Three candidates have been forwarded to the Boston School Committee for consideration as the next superintendent of schools – including one candidate who attended Boston Public Schools and is now the headmaster at Cathedral High in the South End. The…
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Historic House of the Month Middlesex Canal Houses
By Nancy Hayford Kueny The Middlesex Canal which operated from 1803 until 1853, carried agricultural products, timber, granite, raw materials and rafts of logs from East Chelmsford (now part of Lowell) to Charlestown, and returned north carrying manufactured goods and…
Call for a Master Plan Gaining Momentum as Organizations Band Together
Momentum has gathered very quickly this week in the grass-roots call for a proper, third-party Master Planning process for Charlestown, with numerous organizations reporting a productive meeting last Saturday morning at Memorial Hall. Starting the ball rolling about a month…
Clougherty Pool to Open Saturday, June 22
Summer is coming and Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) is pleased to announce that the City of Boston’s two outdoor pools, the BCYF Clougherty Pool in Charlestown and the BCYF Mirabella Pool in the North End are opening…
Registration Now Open for Boston Neighborhood Basketball League
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department has announced that registration is now open for the 50th annual season of Boston’s favorite summer basketball league, the Boston Neighborhood Basketball League (BNBL), kicking off on Monday, July 8. BNBL is the oldest…
BPDA Hosts YouthGroup in Preparation for First Youth IAG Member
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) and the Turn It Around program met at City Hall last week in anticipation of the first youth seat that will be included in the One Charlestown Impact Advisory Group (IAG) review process.…
Neighborhood Roundup
Abutter’s meeting The Charlestown Neighborhood Council (CNC) Development Committee and the City of Boston will hold an abutter’s meeting to discuss the proposed nine-unit residential building on Sawyer’s Lot, 324-330 Bunker Hill St. The proposal will include a new drainage…
Spring Fling
50th Scholarship Celebration
Charlestown’s Hazel Collier Cuts a Bronze Path on the Ice
Hazel Collier is only 13, but the young Charlestown figure skater has already shown remarkable resolve at turning in great performances just when it seemed like the chips were down in her young and distinguished skating career. Fresh off of…