Charlestown News

After more consecutive cloudy and rainy days than anyone in the Tri-Towns cared to count, area runners awoke to picture perfect conditions Saturday morning June 27 for the Thirteenth Annual Marion Village 5K run.

Two Boston police officers working private details in Charlestown yesterday captured three men suspected in a bank robbery in Somerville, and detectives are investigating whether the men are responsible for other bank robberies in the area.

Boston police officers are searching for a man suspected in a string of robberies.

Jun 30, 2009 10:27 pm US/Eastern SOMERVILLE Three suspected bank robbers were behind bars Tuesday night thanks to two observant police officers.

Overview : Since 6/23/09 there has been a string of commercial robberies involving a Black male with a beard, who displays a firearm, and usually attempts to purchase something in order to get the clerk to open the register.

From its tea party to its battles to that famous midnight ride, it's no secret Boston played a major role in our country's past.

State Sen. Jack Hart, Rep. Brian Wallace and City Councilor Bill Linehan - who have led the charge to preserve paid days off for government workers for Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day - were no-shows in Charlestown yesterday when costumed re-enactor regiments fired muskets to mark the epic battle.

Years ago, I drove 570 miles to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, Va.

Col. William Prescott would be proud to know how many people are talking about the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino made an extraordinary statement today at the base of the Bunker Hill monument, speaking on the very spot of that bloody struggle 234 years ago that marked a turning point in the American Revolution.

Former Gov. A. Paul Cellucci once likened efforts to eliminate Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day as paid holidays for more than 50,000 public employees in Suffolk County to rolling a rock uphill.

Investigators say it's on the right shoulder of a body found in the Mystic River off Charlestown yesterday - and are hoping it can help identify the man it belonged to.

Chris Kulikoski, running against incumbent Sal LaMattina in district 1 says he would work to eliminate Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day as paid city holidays: Boston has a proud history and Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day are certainly part of that history.

Mayoral hopeful Michael Flaherty will release an education platform today that advocates for more parental choice and increasing the number of charter schools.

A separate "any" neighborhood in Boston probably wouldn't work outside of downtown.

You may recall the failed effort in the state Senate to repeal Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day .

Chris Kulikoski of the North End said today he'd been certified for the ballot this fall for the city council seat now held by Sal LaMattina.

CHARLESTOWN, Mass. -- Have you ever dreamed of starring in a Hollywood movie with Ben Affleck? Well, today's your lucky day.

Turner was shot in the head twice on the morning of May 7 while eating a snack outside the Nunez Market on Dudley Street before school.

Is that the city I live in? What happened to the Freedom Trail, the Red Sox, stuffy Brahmins, Henry James, the Kennedys, the Blue Laws or "Make Way For Ducklings?" It would be easy to blame Peter Yates adaptation of the George Higgins novel for this trend, but, as Paul Sherman notes in his indespensible guide " Big Screen Boston ," it has been ...