Boston police are still searching for the driver of a SUV that hit a man crossing Bennington Street last Thursday and then fled the scene. The incident occurred just before midnight when Boston Police and Boston EMS responded to reports…
Month: May 2022
Eastie’s Weekly COVID Positive Test-Rate Still Hovers Near 10 Percent
While East Boston’s weekly COVID positive test rate dropped slightly last week it is still hovering near 10 percent. Boston health officials have been battling against the recent surge in cases due to a new, more contagious variant. Citywide 1…
Rep. Madaro Secures Nearly $1.3 Million in State Funding for Eastie
After three days of debate and over a thousand proposed amendments, the $49.73 billion FY23 state budget passed the House of Representatives 155-0 and now goes to the Senate for their consideration. In the budget Rep. Adrian Madaro, Chair of…
Seaplane Company to Highlights Community Investments
Representatives of the seaplane company operating off East Boston’s shore since last August that shuttling customers from Boston to New York City stopped by a community meeting recently to highlight some of their community investments. Last year, Tailwind Air recently…
Child Marriage Bill Passes the Massachusetts House of Representatives
As part of the Fiscal Year 2023 House Budget debate, An Act to End Child Marriage was adopted. This bill was filed by Representatives Kay Khan (D-Newton) and Paul Donato (D-Medford) during the 192nd Session as H.1709 then filed as…
Women Share Their Recovery Journeys and Embrace Sisterhood at a Women’s Recovery Court Celebration
A group of women shared their journeys of recovery and celebrated their sisterhood in the struggle against substance abuse at a recentWomen’s Recovery Court Session. The Recovery Court event was held at Recovery on the Harbor in East Boston where…
No End in Sight for Our Recurring National Nightmare
The horrific and tragic mass shooting that occurred in Buffalo, New York, on a quiet Saturday afternoon in a supermarket in a predominantly Black community once again has highlighted how the intersection of racial hatred fomented by the internet and…
If Women Were World Leaders, There Would Be No More Wars
It’s well-known that men constitute most of the sociopaths among us. A sociopath by definition lacks empathy, a person who has no conscience. Although childhood trauma and abuse can alter a person’s brain, sociopaths for the most part are born,…
Guest Op-Ed: Buffalo, Laguna Woods, Houston – The World Gets Crazier Every Day
Dr. Glenn Mollette A good person did not enter a grocery store in Buffalo, New York killing ten people and wounding multiple others. A good person did not enter a church in Laguna Woods, California wounding many and killing one…
Obituaries 05-18-2022
Anthony Joseph “A-Jay” DiGirolamo He Was Loved for His Larger Than Life Personality It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Anthony Joseph “A-Jay” DiGirolamo, 47 years old, of Hampton, NH. He is the son of…