East Boston Social Center (EBSC) staff is working to be sure that those individuals in need receive the necessary services. • EBSC continues to accept calls and referrals from seniors by calling Senior Program Coordinator Dawn at 617-569-3221 Ext. 117…
Month: May 2020
Councilor Flaherty Holds Hearing to Review $24.3 Million in CPA Funding
Boston City Councilor At-Large Michael F. Flaherty recently held a hearing of the Boston City Council’s Community Preservation Committee, in his role as Chair of the committee, to review and recommend the passage of the appropriation of $24,309,000 in FY20…
Parks Parcel Priority Plan Survey Now Underway
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is encouraging park users and open space advocates to take part in the City of Boston’s new Parcel Priority Plan (PPP) using an online survey. The survey results will be used in developing the…
John D. O’Bryant School Youth Group Wins Award at Virtual Kick Butts Day: Take Down Tobacco Ceremony
This year, the annual Kick Butts Day event at the Massachusetts State House could not take place. However youth from The 84 Movement still wanted an event to celebrate their efforts to reduce the influence of the tobacco and vaping…
The Harborkeepers Launches Vision Chelsea Creek; A Collective Vision for the Abandoned MBTA / MassDOT Railway Site in East Boston
Special to the Times This month, The Harborkeepers launched Vision Chelsea Creek: a six month-long visioning, planning, and stakeholder engagement process to re-imagine the abandoned MBTA / MassDOT-owned railway site along the industrial shoreline of lower Chelsea Creek in East…
Weekly Unemployment Claimant Data
From May 3 to May 9, Massachusetts had 44,274 individuals file an initial claim for standard Unemployment Insurance (UI), a decrease of 10,949 over the previous week, and the sixth consecutive week of fewer initial claims filing over the previous…
SBA and Treasury Release Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application
This week, the U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S Department of the Treasury, released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. The form and instructions inform borrowers how to apply…
YMCA Emergency Childcare Center for Essential Workers Gets Help from Boston Resiliency Fund
Last week, Mayor Martin Walsh and the Boston Resiliency Fund Steering Committee announced the seventh round of Boston Resiliency Fund grants. Included among the recipients will be the East Boston YMCA is slated to receive financial help to continue its…
William C. Kelly, a Remembrance for Memorial Day, and a Call to Replace His Plaque in Central Square
Locally, East Boston’s William C. Kelly Square has been referred to as Central Square since the turn of the last century and very few call it by its dedicated name. Sure, some establishments use William Kelly Square as a return…
Memorial Day, 2020
This will be a Memorial Day unlike any that Americans have known. Ever since the official inception of the holiday on May 30, 1868, when the practice of decorating the graves of the fallen Union soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and…