Special to the Patriot-Bridge Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced the recipients of the second annual awards for the Fastest Bostonians, given to the Boston man, woman, and non-binary runner with the quickest finish times at…
MGH Charlestown Healthcare Center Medical Minute
By Lori Hooley RN, Ben Bearnot MD, and Jim Morrill MD Alcohol Awareness Month Q&A For all of recorded history, alcohol has been a part of American culture and many cultures around the world, well known for making us feel…
Local Authors Release New Book
Charlestown Nursery School is thrilled to announce that Jean Martin Cadène and Nancy Wovers Cadène, along with Isabella Cadene, have just released a beautiful photo book entitled “Pond, Lake, River, Sea: Life Along the Path of the Mystic.” This second…
Historic Houses of the Month: The Charlestown Savings Bank Building – One Thompson Square
By Nancy Hayford Kueny The most interesting commercial building in Charlestown is the Charlestown Savings Bank at One Thompson Square, truly a landmark. Built in 1876, it is a magnificent example of High Victorian Gothic Style and was designed by…
MHS Hosts Making History Gala With Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Doris Kearns Goodwin
On Thursday, June 6, the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) will host its Making History Gala at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. The event will feature renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin. The evening will commence…
Wu Announces her 2024 Neighborhood Coffee Hour
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2024 Neighborhood Coffee Hour Series in partnership with Dunkin’ in parks citywide from April 22 to June 26. Wu will be in Charlestown…
Wu Files FY25 Budget With Investments To Make Boston a Home for Everyone
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Mayor Michelle Wu proposed her third annual operating budget, which builds on the administration’s steady progress to make Boston a home for everyone—where the City’s communities’ needs are met and dreams can grow. The recommended Fiscal…
Charlestown Resident Steps Up for Project Bread’s 56th Annual Walk for Hunger
On May 5, Kathleen Chiong, of Charlestown, will step up for Project Bread’s 56th annual Walk for Hunger. She will be among over 3,500 participants, both in-person and virtual, to walk the 3-mile loop around the Boston Common or in…
News Briefs
Wild & Scenic Festival on April 27 “E” inc’s annual fundraiser Film Festival returns to the Atlantic Wharf in Boston on Saturday, April 27th at 6:30 PM. Wild & Scenic is a curated selection of Wild & Scenic films that celebrate the beauty of our…
Batten Down the Hatches
The Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University has released its annual forecast for the 2024 hurricane season and it is nothing less than frightening, with a prediction that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will have activity well above…
Obituaries 04-18-2024
Nancy Pearl Stuart May 22, 1952 – April 12, 2024 Nancy Pearl Stuart, known around Revere, Lowell, Charlestown and Cambridge as her alter ego, “Pearl,” the ever exuberant Karaoke songstress, died at 71 years old in Yavapai Regional Medical Center…