Three East Boston organizations that have teamed up to deliver food and goods to the neighborhood’s most vulnerable residents were part of the latest round of Boston Resiliency Fund grant money distributed last week. With money from the city’s fund,…
Author: John Lynds
Giovanni Graziani, Restaurateur, Longtime Zumix Supporter
Giovanni Graziani, a longtime East Boston resident, Salem restaurant owner and proud supporter of Zumix’s music program in the neighborhood died on Friday, May 1 from complications due to COVID-19. For those who knew Graziani and were touched by his…
Blue Line Work to Begin Monday: Shuttle Services to Replace Train Service from Airport to Bowdoin Stations
Beginning on Monday, May 18 the MBTA will fully close down the Blue Line from Airport to Bowdoin stations for 14 days and run shuttle busses instead of train service until May 31. The goal of this is to allow…
Due to COVID-19, Suffolk County Register of Probate Felix Arroyo Hosts Online Fundraiser for Re-Election
For years, Suffolk County Register of Probate Felix Arroyo normally hosts a birthday fundraiser in April, but the COVID-19 pandemic has cancelled those plans. However, his son, District 5 Boston City Councilor Rocardo Arroyo has launched an online fundraising effort…
Zoom Meeting Highlights Social Center’s Involvement in Boston Basic Campaign
The Boston Basics Campaign is inspired by the fact that 80 percent of brain growth happens in the first three years of life. During this period, skill gaps between socio-economic, racial, and ethnic groups become clearly apparent. However, this does…
Two Roxbury Juveniles Arrested in Eastie for B&E
With most people sheltered in their homes during the day in East Boston amid the COVID-19 pandemic one would think would-be-robbers would take a hiatus from breaking into homes. However, for two juveniles from Roxbury the fact there are more…
Veronica Robles Cultural Center Helps With Relief Efforts
Just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Veronica Robles moved her popular Cultural Center from McClellan Highway into its new digs at the former Meridian Street Library. However, once the virus spread through Eastie and quarantine and social distancing put an…
East Boston YMCA Serving as an Emergency Childcare Center for Some Essential Workers
As schools and daycares closed across the state in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic some childcare facilities were allowed to remain open to help essential workers in East Boston and the Commonwealth continue to battle the virus outbreak…
Santarpio’s Pizza Re-Opens for Take-Out and Delivery
After giving delivery and take-out a try when the COVID-19 pandemic began sweeping across East Boston in mid-March, the owners of Santarpio’s Pizza decided last month to close the doors at the famed pizza place’s Eastie and Peabody locations. The…
COVID-19 Updates for East Boston
With a dramatic increase in testing for COVID-19, the number of those infected with the COVID-19 virus in East Boston has increased. Since the COVID-19 pandemic Eastie has emerged as a ‘HotSpot’ for the virus and the neighborhood’s infection rate…