After a widely successful inaugural run, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) Watershed at the Boston Shipyard and Marina in East Boston ended its first season on the waterfront last fall. Last week the ICA officially announced this year’s resident…
Month: May 2019
Excel Academy, Elected Officials Upset over Anti-Arab Video
A Revere woman, who goes by the name of Stiletto Dee, walked into the Excel Academy Charter High School in East Boston on April 24 and allegedly began recording an anti-Arab video that was later posted to her Facebook account.…
Dr. Brenda Cassellius Named New BPS Superintendent
Last Wednesday the Boston School Committee voted 5-2 to offer the position of Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools (BPS) to Dr. Brenda Cassellius, who most recently stepped down as Commissioner of Education for the state of Minnesota. The vote…
Piers Park Sailing Center Officially Opens for the Season
On Saturday, the East Boston community helped Piers Park Sailing Center (PPSC)officially kick off its 2019 spring and summer sailing season. PPSC already has more than 200 Eastie youth enrolled in its summer programs including Science of Sailing and Harbor…
Dedicated Leader: EBNHC CEO Manny Lopes Elected Chair of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
Special to the Times-Free Press The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation announced that President and CEO of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Manny Lopes has been elected chair of its Board of Directors. Lopes joined the Foundation board…
26th Annual Stamp out Hunger Food Drive Set for May 11
With the help of sponsors, volunteer organizations and U.S. Postal Service employees in 10,000 communities nationwide, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its 26th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 11.Stamp Out Hunger is…
Community News
St. Vincent De Paul Clothing Drive The St. Vincent de Paul Clothing Drive and mini flea market to benefit St. Mary/ St. Lazarus St. Vincent de Paul Society will be held on Saturday, May 11, from 8am to 5pm and…
Community Calendar
Harbor View Neighborhood Association First Monday of every month 6:30 p.m. at the Edward Brooke Charter School, 145 Byron St. Kiwanis Club of East Boston First and Third Tuesday of every month 6 p.m. at Spinelli’s Restaurant in Day Square.…
An Elite College Athlete, DA Rollins Got a Taste of the Law and Never Turned Back
New Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins has quickly come to be known as an agent of change, a passionate advocate for equity in the law and a solid leader ready to stand up for a cause – but few know…
BPDA Hosts Community Meeting on Coleridge Street Project
The developer of a large project on Coleridge Street was back before the community since taking a deferral at the Zoning Board of Appeals back in September of last year. At a meeting last Wednesday at the Edward Brooke Charter…