One rise near Beacon Hill, known for its prostitutes, was marked on maps as “Mount Whoredom ... a 110-foot rise on the Charlestown peninsula jutting into Boston Harbor.

The militiamen ultimately had to fight with their hands after running out of ammunition, allowing the British to take control of Charlestown peninsula. Now known as Boston Light, Little Brewster ...

The militiamen ultimately had to fight with their hands after running out of ammunition, allowing the British to take control of Charlestown peninsula. Now known as Boston Light, Little Brewster ...

CHARLESTOWN AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW. THANKS TO THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE CITY OF CHARLESTOWN IS ABOUT TO BE HOME TO A LOT MORE PEOPLE. THAT’S WHY MAYOR TREVOR HODGES WAS ECSTATIC WHEN THE ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (WJAR) — Despite Saturday’s heavy winds firefighters were able to get the drop on a large afternoon brush fire. According to the Charlestown Richmond Fire Department crews ...

Just north of the Charles River is Boston’s oldest neighborhood, Charlestown. The charming area has a striking mix of old roots that date back to the early 1600s and the new residents that ...

The man found dead on a Charlestown houseboat over the weekend has been identified as Joseph Donohue, 65. His death has been ruled a homicide. Boston Police identified Donohue Wednesday and said ...

BOSTON – Prosecutors say Nora Nelson, a woman arrested on a houseboat in Charlestown, is considered a person of interest following a man's death. A man in his 60s was found dead on board the ...

CHARLESTOWN – A barred owl that apparently consumed rat poison and was struck by a car in Charlestown is clinging to life at a rehabilitation clinic. "Unfortunately, the prognosis is guarded ...

Fought outside of Boston on the Charlestown peninsula, the battle itself took place, in large part, on Breed’s Hill rather than nearby Bunker Hill. Cillian Murphy ‘returns’ in first 28 Years ...

Police in Charlestown are investigating a shooting that left one man hospitalized Tuesday afternoon.Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Boston Police responded to a report of gunshots on Polk Street in ...