By John Lynds For the third year in a row, the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center will be named to the list of Boston Boston Globe’s list of Top Places to Work in Massachusetts. The Health Center will be featured…
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For the Second Time, Eastie Supports Marijuana
By John Lynds In the statewide ballot question in 2012 East Boston voters supported passing the medical marijuana question 60 percent to 40 percent. Last Tuesday was more of the same as Eastie voters again supported a statewide ballot initiative…
Brooke Charter School Meets with Neighbors Over Bus and Parking Issues
By John Lynds In a meeting coordinated by City Councilor Sal LaMattina on Monday night, neighbors and Edward Brooke Charter School administrators discussed ways the school is working to improve the bus and parking situation. The Brooke faces a similar…
Salesian Boys & Girls Club Annual Pasta Dinner Set for November 18
By John Lynds On Friday, November 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. the Salesian Boys & Girls Club will host its Tenth Annual Pasta Dinner at the club located at 150 Byron Street. Salesian Director Father John Nazzaro said tickets…
Why Were the Presidential Polls Wrong?
By Dr. Gary Welton The election-night coverage of the 2016 vote began with images of the Clinton campaign team gathering in the Javits Center—under the symbolic glass ceiling. Hillary Clinton supporters were enthusiastic, upbeat, and expectant. The polls gave them…
Moving Forward
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh There’s no way around it: this has been a divisive national election. For many months, we have been following the presidential race, and in the early morning hours of November 9th, that race was finally…
F Team Brings Pride Back to Eastie
This weekend at the Chelsea Stadium the East Boston Jets F Team brought pride back to Eastie. The Jets, after coming off a 6-0-1 season, won the F Team Title. The team was led by first head coach Marc Mattera…
Obituaries 11-16-2016
Luis Alvarez Of East Boston Luis Alvarez of East Boston passed away peacefully on November 11. In accordance with the wishes of the family, cremation is private. In honoring Luis’s memory, a memorial mass will be held on Saturday, November 19…
Piggy Banks For All the Students:BPS and EBSB Team Up for College Savings Program
By John Lynds The Boston Public Schools and East Boston Savings Bank kicked off Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Financial Empowerment’s Children’s Savings Account (CSA) program last Wednesday at the James Otis and Donald McKay Elementary Schools. The two Eastie…
Madaro Receives ABCD Community Hero Award
By John Lynds When Representative Adrian Madaro’s father arrived in the U.S. from Venice, Italy in the late 1970’s, he got his first opportunity of economic stability through Action for Boston Community Development’s (ABCD) APAC site in East Boston. “My…