On Saturday, Stop & Shop teamed up with East Boston based Cargo Ventures, to sponsor Stop & Shop’s annual turkey give-away for East Boston YMCA families, as well as families from the Social Centers and the Salesian Boys & Girls…
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Emergency Zoom: City, EBNHC, BPHC Hold ‘All Hands on Deck’ Meeting to Discuss COVID in Eastie
Based on the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in East Boston and across the city, state and nation, the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) once again convened community leaders, elected officials and key stakeholders last Thursday during an emergency…
Mayor Awards Community Champion Award to Rita Lara
Last week, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) hosted We Are Boston 2020: From Resilience to Equity on November 19, 2020. The annual end-of-the year reception celebrates Boston immigrants and their contributions to the…
Gloribel Rivas Recognized by the Boston Foundation
In its annual report, The Boston Foundation (TBF) decided to profile leaders of social justice and public service from across the city. One of those remarkable leaders profiled was Gloribel Beatriz Rivas, who serves as a legislative aide to Rep…
The Boston Globe Names EBNHC a Top Place to Work
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the 13th annual employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe. The Top Places to Work 2020 issue published online at Globe.com/TopPlaces on…
Judge Upholds Conviction of MS-13 Member for the Murder of Two Teens in Eastie
Labor Day weekend in 2015 marked the end of the summer, and teens all over East Boston spent their last days of freedom hanging out with friends before school started that Tuesday. Tragically, 15-year-old Wilson Martinez would never make it…
HVNA Votes on Three Projects at November Meeting
At its monthly meeting earlier this month the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) voted on three development projects. The first project at 85-86 Horace St, the group voted 34 to 14 in favor of owners Adam and Deana Fetherson’s plan…
Parks Department Announces East Boston Virtual Tree Removal Hearing
In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 87, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will hold a virtual public hearing on Thursday, December 3, at 10 a.m. on a request to remove two public shade trees at 202 Maverick Street…
Baker Nominates Judge Serge Georges Jr. to SJC
Gov. Charlie Baker has nominated Associate Justice for the Boston Municipal Court, Serge Georges, to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Judicial Court. “Judge Georges has served on the Boston Municipal Court with great distinction and treats all…
Guide to Buying Turkey Raised Without Overusing Antibiotics
As Americans head to the grocery store to purchase their Thanksgiving turkeys, U.S. PIRG has released its first ever “Talking Turkey” guide to purchasing turkeys raised without overusing antibiotics. Turkey producers use more medically important antibiotics per pound of meat produced than…