Last week, the second Revere woman charged with a hate crime in the February 2020 attack of a 46-year-old mother and her 15-year-old daughter in Maverick Square received what some civil rights activists are calling a lenient sentence for her…
Month: July 2022
Celebrating the East Boston Community
Eastie Week is a celebration of the rich, vibrant, and resilient community of East Boston – its people, history, culture, music, and art. This year we’re delighted and honored to announce the Eighth Annual Eastie Week celebration. Sunday, July 10…
News in brief
OHNC Design Review Committee Agenda OHNC Design Review Committee Meeting Agenda – Thursday, July 7, 2022 Location: Zoom Meeting starts at 6:00pm and will be recorded. Zoom meeting information: https://bit.ly/3tcJlhH (Passcode: OHNC) Agenda • 92, 96 and 104 Waldemar Avenue –…
Eastie’s COVID Positive Test-Rate Increases
With summer in full swing and many residents enjoying numerous fun in the sun activities, health officials are bracing for another summer surge as the omicron sub variants of the COVID-19 virus are again spreading rapidly. After weeks of progress…
City Kids Donates $5,000 to Salesian Boys & Girls Club of East Boston
City Kids, a youth education nonprofit founded by City Realty Group Managing Partners Fred Starikov and Stephen Whalen, donated $5,000 to the Salesian Boys & Girls Club of East Boston. City Kids makes this donation to support Salesians’ efforts to…
“Master and Commander: Far Side of the World” Screening on USS Constitution
USS Constitution and the USS Constitution Museum are hosting a series of free public Summer Movie Nights aboard the Ship this summer, including Master and Commander: Far Side of the World on Friday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. Before the movie…
Zumix’s Annual Summer Concert Series To Kick Off This Weekend in Piers Park
Zumix will kick off its Annual Summer Concert Series on Sunday, July 10 at Piers Park immediately following the neighborhood’s popular music and performing arts organizations’s Walk for Music. Not only will the kick off of Zumix’s Summer Concert Series…
Suffolk County DA’s Community Reinvestment Grant Will Help Two Nonprofits Doing Work in Eastie
Last week District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced the distribution of $60,000 in grants to Suffolk County nonprofit organizations dedicated to promoting the health and safety of the county’s residents. Two nonprofits doing work in Eastie and beyond were among the…
Another Weekend……Another Hate Crime in America
As we are writing this, we are watching the news reports about the mass shooting that occurred in Highland Park, Illinois, during a Fourth of July parade on Monday morning. We were disappointed with the news coverage of this horrific…
The Experts Know Nothing
Listening to the so-called experts, both in and out of government, who opine these days about the present and future state of the economy, can leave your head spinning. For every self-described expert who says that the economy is strong,…