The owner of East Boston’s widely popular Somalian restaurant that has gained national recognition, Tawakal Halal Cafe, is looking to move to another location and has launched a campaign with NuMarket.com. “We’ve been in our current location for 3.5 years…
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Ruggiero Family Memorial Home Cuts Ribbon on Second Location
The Ruggiero Family Memorial Home, which was established in East Boston at the former Mazzarella Funeral Home in Orient Heights Square in 1999, officially opened its second location in Peabody during a ribbon cutting ceremony last Friday. The official opening…
TD Bank Opens Branch in Maverick Square
Last Tuesday, TD Bank officially cut the ribbon on a new branch in Maverick Square next door to La Sultana Bakery. The full service branch will provide another banking option for Eastie residents and customers from the surrounding area. However,…
Tree Eastie Gearing up to Plant 100 Trees
For a couple of years now Tree Eastie has been trying to rekindle the neighborhood’s grassroots effort to get more trees planted in East Boston. Tree Eastie’s Bill Masterson has been on a crusade to get the neighborhood’s tree canopy…
Edwards Uses Crown Act to Deliver Powerful Maiden Speech
Last week the Masschausetts Senate unanimously passed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act. The bill prohibits discrimination, which largely impacts Black residents, based on natural and protective hairstyles in places of work and school-related…
Eastie, City’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Increases Dramatically
Last week the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) released its recommendations for residents to receive a second COVID booster vaccine as Eastie and the citywide weekly COVID positive test rate increases dramatically. Last week, 856 Eastie residents were tested for…
MBTA Cancels Upcoming Blue Line Disruption
At a community meeting last month the MBTA’s Adam Kamoune announced the T would be closing down the Blue Line for nearly two weeks between Airport and Government Center from Saturday, April 2 to Thursday, April 14 for harbor tunnel…
News in Brief
The Friends of Belle Isle Marsh Annual Meeting The Friends of Belle Isle Marsh are holding our Annual Meeting this year on Sunday, April 10, 1-3pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church Hall, 222 Bowdoin St. in Winthrop. This event is…
As Wildfire Season Begins, Officials Urge Prevention
Pointing to the Delta Range fire that burned 341 acres at Fort Devens last week, Devens Fire Chief Timothy F. Kelly, Chief Forest Fire Warden David Celino of the Department of Conservation & Recreation, and State Fire Marshal Peter J.…
District 1 City Council Candidates Take Part in Forum on Environmental Justice
With the special election preliminary for the District 1 City Council seat less than a month away, the two candidates vying for the seat squared off in a candidates forum on environmental justice Monday night. Sponsored by the Environmental Justice…