The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing the launch of its second National Work Zone Awareness Week billboard design contest, exclusively for Massachusetts college students. The contest aims to raise awareness of work zone safety and encourage drivers to…
Wu Announces the Awardees for the 2024 Community Empowerment Grants
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Black Male Advancement announced the awardees for the 2024 Community Empowerment Grants. These grants are a $500,000 investment aimed at supporting community-based organizations that are focused on empowering and improving outcomes for Black…
Suffolk Downs To Host Annual Daffodil Dash Set for April 13
Looking for a family friendly way to kick-off the Boston Marathon weekend? On Saturday, April 13, The HYM Investment Group LLC (HYM), will host the third annual Marathon Daffodil Dash from 10am-1pm at The Track at Suffolk Downs, in partnership…
Watch the Eclipse Safely
With our area in the path of the solar eclipse this coming Monday (and with clear skies forecast), we urge any of our readers who are intent on watching the event to be sure to wear proper eyewear and to…
Russia Is Our Real Enemy
Sunday’s special report on the CBS news show 60 Minutes revealed that Russia has been the culprit in the hundreds of cases of debilitating neurological injuries that have struck American intelligence and law enforcement operatives around the world in the…
Bird Flu Is Not Just for the Birds
The second confirmed case of the bird flu infecting a human in this country (a Texas dairy farm worker who worked among infected cows) raises a red flag about the possibility of another pandemic ripping across the world. The current…
Letters to the Editor
Providing Additional Information to the Supporters of the Constitution Inn The following was sent to the BPDA and Councilor Coletta. To the Editor, I read the supportive letter to the Editor regarding the Constitution Inn proposal in the March 28th…
Coletta To Hold Hearing on Technological Infrastructure Improvements for Departments
Special to the Patriot-Bridge Boston City Councilors Gabriela Coletta, Ed Flynn, and Liz Breadon will hold a hearing regarding technological infrastructure improvements across city departments on Tuesday, April 2 at 2pm in the Iannella Chamber, Fifth Floor of Boston City…
New Health Charlestown Celebrates New Pharmacy
Special to the Patriot-Bridge The team and services at NEW Health’s Charlestown site are growing with the opening of a pharmacy that was a crucial need for the neighborhood, as well as an expanded second floor, additional services and new…
CNC Meeting Dates
CNC Meeting, Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 7 p.m. The Charlestown Neighborhood Council will hold an in-person public meeting on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, from 7-9 P.M at the Knights of Columbus, 545 Medford Street, Charlestown. Agenda: an update from Councilor Coletta, a presentation by Marguerite Wynter,…
John F. Kennedy Family Service Center Receives $2 Million From the Yield Giving Open Call
MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced John F. Kennedy Family Service Center as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. The Kennedy Center received $2 Million. …
News Briefs
Upcoming Lecture Explores ‘Women Artists of the North Shore in the Early 20th Century’ The Artists’ Group of Charlestown presents an art gallery lecture called ‘Women Artists of the North Shore in the Early 20th Century’ on Friday, April 12,…