The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) today announced the recipients of the Authority’s 2019 Diversity Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Scholarships. This year’s two $3,000 scholarships were awarded to Juanita Marfo of South High Community School in Worcester and Kate…
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Our Glorious Summer Days
When we think of the “dog days of summer,” what comes to mind are the languid and sultry days of early to mid-August, when the heat and humidity combine to make for a stew that can make even the most…
Guest Op-Ed : Massport Gears up for Five Years of Construction; Local Environmentalist Watchdog Group Not Happy
By John Lynds Imagine your neighbor decides to do some work on their house. They want to build an addition, go up three stories to add more rental units, change their heating system, put in a pool, build a new…
Obituaries 08-15-2019
Aramis Raul Ayala Genta Former Professional Soccer Player and 29-Year Bioran/Quest Diagnostics Employee Aramis Raul Ayala Genta of Swampscott, formerly of East Boston, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 4 at the Bertram House in Swampscott after a long illness. He…
Sammy Carlo’s Catering Honored
MS-13 Member Indicted for RICO Conspiracy
An alleged member of the transnational criminal gang MS-13, or La Mara Salvatrucha, was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with RICO conspiracy. Manuel Adan Yanez Cruz, a/k/a “Rocky” or “Flaco,” 19, a Salvadoran national who had…
Community News
JPNA July August Meeting The Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association scheduled monthly meeting is August 12. The meeting will be held at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Training Facility, at 250 Sumner St and starts promptly at 7 pm. We…
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.…
Local Kids Join Save the Harbor/Save the Bay for Free Cruises to the Boston Harbor Islands
This July, young people from the East Boston Harborside Community School set sail to the Boston Harbor Islands on Bay State Cruise Company’s flagship Provincetown II on a free All Access Boston Harbor cruise hosted by Save the Harbor/Save the…
Massachusetts Sees a Rise in Foodborne Illness Caused by Cyclospora
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging residents to practice safe food handling practices following an increase in reported infections of Cyclospora, a foodborne illness that causes gastrointestinal symptoms, mainly diarrhea, that can sometimes be severe. Since May…