Absentee ballots are now available for the State Primary Election, which will take place on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. Absentee voters are required to fill out a new application each calendar year. Applications may be obtained by calling the Election…
Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff
Thank You to Mr. Paul Murphy and Mr. Andrew Criscione
I would like to thank you very much for the MGH HealthCare Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and the MGH Institute of Health Professions, Charlestown Merit Scholarship. Your generosity is much appreciated I will put the funds to good use at…
Charlestown Runners Help Dana-Farber Falmouth and Jimmy Fund
On August 17, 3 runners from Charlestown, MA, will run the 42nd annual New Balance Falmouth Road Race in Falmouth, Mass., to help conquer cancer as members of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s team. Kimberly Cook, Stephen McCaffrey running for Team Lanzoni and Rebecca…
A Month in the Country
(first published in August 2013) For the first time since I was 18 years old, I have spent a month in the country. And what a beautiful country it is. Fifty shades of green complimented by the bluest sky ever.…
Charlestown’s Whole Foods Helps Neighborhood
Whole Foods Market in Charlestown, the supermarket giant that took over the Johnny’s Foodmaster in Thompson Square is continuing its good neighbor policy since arriving in the neighborhood. Whole Foods made a commitment to help Charlestown residents go to college…
Alford St. Bridge to Be Completely Operational Friday
Senator Sal DiDomenico recently announced that he has been informed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (Mass DOT) that the Alford Street Bridge will be completely open on Friday, August 1.. Mass DOT is currently in the final stages of…
Darcy Ertl Takes Second Place In Mayor’s Garden Contest
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced the winners of the Mayor’s 2014 Garden Contest that included Darcy Ertl from Charlestown who won a second place award for Porch, Balcony, Deck or Window Box Garden.. Now in its 18th year, the…
Sal Giarratani Plays a G-Man in ‘Black Mass’ Film
Sal Giarratani is character even without the cameras rolling so it’s no wonder he landed a minor role in the upcoming Johnny Depp movie ‘Black Mass’ based on the life of Irish Mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. Giarratani, a retired police…
Townie Tidbits
REMEMBERING MY UNCLE JOE My mother’s side of the family was pretty large and growing up I had plenty of Irish uncles in my life. My mother’s family has its roots back in the Old Country in West Cork and…
Downtown View
Citizen Bob You’ll soon realize I like this man very much so I’ll say it up front. I first met Bob O’Brien, the retiring executive director of the Downtown North Association, when he showed up, uninvited, in 1990, to a…