Local Student Receives Bachelor’s Degrees from UMass Amherst Lilliana Tirado Arteaga of East Boston was among the 320 students who received bachelor’s degrees from the University of Massachusetts Amherst this September, 2019. Grace Church Federated annual Festival Grace Church Federated…
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Guest Op-Ed: Christmas is Still Special
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Make a mental decision that Christmas is going to be great. Our world exists in the space between our ears known as our brains. We can dread or hate something or just decide it’s going to…
Obituaries 12-18-2019
Richard “Dick” Buonfiglio Of Revere Richard “Dick” Buonfiglio, 85, of Revere, died recently. He was the son of the late Pasquale “Patsy” and Theresa (Discenza) Buonfiglio, father of Laura J. Fitzpatrick and her husband, Rick and Lisa J. Oosterman and her…
The Mayor’s Trolley Tour And Tree Lighting
Sounds of Christmas Concert Returns Sunday
The music of the holiday season will fill the air Sunday when the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Revere for the annual Robert A. Marra Memorial “Sounds of Christmas” Concert at St. Anthony’s Church beginning at 4 p.m. Admission…
Community News
OHNC Meeting Agenda The next meeting of the Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) will be Monday, Dec 16, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at the YMCA gym at 58 Ashley St. Agenda is subject to change. Introductions – Welcome and report…
Community Calendar
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 Day Square.…
Knitting for Love
By Amy Goldberg, RN, Neighborhood PACE Five years ago, my friend Gayle Gordon, the family liaison volunteer on the Mass General Hospital Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, asked me if I knew of anyone who knitted blankets. At that time, the intensive care…
Remember Those Who Are Less Fortunate This Holiday Season
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With Christmas just two weeks away, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls…
Guest Op-Ed: A Just Society Doesn’t Criminalize Girls
By Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Dr. Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. Too frequently, educational justice is denied for girls – especially for girls of color. Schools should be the safest place for our children and yet, for many girls of color, the…