There are many opinions on the types of healthcare Americans should have access to. Republicans in Congress believe we’re all on our own. I believe we’re all in this together. And I firmly believe that healthcare is a right, not…
Month: August 2018
National Grid Lock-Out of Workers Did Not Have to Happen
Imagine your employer locked you out of your job, stopped paying you and canceled health insurance for you and your family all as a way to send a message: When you get desperate enough you’ll come back with fewer benefits…
Dementia-Reporting Bill Will Help Us All
Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a landmark bill this past week that has been hailed as a first-in-the-nation effort to require that medical professionals undergo training in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with Alzheimer’s and other forms…
Sports 08-15-2018
East Boston Men’s Hockey League holds annual “Bash on the Beach” tournament The EBMHL hosted the annual Bash on the Beach Tournament, Six teams, played three games prior to play-offs. The tournament was organized by Dom DiMarzo and John Poto,…
Obituaries 08-15-2018
James “Jim” Oliver Taylor Retired Chief Medical Officer of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center James ‘Jim’ Oliver Taylor was born to Rosalind, a schoolteacher, and her husband, Norman, a Methodist minister, in Phoenix, Arizona on October 11, 1937. He was…
EBSB Donates to Columbus Day Parade
The East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) made a generous $10,000 donation to the Shriners whose delegation will be making an appearance in the 2018 Columbus Day Parade in East Boston. Pictured at the Orient Heights branch office for the check…
Paws for a Cause
It was puppy paradise at The Seaport Hotel’s Canines & Cocktails where Mix 104.1’s Kennedy Elsey and her precious lab, Elvis, hosted over 30 attendees, including several local residents who helped to raise money for Great Dog Rescue. Kennedy is…
HVNA Votes Down Two Projects
Members of the Harbor View Neighborhood Association voted down two developer projects during the group’s August meeting held Monday night at the Edward Brooke Charter School. The group voted 35 to 3 against City Realty’s proposal to construct nine-unit condo…
Wild Ride for Horse Racing Bill
Live horse racing and simulcasting took a topsy-turvy ride over a period of 48 hours last week, when the Sport of Kings became illegal in the Commonwealth for the first time in generations. All of it came as a result…
Eastie Pride Day is August 18
In 1988 Sal LaMattina was a staffer for former Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn. Flynn had an idea — summer block parties and community celebrations in every Boston neighborhood to bring residents close together. LaMattina was tasked with coming up with…