United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley recently welcomed East Boston resident and former Communications Director for the Boston Public Schools (BPS) Xavier Andrews as its new Director of Communications. In this role, Andrews joins the region’s largest United…
Month: January 2022
Eastie’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Explodes, Increases 109 Percent
The COVID 19 virus is spreading like wildfire across East Boston with 2 out of every 10 residents tested for the virus last week turning out to be positive and a certain degree of panic has set in as children…
RMV Extending Use of State-Owned Vehicles for Road Testing Into 2022
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is announcing the agency will continue with the use of Commonwealth-owned vehicles for Class D road testing services through April 30, 2022 and has delayed the return to the use of private passenger vehicles for road…
Baker-Polito Administration Announces Release of the 2021 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
The Baker-Polito Administration announced the release of the final 2021 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan. Authorized by the Oceans Act of 2008, the ocean plan protects critical marine habitat and important water-dependent uses, and sets standards for ocean-based development. Under the…
Minimum Wage Increase Started Jan. 1
Attorney General Maura Healey is reminding employees and employers that the state’s minimum wage increased to $14.25 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The AG’s Office has also made available its wage and hour poster that employers are required to display in…
Eastie’s Kannan Thiruvengadam Sworn in as a Boston Conservation Commission Commissioner
Eastie Farm founder and director Kannan Thiruvengadam was recently sworn in as a Boston Conservation Commission (BCC) commissioner. Thiruvengadam has worked for years advocating for resiliency and sustainability across Eastie and the city. “Thanks to Mayor Michelle Wu for appointing…
If COVID-19 Has a Brain, It’s Much Smarter Than Us
We don’t pretend to be experts in biology — and maybe we’ve been watching too many science fiction movies these days — but the ability of the COVID-19 virus to mutate (or shape-shift, in the lingo of sci-fi fans) in…
On the Bright Side…..
The lengthening of the daylight hours is imperceptible at first. The least amount of daylight occurred on December 22, clocking in at nine hours, seven minutes. But by the end of this week, January 8, we’ll have nine hours and…
Guest Op-Ed: Develop a Plan for 2022
By Glenn Mollette Proverbs 29.18 “Where there is no vision the people perish. “Everyone needs a strategy. You may be 25 or 85 years in age. Who cares? Probably the only one who cares about your age is you. Your…
Obituaries 01-05-2022
Gerald Mazzarella Retired Boston Educator Devoted to his Catholic Faith Gerald Mazzarella, 77, passed away January 1, after a long illness. A lifelong resident of East Boston, Gerald was born May 29, 1944. He was an educator both in his…