this week that…
Papagayo Restaurant Closing City Square Location
The popular local Mexican Food chain located in City Square will close its doors and reopen in Saugus, Mass. Papagayo Restaurant, Legendary Restaurant Group’s Mexican themed branch with four locations in the Boston area, made the announcement this week. According…
Police Briefs 04-30-2015
POLICE/COMMUNITY MEETING: Meet the police & discuss public safety issues on the third Tuesday of every month at the police station, 20 Vine Street, at 6:30 p.m., 2nd floor, community room. POLICE RELATED INFO: Contact the District A-1 Community Service…
Townie Tidbits
Remembering the people’s firehouse takeover ›I›m sure many more protests will be planned.» Jay Farris, Boston Globe , April 25,1981 “If we tell when, they’ll (the police) will be ready for us.” Nancy McCaffrey Thirty one years ago right now, I…
District Attorney Dan Conley’s Tournament a Great Event
We were so proud to take part in Suffolk County District Daniel F. Conley 7th Annual Basketball For Peace Tournament at the UMass Boston Clark Athletic Center. DA Conley and his staff once again accomplished the mission of this wonderful…
Locals Play a Part in History
“Battalion Volley,” yelled the generals last Saturday, April 18, as hundreds of muskets fired into a grouping of British regulars. Cannon and musket fire filled the air with loud bangs, smoke rose from the field, explosions sounded and war broke out…
St. John’s Mousin Ready to Celebrate 175th Anniversary
It seems that 175th anniversaries don’t come too often, but for St. John’s Episcopal Church in Charlestown, the church’s 175th milestone couldn’t come at a better time. Rev. Thomas Mousin sat down with the Patriot-Bridge recently to talk over the…
Townie Tidbits
MICHAEL MURPHY TALKS BARROOM HISTORY I bumped into Michael Murphy last week on Main Street by the Cooperative Bank and we ended up talking about the barrooms of Charlestown. He is just old enough to have remembered many of the…