The U.S. Attorney’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations are partnering to alert parents and guardians of the potential dangers to children online, and providing guidance for internet safety. As a result of school closings due to COVID-19, children are increasingly…
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Unemployment Data Shows New Claims Are Overwhelmingly from White Residents
For the fourth week in a row, new unemployment claims were lower than the previous week, and new data from the state shows that more than 80 percent of new claims since March 15 came from residents describing themselves as…
Treasurer Goldberg Launches the Empowerment Grant for Small Businesses
The State Treasurer’s Office of Economic Empowerment is funding the Empowerment Grant for Small Businesses to support the needs of Massachusetts small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant application period opened May 4 and will close on May 29. The Office of Economic Empowerment is seeking to award small businesses in…
Brian Miller Newest Member of BPDA Board
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) last week announced Brian Miller as the newest member of the BPDA Board. A resident of South Boston, Miller is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley, and founder of The Miller Group at…
Local Morrocan Restaurant Partners With East Boston YMCA for Food Distribution
For over a month the owner of a local Moroccan catering service has been teaming up with the East Boston YMCA and staff at the Y’s Ashley Street site to cook up some tasty Halal food for families and individuals…
Virtual Reading: McKay School Principal Invites Community into his Home for Storytime
Since Boston Public Schools closed in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Donald Mckay School’s Principal Jordan Weymer has been keeping his students engaged in a very unique way. For over a month Weymer has been going live on his…
Supplies Running Low: Number of Residents Seeking Food at Grace Church Food Pantry on the Rise
For decades, the Grace Church’s Food Pantry on Saratoga Street has been an oasis for food-insecure families in East Boston. Each week the Church’s Food Pantry at 760 Saratoga St. feeds 25 families on average but the economic fallout from…
COVID-19 Updates for East Boston
Since the city ramped up COVID-19 testing last week, the number of those infected with the COVID-19 virus in East Boston has become more clear. Since last week 1,171 residents in Eastie have been tested and 46.8 percent of those…
Police Arrest Everett Man for Armed Robberies In Eastie
An Everett man who has been allegedly terrorizing store clerks across East Boston since late January has finally been apprehended by police. On Sunday detectives from Eastie’s District A-7 station, with assistance from the ATF, Chelsea Police, and Everett Police…
Edwards Holds Virtual ‘Coffee Hour’
City Councilor Lydia Edwards held a virtual “coffee hour” on Saturday, April 18th via Facebook Live to discuss housing concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was joined by Joey Michalakes, an attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services, to discuss housing…