HVNA to Meet on Sept. 9 The Harbor View Neighborhood Association which usually meets on the first Monday of the month will not meet on Monday, Sept. 2, due to the Labor Day holiday. The September meeting instead will be…
Month: September 2019
Community Calendar
Harbor View Neighborhood Association First Monday of every month 6:30 p.m. at the Edward Brooke Charter School, 145 Byron St. Kiwanis Club of East Boston First and Third Tuesday of every month 6 p.m. at Spinelli’s Restaurant in Day Square.…
Walsh Reacts to Chapter 70 Funding Increase
For the better part of the past year Mayor Martin Walsh has been on the front lines advocating for ending the generations-long under-funding of local public schools. The outdated formula used to fund public schools in Boston and other school…
Lyons to Speak at Local GOP Meeting on Oct. 3
The First Suffolk and Middlesex Senatorial District Republican Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the American Legion Hall, 249 Broadway, Revere. Special guest speaker will Jim Lyons, Chairman of the Mass GOP. Lyons, had…
Annual Italian Feast of Saints Set for Sept. 6-8 in Cambridge
The 94th Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian will be a great celebration of tradition, cultural pride and fun for the whole family on September 6, 7 and 8 on Warren and Porter streets in East Cambridge. The…
Daffodil Bulbs Set to be Distributed
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced that the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will distribute over 20,000 daffodil bulbs for planting on public ways citywide. The effort is part of the “Boston Blooms with Daffodils” beautification initiative. The plantings will…
Police Briefs 09-04-2019
Monday, August 19 No Arrests Tuesday, August 20 Around 6:30 PM in the area of Maverick St. & London St., a 19 year old Male with a Roxbury, MA address was arrested for Operating M/V Without a License Wednesday, August…
The Real American Carnage
Whenever a mass shooting occurs — which is to say, fairly regularly somewhere in America these days — investigators scour for clues as to the “motive” of the gunman. Often, as was the case in El Paso two weeks ago,…
When Will It Be Our Turn?
Hurricane Dorian, the fifth Category 5 hurricane to hit the U.S. in the past four years, has captivated many of us for the past week as we watched the latest forecasts to see where it would strike the American mainland.…
Guest Op-Ed : An Unlikely Ally in Fight to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By David A. Ridenour Environmentalists have an unlikely new ally in the fight to reduce emissions: The oil and gas industry. Over the past few years, several major firms have spent millions of dollars on high-tech equipment designed to limit…