Month: August 2023
JPNA Narrowly Supports Project on Sumner Street
By Michael Coughlin Jr. During the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association’s (JPNA) latest monthly meeting on August 14, those in attendance heard about a proposed project at 338-342 Sumner Street, and a slight majority of voters supported it. The project at…
City Celebrates Latinx Heritage Month With Fiesta in the Plaza
Special to the Times-Free Press The City of Boston announced the celebration of Latino Heritage Month with Fiesta en la Plaza, a diverse program of cultural activities that will take place over four weekends in the renovated City Hall Plaza.…
Public Health Warning Issued Related to Recent Sewage Discharge
Special to the Times-Free Press The following is a public health warning related to a recent sewage discharge, also known as a combined sewer overflow (CSO). State regulations require local public health departments to provide notice to the public when…
News in Briefs
EBCCS Awarded the CSF Grant East Boston Central Catholic School (EBCCS) has been awarded a Catholic Schools Foundation (CSF) Elementary School Grant of over $220,000 for the 2023-2024 school year as part of the Building Minds Scholarship Fund. The scholarship…
Area Planet Fitness Locations Donate School Supplies to Local Boys & Girls Clubs
Alder Partners LLC, an independent franchise group of Planet Fitness, owned and operated by the DeMartinis brothers, recently held a school supply drive at their nine Planet Fitness locations throughout the Boston area to support the Dorchester, Plymouth, and Salesian…
September Service Changes Will Allow MBTA Crews To Continue Improvement
The MBTA announced service changes in September on the Red, Green, Orange, Kingston, Middleborough, Greenbush, Newburyport/Rockport, and Haverhill lines. The MBTA will continue working to improve service reliability across the system. Service changes will take place on the Red Line…
Jodi Cohen Named Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Office
Director Christopher Wray has named Jodi Cohen as the Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Office. Ms. Cohen most recently served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Louisville Field Office in Louisville, KY. Ms. Cohen joined…
Lyric Stage Boston Presents Assassins Production
A highly anticipated production of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins opens Lyric Stage Boston’s 2023/24 season with an astonishing cast of Boston area artists performing this electrifying theatrical gem with Direction by Courtney O’Connor, Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez, and Choreography by…
East Boston Chamber of Commerce News
On Thursday, August 24, the East Boston Chamber of Commerce held a Summer barbecue for the membership which included City Councilor Gabriela Coletta, representatives Marsela Lopez-Romero from Adrian Madaro’s office, Lydia Edward’s office, and East Boston’s neighborhood liaison Manuela Villa-Gomez’ office. …