The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced $1,155,240 in public safety grants through the Commonwealth Project Safe Neighborhood (CPSN) Initiative and the Human Trafficking Enforcement and Training Grant Program. These awards strengthen partnerships between state and local law enforcement, enhance prosecution of violent…
Month: November 2025
Massachusetts Launches New Campaign to Support Young Adults in Quitting Vaping and Nicotine
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), in partnership with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, has launched a new public health campaign to support young adults across Massachusetts to quit vaping and stop using other tobacco or nicotine products. The…
East Boston Holiday Lighting Committee Gears up for Season Three of Festivities
Special to the Times Free The East Boston Holiday Lighting Committee has started efforts in fundraising and planning out the Christmas and New Year Holiday Season. In its third year, the committee has raised funds to light up the business…
The Stark Message of a House of Dynamite
More than 40 years ago, a made-for-TV movie, The Day After, shocked Americans of all ages. We were among the 100 million of our fellow Americans in nearly 39 million households (about 62% of the viewing public that night) who…
The Shutdown made No Sense
As we are writing this earlier in the week, it would appear that the government shutdown is about to end after almost six weeks. Enough Democratic senators joined with Republicans in the Senate to achieve the 60-vote threshold necessary to…
Obituaries 11-12-2025
Yolanda Ghergurovich Of East Boston, formerly of Croatia Yolanda Ghergurovich, 90, passed away peacefully on November 6, 2025. Yolanda was born in Crno, Croatia to Simeone Vukosa and Boska (Vidajic) Vukosa. Yolanda married the late Giuseppe Ghergurovich and shared over…
Four incumbent City Councilors at-Large reelected in general election
All four incumbent City Councilors at-Large up for reelection clinched the four open seats in the Tuesday, Nov. 4, general election. According to the city’s unofficial election results, Council President Ruthzee Louijeune topped the bill, garnering 9.23 percent of the…
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Coletta Zapata Holds Oversight Hearing on Short Term Rentals
Special to the Times-Free Press Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata, joined by Councilor Sharon Durkan and Council President Ruthzee Louijeune , convened an oversight hearing in the Committee on Housing and Community Development chaired by Councilor Liz Breadon on Thursday, October…
GSNA Hears Plans for Project on Cottage Street
By Michael Coughlin Jr. During the Gove Street Neighborhood Association’s (GSNA) October meeting, plans for a project at 137 Cottage Street were shared with those in attendance. The proposal, described by Attorney Richard Lynds as “relatively simple,” is to renovate…