Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) members voted 34 to 6 against the residential development project on Whitby Street at the group’s December meeting Monday night at the Ashley Street YMCA. The project at 16 Whitby St. seeks to erect a…
Month: December 2019
Community News
Local Student Receives Bachelor’s Degrees from UMass Amherst Lilliana Tirado Arteaga of East Boston was among the 320 students who received bachelor’s degrees from the University of Massachusetts Amherst this September, 2019. Grace Church Federated annual Festival Grace Church Federated…
Group Pens Open Letter Calling For “Clean Energy” Alternative
A local environmental justice organization and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently teamed up to write an open letter to the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board calling for a “clean energy” alternative to the planned Eversource Substation in East…
Guest Op-Ed: Christmas is Still Special
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Make a mental decision that Christmas is going to be great. Our world exists in the space between our ears known as our brains. We can dread or hate something or just decide it’s going to…
Obituaries 12-18-2019
Richard “Dick” Buonfiglio Of Revere Richard “Dick” Buonfiglio, 85, of Revere, died recently. He was the son of the late Pasquale “Patsy” and Theresa (Discenza) Buonfiglio, father of Laura J. Fitzpatrick and her husband, Rick and Lisa J. Oosterman and her…
Zumix’s Corey DePina Launches the Fogo Project
For the past 25 years Zumix’s Corey DePina has not only been been an artist, but also an emcee, teaching artist, and youth worker. DePina has dedicated his life to using hip hop as a tool for positive youth development. …
More to Come: Davis Companies Donates to Zumix and Piers Park Sailing Center
Christmas came early for East Boston’s popular neighborhood music program Zumix, as well as Piers Park Sailing Center through a generous donation to both groups by the Davis Companies. On Monday, Stephen Davis of the Davis Companies stopped by Zumix’s…
Speaker DeLeo Tours New Social Centers Pilot Program
House Speaker Robert DeLeo stopped by the Social Centers to check out a new pilot program that is a collaboration between the Social Centers, Neighborhood Villages, Bunker Hill Community College and Urban College. Speaker DeLeo visited a classroom at the…
RisingEMOTIONS: East Boston Comes to the Greenway
On Saturday, the community came together at the East Boston Branch Library to unveil a new art installation outside the library on the East Boston Greenway that brings attention to sea-level rise and climate change. Science has told us that…