There’s always a fear that when school ends for summer break in East Boston, children that receive free or reduced breakfast and lunches during the school year might slip through the cracks and become food insecure during vacation. Many children…
Author: John Lynds
NSMHA Receives Grant for 24-Hour Hotline, Coaches
Katie O’Leary, North Suffolk Mental Health Association’s (NSMHA) Director of Recovery Support, knows the crucial role peers and recovery coaches play in helping others struggling with substance abuse stay on a path of sobriety. As NSMHA’s Project Director for the…
MassDOT Gives Update on Sumner Tunnel Project
As MassDOT plans to close the Sumner Tunnel for a full four months during the summer of 2023 to complete its ‘Sumner Tunnel Centennial’ project East Boston residents are looking for mitigation in the form of a free Blue Line…
MS-13 Member Pleads Guilty to 2016 Christmas EVE Eastie Murder
A reputed member of the notorious MS-13 street gand plead guilty this week to his involvement in a 2016 East Boston murder and another murder in Lynn two years later. Henri Salvador Gutierrez, 22, a Salvadorian national, pleaded guilty to…
Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Is Now Below 1 Percent
For a second week in a row East Boston’s weekly COVID positive test has been one percent or below according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). This is good news for a community that…
An East Boston Memorial Day Story
Like many of his peers William August rushed down to the local US Army recruiter and signed up to serve his country after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The middle child of Joseph and Albina August of East…
Salesians Boys & Girls Club to Host Fundraiser
As things slowly get back to normal with more and more residents being vaccinated, the Salesian Boys & Girls Club staff have decided to move forward with their annual spring fundraiser on June 10. Last year, during the height of…
Mario Umana Academy Is Now Looking to Fill Kindergarten Seats
This week, the Mario Umana Academy Principal Christina Michel and the school’s Family Liaison Elvin Argueta announced the school will host an informational event on Wednesday June 16 at 8:00 am and another at 1:00 pm to enroll students in…
Massachusetts Allowed to Continue P-EBT Benefits Through the Summer
While the COVID-19 virus may be slowing down, the fallout from the yearlong pandemic and economic downturn that increased unemployment and food insecurity locally is still very much a reality. While food banks, food distribution sites and other efforts to…
Gubernatorial Candidate Downing Committed to End Child Poverty, Cut Overall Poverty in Half
Last week, Gubernatorial Candidate and East Boston resident Ben Downing released his anti-poverty agenda and, if elected, wants Massachusetts to commit to ending child poverty and cutting overall poverty in half by 2030. “The child poverty rate in our state…