We join the entire New England region in congratulating the New England Patriots on winning Super Bowl LI in what many are calling the greatest triumph in Boston sports history. This historic moment reaffirmed that the New England Patriots under…
Sports 02-09-2017
Townie Sports By Kevin Kelly HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY Worcester Academy high scoring wing Micaela Sindoris notched both of her team’s goals, including a controversial last-second score, as the Hilltoppers salvaged a 2-2 deadlock with Southfield. Matignon wings Charisse Flanagan (goal,…
Patriots Parade 2017
Patriots Victory Parade, photos by Joseph Prezioso and Katy Rogers.
Local Girl Scouts Selling Cookies
The Charlestown Girl Scout troop from the Warren-Prescott School will be having their first cookie sale! Please show your support and purchase your favorite Girl Scout cookies at one of these scheduled times and locations. Staying away from sweets? Donate…
Discussions Start on How to Spend the Wynn Windfall
By Seth Daniel With a lot of money comes the anxiety of not blowing it all due to poor planning or infighting. That’s exactly what members of the Charlestown community began trying to avoid on Tuesday night, Jan. 31, in…
Regional Working Group to Meet in Charlestown, Feb 2
By Seth Daniel The Lower Mystic Regional Working Group is staging several small discussion groups over the next week to begin getting more input from Charlestown residents and others in the study area – including Everett, Charlestown and Somerville –…
Wynn Named Finance Director for Republican Party, Ready to Help Trump
By Seth Daniel Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts has been named the new Finance Chairman for the Republican National Committee (RNC), and said he is ready ready to help President Donald Trump make American great again. Wynn is in the…
Local Teams Compete in Futsal League
The Bunker Hill Futsal Club, sponsored by Charlestown Youth Soccer, entered three teams this season in the Massachusetts Futsal Association League. It was a great turnout with over 30 boys participating, making up three teams in different age groups. The…
Unique Piece of Art Just One of Many for Boston Artist
By Seth Daniel When one walks into Zume’s Coffee House, since July they would have been greeted with a four-foot by eight-foot mixed media piece of art by budding artist Markus Sebastiano – complete with a hand-made galvanized steel frame.…
Council Undertakes Measures to Combat Climate Change
By Beth Treffeisen At last week’s Boston City Council meeting, held on January 25, legislation was filed for a hearing to discuss dramatically increasing the share of renewable energy used to power Boston through a program called Community Choice Aggregation.…
Chloe Cochener Attends Model United Nations forum at Yale
Charlestown resident and Brimmer student Chloe Cochener ’19, daughter of Brigit-Mary Hannula and James Cochener, attended the Yale Model United Nations at Yale University in January. Cochener worked as a representative of Uganda on the Economic and Financial (ECOFIN) Committee.…
Local Turn It Around Youth Lead Lesson on MLK Legacy
On Thursday, January 19, six members of The Charlestown Coalition’s Turn it Around Youth Group led a lesson in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) at the Boys and Girls Club. In it, members of the Club’s afterschool…