The post Thanksgiving COVID-19 surge across Boston has slowed a bit but Mayor Martin Walsh is urging citizens to be vigilant ahead of Christmas. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), Eastie residents testing…
Month: December 2020
City Officially Breaks Ground on Eastie Senior Housing Project
Last week Mayor Martin Walsh joined virtually with the East Boston Community Development Corporation (CDC) and Affirmative Investments to officially break ground on the Eastie project that will create a 42 unit residential building serving low-income seniors. Construction began in…
The True Spirit of Christmas
The Christmas season usually is the most wonderful time of the year. But Christmas, 2020, is anything but wonderful. We are undergoing a degree of hardship unlike any that we have experienced in our lifetime. More Americans are dying each…
Obituaries 12-23-2020
Michael Armata Longtime Northeast District Manager for Adidas Michael C. Armata, of Manhattan, formerly of East Boston, passed away suddenly on December 14 at the age of 32. Michael was a graduate of Savio Prep Class of ‘06 and a…
Piers Park Sailing Center Looks to the Future
In his masterpiece “The Great Gatsby,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. The last lines of the novel were a metaphor of a burning desire to row against…
State Budget to Send Pandemic Aid to Eastie
Last week Senator Joseph Boncore and Representative Adrian Madaro joined their colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature to pass the state’s $46.2 billion Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget. Within the state budget is direct aid to an East Boston agency that…
Back to School: BPS Returns Some Students to In-Person Learning at Two Eastie Schools
Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Public School Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius announced that approximately 1,700 students across 28 schools, including East Boston High School and the Mario Umana Academy, returned to in-person learning on Monday. The students returning to school…
Giving Back: Carlo’s Catering to Team up With the Salesian Boys & Girls Club to Help Feed Families During Christmas Holiday
During a normal Christmas season, Carlo’s Catering owner Stevie Scire and his family take a well-deserved break for the holiday. But before Carlo’s Catering on the corner of Bennington and Moore Street closes for a little Christmas vacation, Scire would…
Community Updated on Possibility of Second Seaplane Company Coming to Eastie’s Shores
Cape Air Senior Vice President Andrew Bonney repeatedly told the community at numerous public meetings that the takeoff and landing area in the waters off Eastie would be restricted by the FAA to only Cape Air operations. The takeoff and…
Sixteen Local, State and Federal Elected Officials Send Letter Challenging Eastie Substation Hearing
With the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) poised to make a decision later this week on whether or not to approve Eversource’s highly controversial plan to build a new substation in East Boston at the City Yards in East Eagle…