For the vast majority of Americans, Thanksgiving and the holiday season is a joyous time when the abundance that life offers is most apparent in a wealthy nation such as ours. But the sad reality for many of our fellow…
Month: November 2017
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, tracing its roots back almost 400 years to the Pilgrims, long before there was even a thought of a United States of America. Thanksgiving is the ultimate family-centered holiday. It has no religious meaning,…
Sports 11-22-2017
East Boston and South Boston meet again on Thanksgiving Day By John Lynds The 99th clash between these two rivals take place on Thanksgiving morning at 9:30 a.m. at venerable White Stadium. East Boston, led by John Parziale (eighth season)…
Obituaries 11-22-2017
Michael Mandatori Worked at East Boston Neighborhood Health Care Clinic Michael A. Mandatori of Revere died on November 15 at Beth Israel Hospital. He was 86 years old. A US Army veteran of the Korean War, after many years of…
A Rising Star:Lydia Edwards Ready to Lead as East Boston’s City Councilor
By Cary Shuman Even before Lydia Edwards completed her outstanding campaign with an impressive victory in the district council election for East Boston, Charlestown, and the North End, political observers were recognizing her potential, saying that she was a rising…
EBNHC Helps with Puerto Rico Relief Efforts
By John Lynds With a good amount of the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s staff hailing from Puerto Rico, it came as no surprise after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. Caribbean Island staffers at the health center felt powerless and…
Four-Alarm Fire Rips Through Eastie Warehouse
By John Lynds A four-alarm blaze ripped through an old warehouse just outside of Central Square on Border Street Saturday night, injuring one firefighter. The fire began at 6 p.m. when the Boston Fire Department responded to smoke and flames…
A Look at Lydia Edwards District 1 City Council Win
By John Lynds At Kelley Square Pub in East Boston on election night last Tuesday, Lydia Edwards stood on a chair in the middle of the dinning room and declared her historic win as the first woman of color to…
ICA Watershed in Eastie Announces Inaugural Exhibition
By John Lynds It may be a ways away but there’s already excitement and buzz surrounding the ICA’s (Institute of Contemporary Art) first exhibition at the institute’s planned second location on East Boston’s waterfront. The ICA will take a formerly…
HYM Files Letter of Intent with BPDA
By John Lynds At Monday night’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association meeting HYM Investment Group LLC’s principal Thomas O’Brien announced that his group, which purchased the 161-acre Suffolk Downs Racetrack site in the spring, has filed its Letter of Intent with…