The Boston Police Department released the third quarter crime statistics for East Boston and much like the first quarter report released back in May, car breaks continue to be a problem in the neighborhood. While Part One Crimes are down…
Month: September 2020
Eastie COVID-19 Positive Test Rate Continues to Drop
The city’s strategic response to the late-August uptick in East Boston’s COVID-19 positive test rate seems to be working. Last Friday, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) reported that Eastie’s COVID-19 positive test rate, after reaching an all-time high of…
Time Is Running Out to Participate in the U.S. 2020 Census
With the help of local organizations like Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE) the City of Boston is making a final push to get an accurate census count ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. “This once-in-a-decade opportunity will…
News in Brief
GSCA Monthly Meeting Set for Sept. 28 The GSCA monthly meeting will be held ONLINE (and on phone) via ZOOM. The meeting will be held on Monday, September 28, at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required. If you have not received…
HVNA Members Hear Presentation on Former Eastern Flooring Parcel-Again
Owner and developers of 7-11 Curtis St., Seth Williams and Jim Grossman, were back before the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) during the group’s September meeting earlier this month. . This was the second time Williams and Grossman, along with…
Construction on Eastie’s First Ever Senior Center Underway
For decades East Boston’s senior citizens and senior groups like the Golden Age Club have been clamoring for their own space in the community. Today, seniors share space at other non-profits for senior programs, social hours, parties and other events.…
Magdalena LaBattaglia, Founder and Executive Director for The Harborkeepers, Honored by EPA
Magdalena LaBattaglia moved to East Boston in 2003 to work and raise a family. She very quickly discovered that her neighborhood, as a coastal city, experiences a dichotomy between socio-political economic progress and the challenge to building equitable resiliency. In…
Major National Gun Safety Organizations Endorse Ed Markey for United States Senate
Four major gun safety organizations — the Brady PAC, Giffords PAC, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Moms Demand Action — endorsed Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate this week, citing his career-long fight for commonsense federal gun…
Winter Survival: Masks and Flu Shots
The testimony of Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, before a U.S. Senate subcommittee last week regarding the need for every American to wear a face mask in public to thwart the spread of Covid-19…
COVID Is the Leading Killer of First Responders
Recently-revealed statistics have brought into sharp focus the deadly and tragic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic upon our nation’s police and firefighters. At least 101 police officers have died from Covid-19, and it is estimated that this figure represents only…