Michael Coughlin Jr. Tree Eastie, a non-profit organization that focuses on planting and maintaining trees while educating residents about their benefits, has been doing its part in an effort to increase East Boston’s scarce tree canopy. East Boston’s tree canopy…
Month: February 2023
Housing Advocates Seek New Statewide Rent Control Legislation With 5% Cap
Special to the Times-Free Press On Saturday, over 300 advocates, allies, and supporters from across the state chanted “5% rent control NOW!” as they introduced newly-filed legislation for statewide rent control. An Act enabling cities and towns to stabilize rents…
Wu Leads the 43rd Annual Homelessness Census
Special to the Times-Free Press With record setting cold weather approaching this weekend, Mayor Michelle Wu on Tuesday night led a group of volunteers, including U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials, City officials, State officials, homelessness services providers,…
Get Ready for the Cold!
We may have just finished what reportedly ranks as the fifth-warmest January on record, but by the end of this week, we’ll be experiencing our coldest weather in seven years when an Arctic blast dips into the United States and…
Health Care for All Is a Public Good
We were pleased to see that Chelsea’s newly-elected State Representative, Judith Garcia, announced last week that she has co-sponsored An Act to Advance Health Equity, a bill that aims to close the gap in healthcare by prioritizing equity in state…
Obituaries 02-01-2023
Richard “Pinky” Senior Lifelong East Boston Resident Richard “Pinky” Senior, a lifelong resident of East Boston, passed away on January 23 at the age of 87. Richard was born on August 18, 1935 to the late Charles and Loretta (Daley)…