Senate President Stan Rosenberg, Senator Sal DiDomenico and Senator Will Brownsberger have sent a letter to the Massachusetts Congressional delegation urging them to fight against the Trump Administration’s proposed elimination of funding for Legal Services. Last year, 23,000 low-income and…
Site of Revere’s Landing Hidden in the Charlestown Navy Yard
By Seth Daniel One of the most famous stories in American History – that of Paul Revere’s covert trip across the Charles River from the North End to Charlestown – has its genesis right in Charlestown’s Navy Yard, and though…
Girl Scouts Revive in the Town, Donate Cookies to Harvest on the Vine
By Seth Daniel This year, Harvest on the Vine was fortunate enough to have enough donations to put together an Easter food distribution that includes 500 hams and all the fixings, but there will be an extra surprise of Girl…
Townie Tidbits
By Sal Giarratani ATTENTION MICHAEL SULLIVAN! Attention Michael Sullivan. I heard that you think you might be my cousin. Someone at the Knights told me you were looking to talk to me. Email me at [email protected]. REMEMBERING PEGGY FLAHERTY…
Looking at the Project:One Charlestown
By Ann Kelleher Many in Charlestown have been attending meetings regarding a proposed new development, One Charlestown. This is an exciting mixed-income development that will benefit not only the present residents but future tenants as well. The bottom line is…
Happy Easter
It’s hard to believe that another Easter already is upon us. Good Friday and Easter Sunday will be here this week, and those of the Christian faith will begin the observance of the holiest days of their religion upon which…
Happy Passover
We want to wish our friends in the Jewish community a Happy Passover or Happy “Pesach” as this important holiday is known in Hebrew. The holiday begins with a special Passover dinner known as a Seder when the story is…
Townie Sports
By Kevin Kelly ONCE A TOWNIE, ALWAYS A TOWNIE Recently, I was asked about some of the athletes that are mentioned in TOWNIE SPORTS who do not live in Charlestown. It is a fair question. Let’s take, for example, senior…
Obituaries 04-13-2017
Helen Hoey Of Charlestown Helen V. (Carroll) Hoey of Charlestown died on February 10. The beloved wife of the late George F. Hoey, Jr.,, she was the cherished mother of Carolyn M. Hoey of Severna Park, MD, Patricia A. Wood…
Just Relax
Pam Esselstyn gets a bit of a surprise as she has her hair styled on Monday night, March 27, during the ‘Relax for a Reason’ fundraiser at Element Day Spa. The event raised money for the Charlestown YMCA.
Marathon Bombing Survivor,Sister Unite on Racecourse for MGH this Year
By Seth Daniel Wherever two or more runners come together, in Boston, a Marathon is likely to be run, and this year one Charlestown woman and her sister – a survivor of the 2013 Marathon Bombing – will celebrate a…
Warren Prescott to Celebrate Decade of Parents Foundation on Sunday
By Seth Daniel In the City’s schools, when parents run late picking kids up from school, if they don’t have a relative close at hand, it can be an extremely stressful situation. A parent can feel all alone, trapped unexpectedly…