Eastie residents will again put aside those post holiday and carb conscience diets next Tuesday during the 18th Annual Taste of Eastie. A local culinary tradition that brings the neighborhood and old friends together through food, the event’s success has…
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Attend the Don Orione Job Fair
If you are looking for a career in health career look no further than next week’s job fair at the Don Orione Nursing Home. On Wednesday, January 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the nursing and rehabilitation center will…
Walsh Has Full Agenda and He Deserves Our Support
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has taken over the reins of power at Boston City Hall and he has set high goals for his administration. These goals are never easy to attain under the best of circumstances and these are not…
Ring out the Old…. We Wish Our Readers a Happy and Healthy 2014
New Year’s Day really isn’t different than any other day of the year. It is a day that has no real significance other than its place on the calendar. However, that lack of meaningfulness also is New Year’s greatest asset. …
Merry Christmas: We Wish Our Readers a Happy and Safe Holiday
The holiday season is here, which for most of us means the traditional gatherings with family, friends, and co-workers to share the joy of Christmas and the New Year. For many, the Christmas holiday season marks the only time of…
It’s Not Too Late: Please Remember Those in Need
The economists may tell us that we finally have turned a corner in the recovery from the debacle of the Great Recession of the Bush years, but statistics only tell part of the story. The cold, harsh reality for many…
Nelson Mandela: A Truly Unique and Wonderful Man
The outpouring of world-wide respect for Nelson Mandela, the former leader of South Africa who passed away this week, is unprecedented in the world we live in today. No one reading this editorial can even begin to imagine or comprehend…
Chamber Tree Lighting
The annual Chamber Tree Lighting and Holiday Parade is something that the entire community looks forward to every year. But it’s the dozens of volunteers and Chamber members that make it possible. Each year, people like Pat Todisco of Todisco…
Library Plaque
The plaque that adorned the former Meridian Street Branch Library naming East Boston as the first community to ever hold a publicly funded branch of the Boston Public Library will be hung at the new library–as well it should. Kudos…
Orient Heights MBTA Station
Orient Heights MBTA station was the forgotten child in the MBTA’s Blue Line modernization project. As Wood Island, Suffolk Downs, Airport and Maverick stations were all refurbished, the first two mentioned in rapid succession, budget woes and state fiscal problems…