The Boston Teachers Union (BTU) made history when the membership elected the most diverse board in the union’s 76-year history. Nearly 3,000 members of the union mailed in ballots and voted in-person for this year’s election, a 15% increase in…
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MS-13 Member Pleads Guilty to 2016 Christmas EVE Eastie Murder
A reputed member of the notorious MS-13 street gand plead guilty this week to his involvement in a 2016 East Boston murder and another murder in Lynn two years later. Henri Salvador Gutierrez, 22, a Salvadorian national, pleaded guilty to…
News Brief
JPNA June 14 Meeting Agenda The Jefferies Point Neighborhood Association meeting will be on Monday, June 14 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm via Zoom Video Conference Registration Required! The Agenda is as follows: • Greetings & Announcements • Boston Police…
Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Is Now Below 1 Percent
For a second week in a row East Boston’s weekly COVID positive test has been one percent or below according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). This is good news for a community that…
Six Tips to Keep Pets Safe During Storm Season
While no one is immune from the devastation of a natural disaster, preparing before a storm hits is key to keeping everyone in your family—including your pets—safe. “What’s good for us is good for our pets,” said Kris Kiser, President…
Boston Ballet Announces Start of 2021–2022 season
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen has announced the return to live, in-person performances for the 2021–2022 season. Live performances return in November with Nissinen’s “The Nutcracker.” The season includes eight world premieres including five in the female-led ChoreograpHER program…
Bero Launches Exploratory Campaign for Lieutenant Governor
Bret Bero has launched an exploratory campaign for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. Bero is a business leader, educator, husband and father who raised his family in Concord. For 20 years, he owned and operated a small…
Mass. Registry Announces Appointments for In-Person Transactions Are Continuing
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) has announced that many of the new initiatives that were put in place to provide additional flexibility for its customers during the COVID-19 pandemic, will continue as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted on Saturday,…
Massachusetts May Revenue Collections Total $4.002 Billion
Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder last week announced that preliminary revenue collections for May totaled $4.002 billion, which is $2.264 billion or 130.3 percent more than the actual collections in May 2020, and $2.109 billion or 111.4 percent more than…
An East Boston Memorial Day Story
Like many of his peers William August rushed down to the local US Army recruiter and signed up to serve his country after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The middle child of Joseph and Albina August of East…