The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), in partnership with the Statewide Stormwater Coalition, announced the launch of a new stormwater awareness campaign to help Massachusetts cities and towns comply with new federal stormwater management requirements. The announcement was made…
Month: October 2018
Crossroads Family Shelter Holds Annual Legislative Breakfast
At the Crossroads Family Shelter annual legislative breakfast last Tuesday, one resident of the transitional shelter for homeless families gave an emotional testimony in front of a crowd of housing advocates and East Boston elected officials. The resident and other…
NOAH Receives Community Support for Condor Street Project
The Eagle Hill Civic Association (EHCA) voted 26 to 7 in favor of the East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing’s (NOAH) project to address the need for artist preferred housing in the neighborhood. NOAH was recently picked by Department of…
East Boston Central Catholic Rallies Around Fellow Student with Leukemia
Last Tuesday morning, despite the rain and the cold, over 200 students, faculty, parents and friends from East Boston Central Catholic School (EBCCS) participated in a fundraising walk for one of their own students, Cristopher Chavarria. Cristopher, a first-grade student…
How We’re Creating More Affordable Housing
Boston is going through a period of historic growth— the kind our city hasn’t seen in decades. More people are choosing to put down roots and start families here. More businesses are choosing to open their doors here. Students from…
Massachusetts Must Move Forward on Our Own
With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, coming on the heels of the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch, it is clear that the America as we have known it for the past 70 years, a time in…
Obituaries 10-10-2018
Richard Page, Sr. Loving and caring family man Funeral services were held privately for Richard R. Page, Sr. who died on Sunday, Oct. 7, at the Don Orione Home in East Boston following a long illness. He was 81 years…
BPDA Outlines New Interim Planning Overlay District
Last Thursday at the Mario Umana Academy the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s Kristina Ricco outlined the city’s proposed Interim Planning Overlay District, or IPOD, for East Boston. According to Ricco city officials will submit the IPOD plan to the…
Speaker DeLeo, Rep Madaro Tour Local Social Centers
In his tenure in the House of Representatives Speaker Robert DeLeo has long been a champion of early learning. In a speech this year about the state’s Early Education and Care (EEC) DeLeo pledged to build on the House of…
YMCA Partners with Umana Academy to Reopen Pool
For several years, budget restraints and lack of staffing left the Umana Academy pool idle for several years. In a community surrounded by water many felt it was a shame that one of Eastie’s only two pools had zero programming…