Author: Patriot-Bridge Staff

Charlie on the MTA

The MBTA Orange Line used to run smack dab through the middle of Charlestown.  It was a monstrous, elevated eye-sore which ran the entire length of Main Street and the unnerving metal-on-metal squeal of the turning trains could be heard…

53 Days ‘til Opening Day

The Charlestown Little League program has begun indoor pre-season practice sessions every Tuesday at the Charlestown Community Center gymnasium.  However, it is required that all players participating in the sessions be members of the Charlestown Community Center.  Membership is free…

“Townies” Sports Update

Senior sensation Ben Speicher led his Trinity College wrestling team to the New England Conference championships.  Ben, the team’s captain, was also selected to join the “Teach for America” program in Denver, CO.  He is the son of Howie and…

Honor Roll Call

Matthew Johnson, Yu (Jacky) Wang and Paul Wrenn all achieved Second Honors at Malden Catholic High School…Gus Viveiros, son of Tony “V” and Kristen Johnson Viveiros, made the Honor Roll at Boston Latin.

Police Briefs 03-03-2011

02/21/11 – Larceny in a Building A victim reported that, while at the YMCA on Third Avenue someone broke into her locker and took a handbag containing money, keys and personal papers   02/22/11 – Breaking and Entering, non-residence A…

Obituaries 03-03-2011

William Lowe Founder and President of William Lowe Movers of Charlestown William D. Lowe of Bourne died on Feb. 24 in the McCarthy Care Center, Sandwich. He was 82 years old. Mr. Lowe was founder and president of William Lowe…

Jack the Barber

By 1981 Jack Luiselli, known to all in the Charlestown neighborhood as “Jack the Barber”, had become an integral part of the community.  Though a barber by trade, Jack would spend many years coaching the Charlestown Town Team, a football…