At a recent community meeting the city’s Community Preservation Director Christine Poff updated residents on the Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding that is benefiting East Boston’s new and existing developments with CPA funding. Before getting into specific CPA earmarks, Poff…
Month: August 2019
Pressley Joins With MassCounts to Get Out the Count Campaign for the Census
Alongside community leaders at the Vietnamese American Initiative for Development, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley launched the MassCounts Get Out the Count campaign to increase participation in the 2020 Census in historically undercounted communities. Over 150 community members joined the launch of…
A Special Guest in the House Gov. Charlie Baker Attends Boxing Show at Encore
Encore Boston Harbor and Murphy’s Boxing hosted their second show at the $2.6 billion casino resort and there were plenty of exciting bouts contested in front of another huge crowd of boxing fans. NABF super featherweight champion wrapped up the…
Enjoy a Safe Labor Day Weekend
It may be hard to believe, but the summer of 2019 is entering its final week as we approach the traditional Labor Day weekend. “Time and tide wait for no man,” said the poet. The calendar never lies and soon…
School Is Back — Drive Safely
We’re sure we’re no different than all of our fellow commuters in expressing this sentiment: It’s so nice when there are no school buses, crossing guards, and children in the streets during our morning commute. We time the departure from…
Guest Op-Ed : Compassion Is Key to Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
By Jennifer Nassour My brother died of an overdose. When I see men and women struggling with addiction on the streets of Boston, I see my brother, and my heart breaks, again. We all wish for a quick and easy…
Obituaries 08-28-2019
Lorenzo Giangregorio Of East Boston Lorenzo Giangregorio of East Boston passed away peacefully in Amesbury on Aug. 23 He was the beloved husband of the late Giovanna (Giamarco) Giangregorio, devoted father of Ralph, Pat, Marilyn Orlowski and the late Michael and Marco; loving grandfather of…
Eastie Pride Day
Corner of Byron and Bennington Streets Named After Wally Bowe
On Saturday afternoon, a group of friends and family members gathered outside the Salesian Boys & Girls Club in East Boston to officially rename the corner of Byron and Bennington Streets ‘Wally Bowe Corner’. The new street sign is a…
Madaro Honored by Piers Park Sailing Center
State Rep. Adrian Madaro, who as a youth learned how to sail in Boston Harbor through the Piers Park Sailing Center’s (PPSC) summer program, was honored by the PPSC board, staff and youth on Monday afternoon for his support and…