1 Tanker trucks stood by the Charlestown Breachway Monday to siphon off the water surface any oil trapped by the booms.

2 At Charlestown State Prison, Malcolm boasted about his criminal exploits, got high on nutmeg, and met a jailhouse autodidact who convinced him of the virtues of books.

3 In the dimly lit hall of one Charlestown tenement he encountered David Powers.

4 What's happened in Charlestown shows how rezoning and a change in public infrastructure can help bolster an area's home prices.

5 On June 20, 1676, the governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how best to express thanks for the good fortune that had seen their community securely established.

6 Twenty years ago, few house-hunters were interested in Charlestown, Mass.

7 An advertisement for a china-clay pit in 1817 stressed that it was only 3 miles from the purpose-built clay port of Charlestown.

8 The first recorded Thanksgiving observance was held on June 29, 1671 at Charlestown, Massachusetts.

9 They left England for America in May of 1776 and were part of the force that besieged Charlestown.

10 While my parents and sister enjoyed a pub lunch in nearby Charlestown, my husband and I took off to Ballaghaderreen, where a local priest directed us to the bishop’s residence.