On Wednesday, April 3, Mass General Brigham partnered with Senator John C. Velis and Representative Adrian C. Madaro, co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery, for a State House presentation titled, “Mass General Brigham’s Strategy…
Month: May 2024
Coletta, Legislators Take “Pledge To Waste Less”
Special to the Times-Free Press With nearly 40% of food going unsold and uneaten and tens of millions of people facing food insecurity in the United States (including over 500,000 in Massachusetts alone), food recovery organization, Spoonfuls, debuted its “Pledge…
News in Brief
Eastie man pleads guilty Alvaro Larrama, 40, of East Boston pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the March 2022 stabbing death of Marine veteran Daniel Martinez, 23, who was in Boston with friends for St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The stabbing occurred…
ZUMIX to Host 2024 Walk for Music on July 14
On Sunday, July 14, ZUMIX will host its annual Walk for Music. ZUMIX community members and other participants will walk through East Boston’s parks to support ZUMIX’s award-winning music and youth empowerment programs. The event will begin at 260 Sumner…
Council Members Hear From Rat Control Consultant
In a scene in a Three Stooges film, a patient in a mental health hospital, pointing to a button-hole on his shirt, tells the Stooges, “I’ve seen rats come out of that hole!“ and everyone in the audience laughed. Well, the…
Seeing Rats? Tips for Controlling Them
The New York State Department of Health has issued the following tips on controlling rats: Controlling the Rat – A Community Effort Rats like to live where people live. They quickly adjust to the neighborhood. Rats can thrive on just…
Atlantic Works Gallery Announces Two May Exhibitions
Atlantic Works Gallery announced that its May exhibition will consist of two side-by-side solo shows from two member artists who have been using images and text throughout the course of their careers, but in entirely different ways. Amore, a former…
College Protesters Should Embrace Being Arrested
Acts of civil disobedience by definition imply that a person knowingly is breaking the law and is willing to accept the legal consequences. When Rosa Parks took a seat at the front of that bus in Alabama and was arrested…
Opponents of Aid To Ukraine Should Watch Franklin
Here’s the plot-line: A world superpower, led by a ruler-for-life who does not tolerate dissent, invades a young sovereign nation, which at one time had been part of the superpower, with a large military force in order to restore the…
Obituaries 05-01-2024
Dorothy Benoit-Scansaroli Retired Purchasing Agent Dorothy L. Benoit-Scansaroli of East Boston passed away at the Ruth McLain Hospice in Braintree on April 23, 2024. She was 84 years old. Born in Framingham, she was the beloved daughter of the late…