Month: May 2020

EBSC Working Hard for Those in Need

East Boston Social Center (EBSC) staff is working to be sure that those individuals in need receive the necessary services. • EBSC continues to accept calls and referrals from seniors by calling Senior Program Coordinator Dawn at 617-569-3221 Ext. 117…

Weekly Unemployment Claimant Data

From May 3 to May 9, Massachusetts had 44,274 individuals file an initial claim for standard Unemployment Insurance (UI), a decrease of 10,949 over the previous week, and the sixth consecutive week of fewer initial claims filing over the previous…

Memorial Day, 2020

This will be a Memorial Day unlike any that Americans have known. Ever since the official inception of the holiday on May 30, 1868, when the practice of decorating the graves of the fallen Union soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and…