Members of the oldest Jewish congregation in Massachusetts are gearing up to celebrate their 180th anniversary last week with the donation of nine magnolia trees to the Salesian Boys & Girls Club. The Temple Ohabei Shalom congregation, which was founded…
Month: April 2022
Tree Eastie Volunteers Help Dig Tree Pits in Honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day
For a couple of years now Tree Eastie, with the help of Speak for the Trees, has been trying to rekindle the neighborhood’s grassroots effort to get more trees planted in East Boston. Last week, in honor of Earth Day…
EASTIE Coalition Sponsors Drug Take Back Event Saturday
In Eastie last year there were 144 NRIs, or Narcotic Related Illnesses, with four referred to the Medical Examiner meaning the patient was dead by the time Boston EMS arrived on the scene. There was also one additional NRI where…
East Boston Social Centers Opens Barnes School Infant and Toddler Program
Over the past few years the East Boston Social Centers (EBSC) has been forced to do some reshuffling with its afterschool, pre-school and infant and toddler programs. The construction to completely overhaul the Orient Heights Public Housing Development displaced two…
Mayor Wu Proposes $106 Million in Investments in Homeownership Programs
Mayor Michelle Wu highlighted her proposal to invest $106 million to expand opportunities for homeownership for Boston residents, including $60 million through American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and $46 million in City funds over three years. This proposal builds…
COVID Positive Test-Rate Continues to Climb
East Boston and the city are in the middle of another COVID surge as nearly 1 out of every 10 residents tested last week in the neighborhood were positive. Health experts are saying the new subvariant of the omicron strain,…
EBNHC Appoints Andreina Sanabria as The Assistant vice President of Neighborhood PACE
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) announced that Andreina Sanabria has been appointed to the role of Assistant Vice President of Neighborhood PACE, a home care solution for seniors and part of the national Program of All-Inclusive Care for adults…
News in Brief
The East Boston Chamber of Commerce Commemorates the Observance of Patriot’s Day The East Boston Chamber of Commerce placed a display of American flags to commemorate the Patriot’s Day that was observed on Monday, April 18, at the Daniel H…
Long-Time East Boston Resident Carmela Favorito Writes About Life, Loss, and the Meaning of Family
Special to the Times-Free Press At a young 90 years of age, Carmela Maria Leone Favorito has seen it all. Born in San Nicola Italy in 1931, the third of eight children, a devastating earthquake caused her family to lose…
Eastie’s First-Ever Geothermal Greenhouse Officially Opens
After years of planning East Boston’s first self-sustaining, zero-emission, geothermal greenhouse officially opened last week at 6 Chelsea Terrace. Run by Eastie Farm, the new greenhouse will provide year-round growing of nutritious foods for the community through Eastie Farm’s Community…