Special to the Times-Free Press On Saturday, over 300 advocates, allies, and supporters from across the state chanted “5% rent control NOW!” as they introduced newly-filed legislation for statewide rent control. An Act enabling cities and towns to stabilize rents…
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Wu Leads the 43rd Annual Homelessness Census
Special to the Times-Free Press With record setting cold weather approaching this weekend, Mayor Michelle Wu on Tuesday night led a group of volunteers, including U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials, City officials, State officials, homelessness services providers,…
Get Ready for the Cold!
We may have just finished what reportedly ranks as the fifth-warmest January on record, but by the end of this week, we’ll be experiencing our coldest weather in seven years when an Arctic blast dips into the United States and…
Health Care for All Is a Public Good
We were pleased to see that Chelsea’s newly-elected State Representative, Judith Garcia, announced last week that she has co-sponsored An Act to Advance Health Equity, a bill that aims to close the gap in healthcare by prioritizing equity in state…
Obituaries 02-01-2023
Richard “Pinky” Senior Lifelong East Boston Resident Richard “Pinky” Senior, a lifelong resident of East Boston, passed away on January 23 at the age of 87. Richard was born on August 18, 1935 to the late Charles and Loretta (Daley)…
Please Donate to the Stanley DeMartinis Sr. Scholarship Fund
Dear Family, Friends and Colleagues, As many of you know, in 2018 my father, Stanley DeMartinis Sr. passed away unexpectedly. Over the years, we have been discussing how we can honor my father’s legacy and give back to the East…
Tobia Family Files DPIR for Former Casket Site Destroyed by Fire
Special to the Times-Free Press The family that once operated a successful casket manufacturing company on Bennington Street recently filed a Draft Project Impact Report (DPIR) with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) in connection with their plans to…
Benitez Provides Updates on Mattresses, Newsletters, and More
By Michael Coughlin Jr. During the Gove Street Citizens Association’s monthly meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, East Boston’s Liaison Nathalia Benitez shared some updates residents should be aware of as 2023 rolls on. One of Benitez’s most important updates came…
BPDA Holds Inclusionary Development Policy Forum
By Adam Swift A proposed change to Boston’s inclusionary development policy needs to offer more opportunity for truly affordable housing units in the city, according to housing advocates who spoke during a Boston Planning and Development Agency online forum on…
News in Briefs
MFA Presents Exhibition Highlighting Wartime in Ukraine Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, attacks have continued endlessly in different regions of the country, and ordinary citizens have been forced to pick up arms and…