It has become common knowledge that April 20, or 4/20, is the official cannabis consumption holiday but not many people outside the cannabis community have heard of ‘Green Wednesday’. The relatively new holiday started up as the cannabis dispensary industry’s…
Author: John Lynds
East Boston Savings Bank, Rockland Trust Merge
Independent Bank Corp., parent of Rockland Trust Company, has closed its acquisition of Meridian Bancorp, Inc., parent of East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) with thousands of EBSB customers officially becoming Rockland Trust customers Monday. Over the weekend EBSB’s two former…
Madaro Applauds House’s ARPA Spending Proposal
A recent report has shown that opioid overdose deaths were down 5 percent in the first six months of 2021. While this trend seems to be heading in the right direction, overdose deaths spiked 30 percent in 2020 during the…
Eastie’s Weekly COVID Infections Increase
East Boston’s weekly COVID positive test rate increased 32 percent two weeks ago and increased again slightly last week according to the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Last week, 1,604 Eastie residents were tested for the virus last week and…
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Sen. Warren, Local Elected Officials Visit East Boston Social Centers
This week President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill but Washington Democrats say it did not go far enough. Ahead of Biden signing the bill, Democrats like US Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Elizabeth Warren toured the…
VRCC Celebrates El Dia De Los Muertos With Over 300 Residents
For centuries in Mexico El Dia de los Muertos, of ‘The Day of Dead’, has been celebrated on November 1 and 2 as a thoughtful celebration to honor ancestors and departed loved ones. The tradition spread to the US where…
Eastie Voters Reject Eversource’s Plans on Substation
Should Eversource place an electric substation in East Eagle Square along the Chelsea Creek, near homes, parks, playgrounds, jet fuel storage, and in a flood risk area? During last week’s Boston Municipal Election a non-binding ballot question was posed to…
New Coastal Zoning Overlay District in Effect
Late last month, Acting Mayor Kim Janey signed a new Coastal Zoning Overlay District into effect requiring new development in East Boston and other Boston coastal neighborhoods to take additional steps to limit the damage and displacement related to the…
Eastie’s Kannan Thiruvengadam Hops on the Michelle Wu Train
On Tuesday, Mayor-elect Michelle Wu announced her official transition Co-Chairs, along with an initial list of transition advisors that includes Eastie Farm founder and director Kannan Thiruvengadam. Thiruvengadam was most recently appointed by Acting Mayor Kim Janey to serve on…
EBNHC Maverick Square Pharmacy Is Back and Offering Retail Prescriptions
When the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center built its Maverick Square facility a decade ago it came with numerous amenities like a cafe, eyeglass store prescriptions and, like EBNHC’s Gove Street location, a full service pharmacy for Health Center patients.…