Special to the Times-Free Press Mass Humanities, the Commonwealth’s leading funder of humanities programs, announced upcoming opportunities for its 2023 grant season. In 2022, the Northampton-based foundation awarded more than $1 million in grants to non-profits, supporting free public events,…
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Only God Can Make a Tree – But You Can Help
As we were reading the news story in last week’s newspaper about the efforts of Tree Eastie, a non-profit organization that focuses on planting and maintaining trees to increase East Boston’s scarce tree canopy, it brought to mind the poem…
No Child Should Live in Deep Poverty
We wish to voice our support for a bill sponsored by Everett State Senator Sal DiDomenico, the Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, that seeks to accelerate the timetable for lifting children in our state out of what is…
Guest Op-Ed: Tired of Hearing About China? Stop the Cash Flow
Dr. Glenn Mollette Do you get tired of hearing about China? Now we have floating surveillance balloons over our country. We are yet to know for sure what this is about but time will tell. China is probably scouting out…
Obituaries 02-08-2023
Carol Ann Sacco Long Time Stone & Webster Division Systems Manager Carol Ann Sacco of Orient Heights, East Boston passed away on February 1. Carol graduated from St Lazarus, Mount Saint Joseph Academy and Boston University. She worked as a Division…
Ribbon Cutting for New Police Station in Eastie
Wu Sets Ambitious Agenda in State of the City Address
By Stephen Quigley Boston Mayor Michelle Wu delivered her State of the City Address at the MGM Music Hall next door to Fenway Park last week in which the mayor noted the achievements that have been accomplished over the past…
Moscone Accepted Into Program
Special to the Times-Free Press Albert J. “AJ” Moscone, Jr. has been accepted into the Boston Bar Association’s Public Interest Leadership Program. Each year, the Boston Bar Association’s Public Interest Leadership Program welcomes a select group of talented and highly-motivated…
Police Seek Help With Local Missing Person
The Boston Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in efforts to locate Reina Morales Rojas, 41, of East Boston. She is described as a Hispanic Female, 5’5”, 145lbs, black hair and brown eyes. We are praying Reina is found…
Tree Eastie Is Making Tremendous Environmental Strides
Michael Coughlin Jr. Tree Eastie, a non-profit organization that focuses on planting and maintaining trees while educating residents about their benefits, has been doing its part in an effort to increase East Boston’s scarce tree canopy. East Boston’s tree canopy…