Tan Named to Spring 2021 Dean’s List at Stonehill College Felix Tan, of Charlestown a member of the Class of 2024, has been named to the Spring 2021 Dean’s List at Stonehill College. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students…
Police Briefs 12-02-2021
Charlestown Beat Larceny – Shoplifting 11/22/2021 – At about 5:58 p.m.., officers responded to 140 Main St. for a report of lewd behavior. The caller had informed 911 that male suspect in his 30s, wearing a green jacket with a…
Pearl Harbor Was 80 Years Ago
It was 80 years ago this coming week that the nation of Japan launched its attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, started this past Sunday evening and will culminate this coming Monday, December 6. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days by lighting the candles of the Menorah,…
Letters to the Editor
Thank You Abraham Lincoln Post On behalf of our son Sean, we would like to express our gratitude to the trustees of the Abraham Lincoln Post #11. The support you provide “Townie” veterans and their families is extraordinary and to…
Mothers Out Front Brings Its Renewable-Energy Message to the State House
Around 30 representatives from the downtown neighborhoods for Mothers Out Front – a national, grass-roots group of mothers, grandmothers, and other caregivers advocating for a transition off of fossil fuels to renewable energy in an effort to combat climate change…
Duo Exhibition
BPDA Rejects Housing Proposals for Pier 5
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) has rejected the three housing proposals that were on the table for the condemned Pier 5 site in the Navy Yard. According to a letter to the community from BPDA real estate officer…
BPDA Issues RFP for Charlestown’s Shipyard Park
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board voted to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) from qualified respondents for waterfront activation at Shipyard Park in the Charlestown Navy Yard, a nearly 12-acre community park featuring gardens, a playground, paved…
Wu Signs Councilors Edwards, O’Malley’s Fossil Fuel Ordinance
On Monday Mayor Michelle Wu signed a city ordinance proposed by City Councilors Lydia Edwards and Matt O’Malley to divest city funds from fossil fuels. The ordinance requires the city’s collector-treasurer to divest city funds out of “stocks, securities or…
Developer Announces Vision for the Redevelopment of the Former Domino Sugar Factory
The City of Boston’s new coastal Zoning Overlay District that went into effect last month includes Charlesrtown’s waterfront along the Mystic River, the area around the Schrafft’s City Center wrapping around to Rutherford Avenue area and Mishawam as well as…
Five Sculptures from the Popular Whitaker Art Exhibit Will Find a Permanent Home in Navy Yard
Two years ago the Boston Planning and Development Agency entered into an agreement with the Navy Yard Garden Association Inc. (NYGA) and Leopold Gallery LLC of Kansas City to bring an outdoor art installation to the Charlestown Navy Yard. NYGA,…