During the ongoing Massachusetts 191st General Court’s 2019-2020 session – which has been extended through legislative action – the House has passed emergency legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as major legislation relating to education, transportation, and…
Author: Times Staff
DUA Disburses Final Lost Wages Assistance Benefits
The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) has disbursed the sixth and final Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) $300 supplemental benefit to unemployment claimants in the Commonwealth. The application for these federal supplemental unemployment benefits was submitted by the Massachusetts Emergency Management…
MassDOT Advisory: Statewide Exit Renumbering Project
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing an upcoming virtual Public Information Meeting for MassDOT’s Statewide Exit Renumbering Project on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. This project is converting all existing exit numbers on freeways to a milepost-based…
Legislature Enacts $1.8 Billion Bond Bill to Strengthen Information Technology, Physical Infrastructure
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, Senate President Karen E. Spilka, and Representative Adrian Madaro joined their colleagues in House and Senate to pass legislation authorizing up to $1.8 billion in spending for the improvement of information technology equipment and other…
Apocalypse — Now
The photos of the wildfires in our western states that have incinerated entire communities and that have turned daytime skies to night by their heavy smoke have illustrated the dramatic effects of climate change upon the daily lives of millions…
Donald Trump Is No Winston Churchill
Rage, the new book by veteran journalist Bob Woodward about the presidency of Donald Trump, has revealed unequivocally that Trump deliberately has downplayed the lethality of the Covid-19 pandemic from the very beginning of the virus’s detection in the United…
Guest Op-Ed: Our Fall School Plans Are Guided by Health, Safety, and Equity
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping Boston’s families safe, healthy, and equitably supported has been our top priority. That’s why we made the tough but necessary decision to close…
Blue Jays Take Home EBLL Senior Division Title
The East Boston Little League concluded its 2020 summer season last week with its Senior Division playoffs, as the Blue Jays took home the championship with a win over the Mets in the deciding game of their best-of-three series. …
Obituaries 09-16-2020
Maria Chilante Former East Boston Resident Maria (Rancitelli) Chilante, formerly of East Boston, died on Sept. 8. Maria came to the United States in 1966 with her young children to join her husband. She worked for several years at Converse…
Passim Opens up Applications for Grants
Passim, the legendary music listening room in Cambridge, is opening up the application process for the annual Iguana Music Fund. The Iguana Music Fund awards grants annually to musicians for career building projects and for projects that provide community service…