New tobacco law starts June 1 To the Editor, I want to remind people that starting June 1, 2020, flavored tobacco, including menthol cigarettes like Kools and Newports will no longer be sold in Massachusetts. Last Fall, the Fight All…
Month: May 2020
Obituaries 05-27-2020
Mark Ingersoll Of Lynn, formerly of East Boston Mark Ingersoll of Lynn, formerly of Saugus and East Boston, passed away suddenly on May 21 at the age of 46. He was the loving father of Molli Bijou Ingersoll and her…
Salesian Boys & Girls Club Holds Parade from ‘Club Kids’
The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on all of us, but particularly tough on Eastie’s youth. For Eastie children kept indoors or around immediate family with little or no contact with their close friends or social activities days have turned…
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Opens COVID-19 Testing to All
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic more than two months ago East Boston has emerged as one of Boston’s ‘hotspots’. The virus rapidly spread through the densely populated neighborhood infecting over 1,000 residents since mid-March. Other surrounding communitites like…
Safer at Home: Gov. Baker Announces Phase I of State’s Phased Reopening Plan
At his daily press conference Monday, Governor Charlie Baker announced his administration’s first phase of a four phase plan to start reopening some of the state’s businesses and activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Monday the state had 86,010…
All BPS Families to Receive P-EBT benefits
The Boston Public Schools (BPS), in conjunction with East Boston-based Project Bread, announced last week that all BPS and charter school students will receive the Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) food benefit that can be used to buy food from grocery stores while…
COVID-19 Updates: Mayor Walsh, MGH Announce Results of Community Study
More than 5,000 residents living in East Boston, Roslindale or within the boundaries of zip codes 02121 and 02125 in Dorchester were invited to voluntarily participate in a Mass General COVID-19 study, and the results of the study were released…
Edwards to Hold Hearing Substation
Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards announced this week she will hold a hearing on the proposed Eversource substation in an effort to bring transparency to East Boston residents and ensure the community’s questions about the proposal are answered. Last year…
Local Help: City’s Small Business Relief Fund Helps Eastie Businesses Forgotten by Federal Bailout
By now it’s common knowledge that the $650 billion federal relief package intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis, like those that are located in Eastie and are the backbone of the community, ran out of money in…
COVID Relief Coalition Offers Pro Bono Legal Work to State’s Small Business and Nonprofits
By Dan Murphy One neighborhood lawyer has joined a number of fellow attorneys to provide pro bono work to the state’s small businesses and nonprofits in the age of COVID-19. Christian Westra, an attorney with the Ropes & Gray and…