Charlie McLaughlin has been a Brookline Boulevard figurehead for many years, first with the McLaughlin Insurance Agency and then, from 1985 to 2010, as the District Justice of the 19th Ward. For sixteen years, from his office at 736 Brookline Boulevard, Charlie handled his legal duties as well as chairing the Neighborhood Blockwatch Program. He was an active member of the Brookline Chamber of Commerce. His office door was always open and you could always get an honest opinion.

Charlie, third from left, inspecting new parking meters on Brookline Boulevard - May 1984.
He is joined by Jim Moran, Jim Mongelli, and Meter Maid Ruby White.

Charlie presenting a citation from the State House of Representatives
to Phyllis Carver, longtime Brookline resident, for her many years of
service as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce - October 1984.

Charlie and Friends (left to right): State Representative Michael Diven, City Council President Gene Ricciardi, District 4 Councilman Jim Motznik, Diana Lyn, District Magistrate Charles McLaughlin, Phyllis DiDiano, Porky Chedwick, Joan Gaetano, and Sue Pfeuffer in 2004.