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Charlestown basketball tourney raises money

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 6:44 p.m.

CHARLESTOWN, Mass. -- A local basketball tournament was a big slam dunk for the community Saturday ...

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Tavern at the End of the World

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Nice surprises in a warm, pubby package ... They say there's no accounting for taste, though most folks will agree that if your tastes and mine are similar, then we both have good taste. This occurred to me as I scanned the jukebox at Charlestown's Tavern at the End of the World, a neighborhood bar/restaurant just outside Sullivan Square ... They say there's no accounting for taste, though most folks will agree that if your tastes and mine are similar, then we both have good taste. This occurred

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A Tale of Two Towns

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Published Sept. 16, 2009 at 2:17 p.m.

Renowned for its roguish history, Charlestown is finally getting Hollywood's attention ... Charlestown was baptized in bloodshed. Yet this unique, fertile turf has been generally overlooked by Hollywood, which has preferred instead its old rival South Boston, the primary backdrop for Oscar winners Good Will Hunting and The Departed ... Charlestown was baptized in bloodshed. Since the Battle of Bunker Hill (on Breed's Hill) in 1775, the fiercely independent tract has been popularly

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Teen rescued from RI beach sounds warning

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Published Aug. 28, 2009 at 9:03 a.m.

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- The family of a 17-year-old Connecticut teen who was buried up to his neck on a Rhode Island beach is warning others about the dangers of digging holes in the sand ... Seventeen-year-old James Boyden of Scotland, Conn., told NBC's "Today" show on Friday that he briefly blacked out after sand collapsed on him on East Beach on Tuesday. He was freed by emergency workers using heavy equipment after several hours ... While emergency workers have said the hole was 6 to 8 feet

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Kavanagh gets initial OK for Navy Yard work

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Published Aug. 14, 2009 at 7:43 a.m.

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The Boston Redevelopment Authority gave tentative designation to the Kavanagh Advisory Group LLC to redevelop a historic building in the Charlestown Navy Yard ...

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Morning fire breaks out on Boston harbor cruise ship

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Published July 19, 2009 at 9:30 p.m.

CHARLESTOWN, Mass. -- Flames were sparked Sunday morning inside a Boston harbor cruise ship, although no passengers were aboard and no injuries were reported ...

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Detail cops nab 3 wanted for robbery

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Published July 1, 2009 at 5:07 a.m.

Two Boston cops working details yesterday captured three men wanted in a Somerville bank heist ... Officer James Holder was at a Charlestown construction site around 4:20 ...

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Bunker Hill Day Battle Brews At Statehouse

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Published June 17, 2009 at 12:22 p.m.

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On June 17, 1775, a battle unfolded in Charlestown, with the clash between colonial and British soldiers going down in history as a significant moment in the Revolutionary War ...

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Photos: Affleck Casting Call In Charlestown

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Published May 30, 2009 at 5:18 a.m.

There's a casting call going on in Charlestown for a new movie ...

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MA gets $25M for wind blades

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Published May 12, 2009 at 11:37 a.m.

Massachusetts is set to begin receiving $25 million in federalstimulus dollars to help jumpstart construction of a wind bladetesting center in Charlestown ...

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