The Friends of the Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library and Charlestown Coalition’s Turn It Around will gather to “cut the ribbon” of a newly installed Little Free Library located outside the Charlestown Community Center, 255 Medford St., on…
City Workers Union Backs Murphy for City Council At-Large
One of Boston’s largest coalition of city workers is getting behind Erin Murphy’s bid for an At-Large City Council seat, the latest sign of Erin’s broad-based appeal and ability to connect with working people in every neighborhood. The American Federation…
32BJ SEIU Endorses Michelle Wu in Mayoral Race
32BJ SEIU, the largest property service’s union in Massachusetts and nationwide, is announcing its endorsement of City Councilor Michelle Wu in the Boston Mayoral race. If elected, Councilor Wu would make history as the first Asian-American woman and person to…
Historic Houses of the Month: 43-45 Park Street
By Nancy Hayford Kueny In the 1970s and 80s, a number of buildings located on Warren Street and Main Street as one approached the City Square area were in derelict condition and many had been razed or were slated to…
North Washington Street Bridge Construction Look-Ahead Through October 16
This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work and changes to traffic configurations beyond those described below. Marine Impacts •…
News Briefs
Re-Imagine the Open Spaces The Mystic River Watershed Association is working to re-imagine the open spaces around Little Mystic Channel in Charlestown. Stop by at their Open House, share your ideas, grab a donut, learn some Charlestown Trivia and found…
Progressives Are Trump’s New Best Friends
As our regular readers know, we have been fully supportive of everything that entails the Progressive agenda in Washington, from the Green New Deal to tax increases on the wealthy and everything in between. If anything, we’d like to see…
School Masking Is Not a Parental Matter
According to an interview in the Boston Globe, a member (who is a medical doctor) of the unpaid COVID-19 advisory panel to Gov. Charlie Baker made this statement regarding masking by children in public schools: “Regardless of science, and there…
Sober October: Now More Than Ever
We all know that the pandemic has not been great for either our physical or mental health. One of the strongest indicators of this is that overall alcohol consumption increased by 14 percent among Americans in 2020 and 23 percent…
Letters to the Editor
Good Bye Wow To the Editor, This month our Charlestown community will say goodbye to the successful Wind On Water (WOW) public art exhibit, closing a sixteen month exhibit that highlighted our extraordinary corner of the city in the Charlestown…
Hood Celebrates 175th Anniversary
MGH Charlestown HealthCare Center Welcomes Dr. Monteiro
Cheryl Monteiro, MD, recently joined the staff of the MGH Charlestown HealthCare Center’s Adult Medicine Department. Dr. Monteiro grew up in New Jersey and went to Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She moved to New England for her General Internal…