In 1918 the East Boston Social Centers was founded during the Settlement House movement. The Settlement House movement was a reformist social movement that tried to bridge the gap between the upper and middle class and poor immigrants living in…
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Mayor Walsh Announces Opening of Successlink 2018, Summer Youth Employment Registration
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the opening of SuccessLink, an online tool that enables Boston youth to register for summer jobs. The SuccessLink application will be available through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 30, 2018. Teens can apply 24 hours…
MBTA Youth Passes Now Available at Boston Centers for Youth & Families’ Admin Office
Boston youth can now enroll in the MBTA Youth Pass Program at Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Administrative Office,1483 Tremont Street, in Mission Hill. The Youth Pass Program is a partnership between the City of Boston and the…
Campfire and Community Skate
A father helps his two children master the art of roasting a marshmallow on an open campfire last Saturday during the YMCA and DCR’s annual campfire and free community skating event at the Porrazzo Rink in East Boston.
Anthony “Tony the Kid” Barrasso Honored on his 100th Birthday
Those who know 100-year-old Anthony “Tony the Kid” Barrasso will tell you the tough World War II veteran still has a lot of fire in his belly as he reached a special birthday milestone last Thursday at the Don Orione…
‘Buddy’ Mangini Sworn in for Second Term as EBCC President
Last Thursday night in front of a packed crowd at the Hilton Garden Inn, Albert ‘Buddy’ Mangini took the oath of office for the second time as the East Boston Chamber of Commerce president. Mangini, a longtime neighborhood business and…
BPDA Approves Suffolk Downs Phase I Plans
While Amazon has yet to pick a city for its second North American headquarters (HQ2), Boston officials are leaving nothing to chance. The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved HYM Investment Group, LLC’s Suffolk Downs Phase I proposal at…
City Council Committee Holds Hearing on Noyes Park Renovations
On Monday, the City Council Committee on Environment & Sustainability, which oversees Boston parks, held a hearing on the Noyes Park renovation project slated to begin this year. The purpose of the hearing, chaired by City Councilor Matt O’Malley and…
East Boston Resident,Nobel Prize Nominee and Master of Non-Violent Resistance Dr Gene Sharp Dies at 90
Dr. Gene Sharp, who ran the Albert Einstein Institute for Non-Violent Struggles out of an unassuming apartment in East Boston, and for decades had written the handbooks on how to overthrow oppressive regimes through non-violent means, died on Sunday, Jan.…
Quiet Few Finally Gets JPNA Backing
Josh Weinstein, the East Boston resident proposing a new bar on Sumner Street in Jeffries Point, went back before the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) Monday night and finally received approval by a vote of 27 to 9. Weinstein proposes…