Health officials are ringing the alarm and trying to get a handle on the Delta variant of the virus that has caused breakthrough infections among vaccinated residents and is decimating the unvaccinated population across the city, state and country. In…
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Sen. Markey joins Senate colleagues in bipartisan letter urging Biden administration to protect Afghan women leaders
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sens. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) on Monday were joined by 44 of their Senate colleagues, including Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Ranking Member…
City hosts Phase II Climate Ready East Boston workshop
The City’s of Boston’s Environment Department continued its series of workshops to help kickoff Phase II of the Climate Ready East Boston/Charlestown project. Boston Environment Department Project Manager Catherine McCandless gave an update on the work being done to develop…
Large development on Maverick Street seeks to switch from rentals to condos
A Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved mixed-use condo project on Maverick Street that broke ground recently and will bring 49 new units to East Boston is looking to get approval from the city to switch the project from…
Boston and Cambridge City Councils to hold Press Conference on the Creation of a TDMD
Members of the Boston and Cambridge City Councils, along with representatives from the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureaus, will hold a press conference to discuss the creation of a Boston-Cambridge Tourism Marketing District (the TDMD) before a scheduled vote…
EBNHC President CEO Manny Lopes to leave Health Center for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center President and CEO Manny Lopes will leave the Health Center to become Executive Vice President of Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts. Lopes made the decision to accept the position with Blue Cross Blue Shield and…
Massport Selects Shyann Gore to Receive the Donna Rauseo Memorial Scholarship
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) today announced the recipient of the annual scholarship honoring the memory of longtime employee and East Boston resident, Donna Rauseo. The 2021 Donna Rauseo Memorial Scholarship was awarded to East Boston High School graduate Shyann…
Remembering Nicholas “Nicky” Santoro
EBNHC COO Greg Wilmot to Join the Board of Community Servings
Since the start of the pandemic the administration at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center have worn different hats as healers, advocates and social service providers. While treating those who became infected with the virus, and later vaccinating a sizable portion…
NOAH and Zumix Team Up to Tackle the Rising Tide of the Digital Divide
East Boston’s premier music and performing arts nonprofit, Zumix, recently received a grant through the city’s Digital Equity Fund and has decided to team up with East Boston’s Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) to focus on a growing digital divide…