Last Thursday, Mayor Martin Walsh joined Gov. Charlie Baker for a ‘virtual’ ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of Phase II at the Orient Heights Public Housing redevelopment project. Walsh and Baker were joined by members of the Boston Housing…
Month: November 2020
Positive COVID Tests Continue to Skyrocket in Eastie
Eastie experienced more than a 50 percent increase in COVID-19 positive test rates last week, and is now over 15 percent, according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Last Friday the BPHC reported that…
APAC/ABCD Kick-Off Annual Fuel Assistance Program
With temperatures in East Boston expected to dip into the 20s at night this week, and not exceed 50 degrees for the next few days many residents will find it hard to pay their heating bill this winter. The COVID-19…
Maverick Street Mothers Scholarship Recipients Named
On Tuesday, November 10. City Councilor Lydia Edwards and the Edwards Empowerment Fund hosted a virtual East Boston Trivia and Comedy Night to honor this year’s recipients of the Maverick Street Mothers Scholarship. At the event Diana Cifuentes, Alejandra De…
Encore Boston Harbor Invites Non Profits to Reach Out for Gently Used Office Furniture Donations
Encore Boston Harbor is asking members on non-profits to reach out to them for donations of gently used office furniture to include desks, chairs, filing cabinets, tables and other items. Hundreds of pieces of furniture will be donated by Encore…
News in Brief
GSCA Monthly Meeting Agenda The GSCA monthly meeting will be held ONLINE (and on phone) via ZOOM. The meeting will be held on Monday, November 23, at 6:30 PM. Registration is required. If you have not received an invitation to register…
Ward 1 Democratic Committee Takes Offense to Gov. Baker’s COVID Statements
Gov. Charlie Baker’s tour of public schools in the affluent suburb of Carlisle and subsequent comment that “the best defense against this insidious disease (COVID) comes down to personal responsibility” was met with contempt and deemed extremely tone deaf by…
Councilor Edwards, Mayor Walsh Partner to Help Save Restaurant Industry
It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed many casualties in the area’s restaurant industry. Just last week, Eastie’s famed Jeveli’s Restaurant, a neighborhood institution for nearly a century, announced it was shutting its doors for the winter because…
Brazilian National Faces Federal Charges for Lanzilli’s Gas Station Robbery
The Brazilian National that terrorized store clerks across East Boston for months prior to his arrest in April will face serious federal charges for one of his numerous heists. Diego Evangelista DaSilva, 33, was charged on Friday, Nov. 13 with…
Eastie’s Veronica Robles to Participate in Global Roots Series
East Boston’s own Veronica Robles, a celebrated Mariachi singer and founder of the Veronica Robles Cultural Center on Meridian Street, will be performing virtually as part of the Global Roots Series hosted by Club Passim. Robles, and her All Female Mariachi…