Monday, March 11, 2013
The funds are available to two high school seniors living in Charlestown.
A consortium of neighborhood affiliates in Partners HealthCare will award two scholarships of $3,000 each to high school seniors from Charlestown who will be pursuing a program of study that will lead to a health career at the associate or bachelor degree level. Eligible students for the Charlestown Health Care Merit Scholarship must have lived in Charlestown for at least two years, be a first-year, first-degree student who will attend college in fall 2013 and have a cumulative high school GPA of 2.75 or higher. Applicants must demonstrate they are pursuing a career in nursing, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy or other health sciences professions. Applications also must include an essay that demonstrates …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
As part of the development agreement for construction of the new hospital in the Navy Yard, funding is being made available for community groups and programs.
[UPDATED Thursday, Feb. 28, 1:03 p.m.] Spaulding Rehabilitation Network has promised the Charlestown community more than $1 million in funding support over the next five years as a sort of thank you for allowing the new building to be constructed in the Charlestown Navy Yard. At a public meeting held Monday, Feb. 25, representatives from the hospital presented plans for the mitigation funds, answered questions about parking, traffic and transportation and shared details about the facility’s cafeteria, which will be open daily to the public. “Overall, it was very positive, very upbeat,” Spaulding spokeswoman Rebecca Kaiser said of the meeting. “I think we were all pleasantly surprised that the community felt it was a very thorough, …
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The new building is expected to open in April.
[UPDATE Thursday, Jan. 24, 1:25 p.m.] The grand opening of the new Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown is about three months away, and workers are busy at the Navy Yard site preparing the building for hospital staff and patients. On Jan. 12, the team received their temporary occupancy certificate and last week several of the patient beds were delivered—the first of many pieces of furniture and equipment to arrive. Located at the corner of 16th Street and First Avenue, the new $220 million, 300,000 sq. ft. medical facility will replace Spaulding’s current building at 125 Nashua St., Boston. The new building will allow Spaulding—part of the Partners HealthCare System—to continue serving people who are recovering from and …
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Sean Boyle
10:13 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
I am very excited for Spaulding to finally be in Charlestown. They have been such good neighbors to the Charlestown community. Thank you for all you have done, especially for your support for the Townie Association Inc. more ›