To support the needs of our immigrant residents, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) announced the awarding of $8,000 in mini-grants each to three East Boston organizations that serve the neighborhood’s immigrant population. The mini-grants…
Month: December 2021
McKay School Receives MSBA Accelerated Repair Project Grant
State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”), and MSBA Executive Director/Deputy CEO John K. McCarthy announced the MSBA Board of Directors approved a $1.9 million grant for an Accelerated Repair Project at the Donald…
After Lydia Edwards Wins the Special Election for Senate; A Field of Candidates Begin to Emerge for District Councilor
District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edward’s impressive victory over Revere’s Anthony D’Ambrosio last week for the First Suffolk & Middlesex State Senate seat will spark a Special Election for her district council seat after the formality of a January 11…
Police Investigate East Boston Homicide
With a little over two weeks left in the year East Boston was poised to end 2021 without a single homicide but that all changed last Thursday on Shelby Street. Just before 12:30 pm last Thursday, a 16-year-old Eastie resident…
Eastie’s Weekly COVID Infections Increase Once Again
With the Omicron COVID variant now the most prevalent variant sweeping across the US–making up nearly 75 percent of all new cases–East Boston’s weekly COVID positive test rate rose once again ahead of the Christmas Holiday. With COVID infections spreading…
Coalition for a Resilient and Inclusive Waterfront Releases Results of Secons Poll
The Coalition for a Resilient and Inclusive Waterfront — an alliance of nearly 50 organizations from across Boston like the East Boston Main Streets, East Boston Social Centers, Eastie Farm, GreenRoots, the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association, Harborkeepers and Piers Park…
32BJ SEIU Congratulates Lydia Edwards on Historic Victory in State Senate Race
The following Statement is attributable to Roxana Rivera, Executive Vice President of 32BJ SEIU: On behalf of the airport workers, cleaners, and security officers of 32BJ SEIU throughout Massachusetts, I am overjoyed that Lydia Edwards has been elected as State…
News in Brief
Postal Service Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day Post Office locations nationwide will be closed on Christmas Day, Saturday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. All Post Office locations will be open, and regular mail…
ABCD Reaches 6,000 Toy Goal for Holiday Drive
‘Twas three weeks before Christmas and… The ABCD toy room was rather empty. About 400 toys rested on the distribution tables. Meanwhile requests for help were pouring in at an unprecedented rate. SIX THOUSAND toys were needed for families seeking…
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Distributes At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits to Use Ahead of the Holidays
Ahead of the holiday, staff and volunteers at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s Community Resource and Wellness Center gave out At-Home Covid-19 Test Kits to hundreds of community members this week in addition to giving out food, masks, diapers…