On a certain level, it is easy to dismiss the recent interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as frivolous and irrelevant to the lives of the rest of us. To most Americans, the concept of a royal family is…
Author: Times Staff
Guest Op-Ed: Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s Easter Message
By Cardinal Sean O’Malley Easter is the center and core of Christian faith. Christian faith is Resurrection faith; the Risen Christ, having conquered sin and death, remains with us across the ages. When we celebrate “the Triduum” — the great…
Obituaries 04-07-2021
Emily Mazzarella Operated Mazzarella Funeral Home in Orient Heights With Her Late Husband Emily (Bergamasco) Mazzarella, a lifelong resident of East Boston, passed away Saturday evening, April 3, at home surrounded by her loving family after brief illness. She along…
Time to Make the Zeppole
Councilors Edwards and Wu File Expanded Parental Leave Ordinance
Boston City Councilors Lydia Edwards and Michelle Wu have filed an ordinance that would codify the recent change to city policy expanding paid parental leave for city employees from six weeks to 12 weeks. The ordinance would also replace the…
USPS Unveils 10-Year Plan for Sustainability and Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS) last week released its 10-year Plan, ‘Delivering for America,’ to return the organization to financial sustainability and achieve service excellence while maintaining universal six-day mail delivery and expanding seven-day package delivery. “The need for the U.S.…
News in Brief
April 2021 Harbor View Neighborhood Association Meeting AGENDA The next meeting of the Harbor View Neighborhood Association, (HVNA), will be on April 5, at 6 pm. Please note this meeting will be presented in English and Spanish for our Harbor…
First in the Nation COVID-19 Pooled Testing Initiative Finds Low Positivity Rate in Schools
The Baker-Polito Administration announced that data collected from its statewide, first-in-the-nation pooled testing initiative in schools across the Commonwealth found low positivity rates – far less than one percent – among students and staff. The statewide testing program, funded entirely…
The Markey-Warren-AOC Build Green Act Is Needed
The recent catastrophic winter-weather event in Texas has highlighted the degree to which our national infrastructure (among other things) has fallen victim to the penny-wise and pound-foolish thinking that has dominated our national politics for the past 40 years. The…
Op-Ed: Goodbye and Thank You, Boston
By Former Mayor Martin J. Walsh I left Boston City Hall for the final time as mayor. I p acked up the last of the photos on my desk, say goodnight to the security guards as I’ve done a thousand…