By Seth Daniel Ground broke quietly last September on the Graphic Arts building project, a pioneering project of 171 residential units in two buildings fronting Sullivan Square and Rutherford Avenue. It wasn’t a place that many would have wanted to…
New School Times Have Mixed Reviews
By Seth Daniel For students and staff at Charlestown High School, last week’s Boston Public Schools (BPS) announcement about a new, later start time for the Medford Street school was a cause for celebration. Because many students come from far-away…
CNC Corner
The Spaulding-Charlestown Neighborhood Council Community Partnership Fund announces the third year of funding. There will be a second tutorial on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at 7 p.m. also at the American Legion Hall. Please note that attending one of these…
Mattapan Councilor Announces Full Support in Council President Bid
By Seth Daniel Mattapan Councilor Andrea Campbell – in just the beginning of her second term in office – announced on Saturday night that she had secured the votes to become the next City Council president, and the first African-American…
Historical Talks Planned for Dec 16
The Massachusetts Lafayette Society will sponsor two historical talks on Dec. 16 at the Bunker Hill Museum in Charlestown from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Dr. Robert Selig, the National Park Service Historian for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, will summarize his…
Drug Court at Charlestown Celebrates Recent Graduation
Three new graduates of the Charlestown Drug Court program celebrated a graduation with friends, family, court officials and recovery coaches recently in a ceremony at the courthouse. The Charlestown Division of the Boston Municipal Court and its Probation Department, which…
Post Office Not Moving — Right Now
By Seth Daniel One of the hottest rumors around the Town this week is stamped and ready for the delivery. That rumor is that the Charlestown Post Office in the Bunker Hill Mall is planning to move to make way…
Pearl Harbor Survivors Honored at Local Ceremony
By Seth Daniel Emery Arsenault was just 18 when he was stationed with the Army as a radioman at Pearl Harbor. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941 – the day that would live in infamy – he was just…
Police Briefs 12-14-2017
Charlestown Beat Larceny 12/04/17 – A victim on Rutherford Avenue reported a female who made a purchase at his place of business removed a credit card from the counter. The suspect then left the premises and fled in a Toyota…
Townie Tidbits
By Sal Giarratani GERRY IS ON THE ROAD WITH HIS BOOK TOUR Gerald Doherty was on the road in Quincy on his book tour. Gerry the author of “They Were My Friends: Jack Bob and Ted” was over at the…
Confusion Shouldn’t Stop Patients from Buying Health Insurance
By Janet Trautwein This year’s Affordable Care Act open enrollment period started November 1. Millions of Americans will soon visit HealthCare.gov or the online insurance exchange run by their state to shop for 2018 health plans. Many will be confused…
Townie Sports
2017 COLLEGE WINTER SPORTS Hockey Assumption wing Tommy Mahoney scored a goal and blasted seven shots on net as the Greyhounds fricasseed Post to the tune of 5-2. Mahoney added a goal and an assist in a 2-2 draw with…