With colder weather and storm season approaching, including the likelihood of rain and strong winds later today, National Grid is encouraging customers to proactively prepare their homes and businesses for the weeks and months ahead. Every day, National Grid works…
Month: December 2022
Girl Scouts in Eastern Mass. Are Now Selling Girl Scout Cookies
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts kicks-off the 2023 Girl Scout Cookie season as Girl Scouts and their troops rally the community to support the world’s largest entrepreneurial program for girls. The annual cookie program will run through Friday, March 10th. …
Edwards Secures State Funding Money for Community Projects
In her first year in office, Senator Lydia Edwards worked with her colleagues in the House, and with Senate leadership to secure over $2 million of funding for housing support programs, open space, homelessness response and prevention, public safety, and…
Boston Lyric Opera’s 2022–23 Mid-Season Casting and Ticket Announcement
Casting and production announcements for Boston Lyric Opera’s (BLO) spring 2023 performances are being released today, including performers in BLO’s premiere production of Bluebeard’s Castle/Four Songs in March 2023 and the New England premiere of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’…
North Region Coastal District Belle Isle Marsh Reservation Listed
Winter Programs at DCR’s Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in East Boston have been listed. All programs are free and open to the public. An adult must accompany children. Reasonable accommodations available upon request. Please follow all current COVID guidelines: Mass.gov/COVID.…
The Art of the Brick
Story by Marianne Salza Nathan Sawaya shapes rigid, plastic LEGO blocks into intricate and dynamic figures in his exhibition, The Art of the Brick, on display in the Back Bay through Sunday, April 23. The contemporary artist is returning to…
A Dream Project That Will Transform East Boston
The firm Cargo Ventures is undertaking the redevelopment process for a project that eventually could entail the creation of 900,000 square feet of new office and industrial space, parking, and brand-new access to Logan Airport along McClellan Highway. This phased…
Pearl Harbor Was 81 Years Ago
It was 81 years ago this coming week that the nation of Japan launched its attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint…
Guest Op-Ed: Christmas Rest and Peace
Dr. Glenn Mollette Christmas is a good time to catch up on your pumpkin pie eating. Pecan pie seems readily available so this too is a good option. Try to drink one glass of eggnog during the season of joy.…
Obituaries 12-07-2022
Barbara Walsh Retiree of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Past President of the Mottolo Post Barbara B. DeFranzo Walsh of East Boston passed away on December 4. Barbara was a past member of the Ladies Annex VFW, past president of the…