Month: July 2021
East Boston Nieghborhood Health Center’s Farmers Market
Eastie’s Constitution Beach Scores High Marks on Water Quality Report Card
With summer in full swing and beach goers enjoying sun, surf and sand Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual report on the water quality at Constitution Beach in East Boston. According to Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Annual…
Nine East Boston Residents to Participate in Pan-Mass Challenge
East Boston resident Nicole Azero said she signs up each year for the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) bike-a-thon because she knows she’s part of an event that has one of the largest impacts on the cancer research community in the world…
South End State Rep. Jon Santiago Ends Mayoral Campaign
Though he has a gleaming resume for the job of mayor, South End State Rep. Jon Santiago’s campaign never took a strong foothold citywide and never caught the momentum needed to show strong in September, and as a result he…
Update on the Ohabei Shalom Cemetery Restoration
At a community meeting last month Lisa Berenson, Director of Development for Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts (JCAM) Charitable Foundation said the foundation is continuing to restore the historic Ohabei Shalom Chapel on Wordsworth Street with several projects in the…
Boncore may Leave State Senate for Position at Biotech Council
Special to the Times-Free Press When Lisa Kashinsky of Politico Massachusetts Playbook first reported last week that State Sen. Joe Boncore was letting his colleagues know that he “plans to leave for a job at MassBio [Massachusetts Biotechnology Council],” it…
ParkARTS Neighborhood Concerts, Golf Course Concerts Begin July 21
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s 2021 ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concert Series offers musical entertainment in local parks from July 21 through August 12, as well as a series of summer evening concerts on the patios at the City of…
Janey Celebrates Grand Opening of New Mixed-Income Housing
Acting Mayor Kim Janey on Monday joined the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), WinnCompanies and MassHousing to celebrate the opening of a new mixed income community on the East Boston waterfront. The $30 million Harborwalk development replaced 20 units of aging…
Amtrak to Transform Rail Travel with $7.3 Billion Investment
Amtrak is contracting with California-based Siemens Mobility Inc. to manufacture a new fleet of up to 83 multi-powered modern trains that will be leveraged for state and northeast services, with further options for up to 130 additional trains to support Amtrak growth plans.…