By Michael Coughlin Jr. During the Harbor View Neighborhood Association’s (HVNA) monthly meeting on Monday, Mar. 6, residents were informed of a future vote incoming pertaining to what to do with the land at 64 Homer Street. 64 Homer Street…
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Seventh Times a Charm? JPNA To Vote on Proposed Development
By Michael Coughlin Jr. The Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) is set to vote this week on a proposed development of a mixed-use residential building at 1 Everett Street that has now been before the association a whopping seven times.…
COVID-19: Still a Major Threat for Seniors
President Biden declared recently that the COVID-19 pandemic officially will be over in May, but in our view, that is just wishful thinking. In January, the number of COVID-related deaths fell after a holiday spike, but nevertheless numbered about 2,100…
Safe Consumption Sites Are the Only Way To Stem the Tide of Drug Overdoses
The so-called War on Drugs, which began in the administration of Richard Nixon, has been ongoing in America for more than 50 years. Putting aside the fact that Nixon began his war on drugs primarily as a means for incarcerating…
Obituaries 03-15-2023
Nicholas F. Dioguardi Long Time Boston School Educator and Administrator Family and friends attended Visiting Hours on Tuesday, March 14 in the Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach St., Revere for Nicholas F. Dioguardi who passed…
EBH Jets 56–54 Over Lynnfield
Belle Isle and Parkway Clubs Sponsor The Rotary Plunge
BPDA Updates Eastie Zoning Recommendations
By Michael Coughlin Jr. At its Neighborhood Residential Workshop on Thursday, March 2, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) presented updates to its zoning recommendations initially revealed to residents in October. The original zoning recommendations in October called for…
FEMA Awards Over $1.5 Million to Boston for COVID-19 School Cleaning
Special to the Times-Free Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.5 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the City of Boston for the cost of overtime to clean and disinfect public schools during…
East Boston Man Convicted in Fatal 2019 OUI Crash, Receives 6–10 Year Prison Sentence
Special to the Times-Free Press A judge handed down a six-to ten-year prison sentence for an East Boston man convicted of manslaughter in a 2019 drunk driving crash that killed one woman and seriously injured another, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin…