Save the Harbor/Save the Bay awarded $37,000 to several East Boston organizations to fund free beach events as part of Save the Harbor’s Better Beaches program partnership with the Department of Conservation and Recreation. This year’s Eastie grant recipients include…
News in Brief
Gove Street Citizens Association Meeting Agenda Gove Street Citizens Association will meet on June 26 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Register for virtual meeting on our website: https://www.govestreet.org/meetings. The Agenda is as follows: • Announcements • Community Updates (15 min)…
Yes, We’re in Hot Water
It’s a cliche that modern man is out-of-touch with the natural world (what’s left of it). Whereas our long-ago ancestors had a deep sense of the change of seasons, migrations of animals, and so forth, we know nothing. Compared to…
Two Years Ago This Week, Racial Hatred Came to Our Area
It was two years ago this coming week when an unspeakable act of violence, motivated by racial hatred, befell the nearby peaceful community of Winthrop. The tranquility of a typical, early-summer, Saturday afternoon in that seaside community was shattered when…
No End in Sight for Housing Crisis
Everyone on all sides of the political and economic spectrums are in agreement that (1) inflation is too high and (2) there is a shortage of housing in this country. However, solving both of those problems seems to have become…
Guest Op-Ed: Climate Change Affects Everyone Through Water – Even in Massachusetts
By Julia Blatt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance When we think of climate change, the first images that come to mind are of hot temperatures, melting ice caps, and greenhouse gases clogging the atmosphere. A recent report by the United…