By: Lisa MacGeorge Competing in the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships is a wonderful accomplishment for anyone. However, what is truly amazing is that Sara Blanco, a fifth-grader at the Samuel Adams School, just started…
Author: Times Staff
House unanimously passes legislation to help protect persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities from harm
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo along with his colleagues in the House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation to create a registry of care providers who harmed a person or persons with an intellectual or developmental disability. The bill seeks to…
Letter to the Editor
Looking at housing prices To the Editor, Here I live over on the other side of the city still trying to come back to East Boston, so I know all about affordability in Boston’s neighborhoods. You can barely find it…
Winter: So far, so good (and not so good)
The winter season thus far has been fairly easy to take for those of us who have lived in New England for all of our lives. The warmer-than-normal temperatures, highlighted by the record-breaking highs in the 70s two weekends ago, have been…
Community News
Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association Planning & Zoning Agenda We are holding two meetings in January to ensure that each project receives adequate time for community discussion. Wednesday, January 15, 2020; 7 – 8:30 pm East Boston Neighborhood Health Center: Training…
Community Calendar
Community Meetings Harbor View Neighborhood Association First Monday of every month 6:30 p.m. at the Edward Brooke Charter School, 145 Byron St. Kiwanis Club of East Boston First and Third Tuesday of every month 6 p.m. at Spinelli’s Restaurant in…
Eversource Challenges Students to Showcase Their Energy Smarts in Annual Contest
Eversource invites Massachusetts students to demonstrate their energy efficiency knowledge by entering its seventh annual Eversource Challenge. The competition promotes energy conservation, energy efficiency and sustainability and is open to kindergarten to high school students in Eversource’s Massachusetts electric service…
Aquino Tapped to Present at National Mentoring Summit
Chelsea Aquino, Senior Manager of Government Relations and Public Policy at Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP) in Boston, has been selected to present at the 10th Annual National Mentoring Summit in Washington, D.C. on January 29-31. Aquino will be leading a…
New Online Resources for Statewide Exit Renumbering Project Announced
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing new online resources on HYPERLINK “https://newmassexits.com/” \t “_blank” the project website for the Statewide Exit Renumbering Project, including an informational video on the project and an online meeting. Visit NewMassExits.com to access these…
Police Briefs 01-15-2020
Monday, December 16, 2019 Around 8:14 p.m. in the area of 173 Border St. a 20-year-old male with a Lawrence, MA address was arrested for Disorderly Conduct and Trespassing Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Around 3:30 p.m. in the area of…