Mayor Michelle Wu announced her COVID-19 Advisory Committee, a group of doctors, public health professionals and multidisciplinary leaders who will assist in decision-making around tackling new variants and working to end the pandemic in Boston. The Committee will be chaired…
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State Supports Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Sites
The Baker-Polito Administration announced the deployment of three state supported mobile units for monoclonal antibody treatment for high-risk individuals who have been exposed to or have COVID-19. These new clinics have the capacity to treat a combined 500 patients per…
News in Brief
JPNA Meeting Agenda The following is the agenda for our upcoming JPNA monthly meeting: AGENDA (subject to change): Greetings & Announcements Boston Police Update Cargo Ventures – Project Update Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina – Update by Sal LaMattina 325…
Future Eastie BBQ Restaurant’s Full Liquor License Approved
Last week the Boston Licensing Board approved The Smoke Shop BBQ’s application for a common victualler seven-day allalcoholic beverages license in East Boston. The Licensing Board’s approval is pending the availability of the license. In the fall Lendlease, who developed…
Excel Academy Charter Schools Selected for Program to Expand Educator Diversity Work
In the Excel Academy Charter Schools of East Boston and Chelsea, 88% of the 1,389 students identify as people of color, while 46% of staff do. With new funding and dedicated support to increase educator diversity within their ranks, school…
Wu Proposes New Pilot Program to Advance Equity in Procurement
Mayor Michelle Wu last week filed an order with the City Council to create an equity in procurement pilot program through June 30, 2022. This order will allow the City of Boston to designate up to 6 city contracts for…
North Shore Philharmonic Makes a Musical Return to Revere
Hundreds of concert-goers poured into St. Anthony’s Church Sunday for the annual Robert A. Marra Memorial “Sounds of Christmas” Concert, bringing with them two truckloads of food for the associated Food Drive and resuming a 45-year tradition that was wiped…
Annual East Boston Chamber of Commerce 2021 “Deck the Windows” Contest
The East Boston Chamber of Commerce is holding their 2021 “Deck the Windows” holiday window decorating contest the weekend of December 17, 18, and 19. Businesses can participate by decorating their storefront windows with decorations of the season, by calling…
Don’t Forget to Vote — the Special State Senate Primary Is Tuesday
We wish to remind our readers that the Special State Primary election for the First Suffolk and Middlesex District Senate is set for this Tuesday, December 14. Revere School Committee member Anthony D’Ambrosio and Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards are…
Charlie Baker Will Be Missed
There has been a lot of speculation by the pundits as to the reasons behind Governor Charlie Baker’s decision not to run for re-election in 2022, but we think it comes down simply to this: Gov. Baker is burned-out, similar…