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USACE Boston Storm Study: Charlestown Update

Come join the City of Boston and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to get an update on the Boston Storm Study!

May 20, 2025
2025-05-20T18:00:00 - 2025-05-20T20:00:00

This is the first neighborhood webinar in a series of five scheduled for this summer. This webinar will focus on the study progress in Charlestown. Participants can expect to receive:

  • an introduction to the City and Federal teams

  • background from "Climate Ready Boston" in Charlestown

  • report out of USACE study steps and progress

  • an opportunity to ask questions

  • information about how to provide feedback and next steps

For additional information, including Frequently Asked Questions, please visit the project webpage.

May 20, 2025
2025-05-20T18:00:00 - 2025-05-20T20:00:00
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City Hall On The Go: Charlestown

Join us on May 28, 2025, for a scheduled stop at Village Vibes at Edwards Playground at 10 Eden  Street, from 3:00-5:00 p.m.

May 28, 2025
  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Edwards Playground
    529 Commercial Street
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-05-28T15:00:59 - 2025-05-28T17:00:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note: We do not accept cash payments on the truck.

May 28, 2025
  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Edwards Playground
    529 Commercial Street
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-05-28T15:00:59 - 2025-05-28T17:00:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker
  • Appeal parking ticket
  • Basic Inspectional Services
  • Business Certificate (Check or Money Order Only) 
  • Census registration
  • File housing discrimination claim
  • File domestic partnership
  • Handicap parking
  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise
  • Pay excise tax
  • Pay parking ticket
  • Pay real estate tax
  • Referrals for ASAP services
  • Register dog license
  • Register to vote
  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Farmers market coupons (Seasonal)

  • Income Eligible Reduced Fare T Program

  • Yard Waste Stickers 

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City Hall On The Go: Charlestown

Join us on May 1, 2025, for a scheduled stop at the Mayor's Coffee Hours in Charlestown Winthrop Square at 55 Winthrop Street, from 9:00-11:00 a.m.

May 1, 2025
  • 9:00am - 11:00am
  • Charlestown Winthrop Square
    55 Winthrop Street
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-05-01T09:00:59 - 2025-05-01T11:00:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note: We do not accept cash payments on the truck.

May 1, 2025
  • 9:00am - 11:00am
  • Charlestown Winthrop Square
    55 Winthrop Street
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-05-01T09:00:59 - 2025-05-01T11:00:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker
  • Appeal parking ticket
  • Basic Inspectional Services
  • Business Certificate (Check or Money Order Only) 
  • Census registration
  • File housing discrimination claim
  • File domestic partnership
  • Handicap parking
  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise
  • Pay excise tax
  • Pay parking ticket
  • Pay real estate tax
  • Referrals for ASAP services
  • Register dog license
  • Register to vote
  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Farmers market coupons (Seasonal)

  • Income Eligible Reduced Fare T Program

  • Yard Waste Stickers 

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Charlestown: 191 Main Street Abutters Meeting 4/15/2025

Change of occupancy to liquor store on ground floor, as per plans.

April 15, 2025
  • 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • VIRTUAL
    VIA ZOOM,
  • Contact:
    Siggi Jonson
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-04-15T19:00:03 - 2025-04-15T20:00:03

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom

Meeting ID: 863 2575 1734

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

April 15, 2025
  • 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • VIRTUAL
    VIA ZOOM,
  • Contact:
    Siggi Jonson
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-04-15T19:00:03 - 2025-04-15T20:00:03
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Conservation Commission Public Hearing

ATTENTION: This meeting will be held virtually and not in person. You can participate in the meeting by going to our online meeting or calling 929-205-6099 and entering Meeting ID 868 0172 3247 #. Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at cc@boston.govLCA@boston.gov, or ...

The public can offer testimony.
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Charlestown Coffee Hour with the Mayor

Join Mayor Michelle Wu and City Staff for coffee and conversation!

May 1, 2025
2025-05-01T10:00:00 - 2025-05-01T11:00:00

Charlestown Coffee Hour

Mayor Wu’s Neighborhood Coffee Hours offer a unique opportunity to speak directly with the Mayor and staff from City departments about City services and resident concerns. Through personal conversations, and a suggestion box at each site, Mayor Wu looks forward to hearing how the City of Boston can improve parks, public areas, and City services.

A neighborhood staple known for bringing the community together over a cup of coffee, Dunkin’ is back to fuel the conversation with iced coffee and donuts. Dunkin’ will also provide lawn game activities for attendees, gift card giveaways, and the opportunity for residents to win a raffle prize. Free flowering plants will be provided by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, while supplies last. Fresh fruit will be provided by Star Market. 

Coffee hours are held from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., unless otherwise noted due to inclement weather.

Rain Location

BCYF Gibbons Center for Older Adults 

255 Medford Street 

Charlestown, MA 02129

Do you have questions? 

Connect with your Charlestown Neighborhood Liaison Sean Breen at sean.breen@boston.gov

May 1, 2025
2025-05-01T10:00:00 - 2025-05-01T11:00:00
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Unearthing the Untold Stories of Charlestown’s Sacrifice

April 18, 2025
2025-04-18T20:45:00 - 2025-04-18T21:10:00

Join us for an exclusive speaking program featuring Joe Bagley, City of Boston’s Chief Archaeologist, who will unveil groundbreaking, never-before-heard stories of Charlestown’s earliest residents. Drawn from recent archaeological discoveries, these narratives illuminate the sacrifices made by ordinary families whose homes were sacrificed for the cause of liberty during the American Revolution’s Battle of Bunker Hill. For the first time, the everyday heroes of Charlestown will be identified and commemorated.  

The evening builds to a dramatic crescendo with a live historical reenactment: Paul Revere’s arrival at City Square. Rowing across the Charles River under the shadow of night, Revere will step ashore to confirm that two lanterns glowed in the Old North Church—a signal that sparked a revolution. Watch as he mounts his horse and races off on his legendary “Midnight Ride” to Lexington, a moment that echoes through history.

Boston 250 event flyer

April 18, 2025
2025-04-18T20:45:00 - 2025-04-18T21:10:00
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Boston 250 Launch: Anniversary of Paul Revere's Ride

Join us in commemorating the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride with Mayor Michelle Wu and special guests. 

April 18, 2025
2025-04-18T17:30:00 - 2025-04-18T22:00:38

This evening will feature multiple connected events among partner organizations. As a core element of the festivities, the City of Boston and Mayor Michelle Wu will officially launch Boston 250, an initiative commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in Boston. The full slate of events will run 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. across the North End and Charlestown. 

At 7:30 p.m., Mayor Michelle Wu and Special Guests will headline a short program at the Prado (Paul Revere Mall). At 8:10 p.m., the lanterns in Old North Church will be lit, and a lantern procession will follow Paul Revere to the Waterfront. At 8:30 PM, a drone show over the harbor will further illuminate the evening, and will be immediately followed by Paul Revere’s row from the North End across the harbor to Charlestown. Both the drone show and row will be visible from the North End and Charlestown sides of the Harbor. 

This event is made possible through a partnership with Paul Revere House, Old North Illuminated, the National Parks Service, Bunker Hill 250, Charlestown Preservation Society, and Boston Harbor Now.

Paul Revere Ride

The Ride of Paul Revere schedule is as follows:

(All times shown are approximate and are subject to change.)

5:30 p.m. - Paul Revere Bids Farewell (Paul Revere House Museum, North End )

6:30 p.m. - Performance of Revolution’s Edge (Old North Church, North End)

7:30 p.m. - Boston 250 Launch with Mayor Wu and Special Guests (Old North Church, North End)

8:15 p.m. -Illumination and Procession of Lanterns (Old North Church to Langone - Park North End) 

8:30 p.m. -Harborwalk Drone Show and The Row Across Boston Harbor (Langone Park, Charlestown Navy Yard, USS Constitution, USS Constitution Museum)  

8:40 p.m. - Speaking Program in City Square (City Square, Charlestown) 

9 p.m. - Paul Revere Arrives at City City Square, Mounted Horseback Ride on Main Street and Illumination of Bunker Hill Monument (Charlestown) 

April 18, 2025
2025-04-18T17:30:00 - 2025-04-18T22:00:38
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Charlestown: 8 Concord St Abutters Meeting 4/1/2025

The addition of a dormer to the third-floor front elevation of building and replacing windows on the rear side of the building.

April 1, 2025
2025-04-01T19:00:10 - 2025-04-01T20:00:10

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom

Meeting ID: 871 8241 4255

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).

April 1, 2025
2025-04-01T19:00:10 - 2025-04-01T20:00:10
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Age Strong Listening Session - Charlestown

We want to hear from you!

April 16, 2025
  • 1:00pm - 2:30pm
  • BPL - Charlestown Branch
    179 Main Street
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Ava Portela
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-04-16T13:00:00 - 2025-04-16T14:30:00

Age Strong is conducting a needs assessment to learn more about the needs, concerns, and priorities of Boston’s older adults. Information will be gathered via surveys, focus groups, and listening sessions to learn more about the experiences of older adults and their caregivers. The goal is to create an Age Strong Plan which aims to make Boston inclusive and accessible to people of all ages. This is a valuable opportunity to let your voice be heard! We want to hear your ideas about how we can make Boston a better place to age.

Language interpretation and translation services and disability accommodations are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact Ava Portela at ava.portela@boston.gov, or call 617-635-1953.

For a full list of Age Strong's Listening Session events, please visit: 

2024-2025 Age Strong Needs Assessment

April 16, 2025
  • 1:00pm - 2:30pm
  • BPL - Charlestown Branch
    179 Main Street
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Ava Portela
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-04-16T13:00:00 - 2025-04-16T14:30:00
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