Thank you Bunker Hill Associates Dear Editor, The swimmers, families, staff and Board of the Charlestown Community Center want to extend a very heartfelt thank you to all of the members of the Bunker Hill Associates for their incredibly generous…
Category: Editorials
Have a Happy, Safe — and Mindful — New Year
The arrival of a new year marks a time for reflection, as to both the year that has passed and the year that lies ahead. In the words of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson: Ring out the old, ring…
Townie Tidbits
IT MUST BE ‘DECEMBER BUG’ ON MAIN STREET,HUH? I stopped by June Bug Florist the other morning while walking down Main Street. They’ve got the whole place really decorated for the Christmas holiday. You walk in the place and can…
Reducing Disposable Bags in Boston
The City of Boston’s new plastic bag ordinance is a big step forward in our work to cut carbon emissions, reduce pollution, and create a cleaner, greener city. When the new ordinance goes into effect on Dec. 14, 2018, stores…
Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
Christmas this year is part of what for many people will be a four-day weekend, which means that for many of us, we will be indulging in the “Christmas spirit” early and often. By no means do we wish to…
Enjoy the Holiday Season
This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…
How We’re Working to Replace the North Washington St Bridge
The North Washington Street Bridge, also known as the Charlestown Bridge, has been an important connector between the North End and Charlestown for more than a century. I’m proud that now, it’s getting the upgrade it deserves. We recently began…
Letter to the Editor
Charlestown is not for sale Dear Editor: Although unaware to most of us, Charlestown is being methodically put up for sale. A recent decision by the Boston Zoning Commission is precedent setting. It allows Hood to exceed the allowable maximum…
Remember Those Less Fortunate
With Christmas just two weeks away, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls or online — as we do our last-minute holiday shopping in hopes of finding that “perfect” gift for our family…
Letter to the Editor
Harvard-Kent Elementary Students cannot wait for a sixth grade Expanding the Harvard-Kent to sixth-grade is the perfect pilot for BuildBPS, which proposes grade reconfigurations to K-6 and K-8s. It costs the district no money from the $1 billion BuildBPS allocation…