Month: June 2021
Salesians Boys & Girls Club to Host Fundraiser
As things slowly get back to normal with more and more residents being vaccinated, the Salesian Boys & Girls Club staff have decided to move forward with their annual spring fundraiser on June 10. Last year, during the height of…
Mario Umana Academy Is Now Looking to Fill Kindergarten Seats
This week, the Mario Umana Academy Principal Christina Michel and the school’s Family Liaison Elvin Argueta announced the school will host an informational event on Wednesday June 16 at 8:00 am and another at 1:00 pm to enroll students in…
Massachusetts Allowed to Continue P-EBT Benefits Through the Summer
While the COVID-19 virus may be slowing down, the fallout from the yearlong pandemic and economic downturn that increased unemployment and food insecurity locally is still very much a reality. While food banks, food distribution sites and other efforts to…
Gubernatorial Candidate Downing Committed to End Child Poverty, Cut Overall Poverty in Half
Last week, Gubernatorial Candidate and East Boston resident Ben Downing released his anti-poverty agenda and, if elected, wants Massachusetts to commit to ending child poverty and cutting overall poverty in half by 2030. “The child poverty rate in our state…
PJ Kennedy Receives $20,000 Grant To Help Fill Gaps Left by the Pandemic
Principal of Patrick J Kennedy Elementary School Kristen Goncalves said her school community has been greatly impacted by the pandemic this past year in multiple ways and has searched for ways to help rebuild the emotional well being of students and…
Project Illuminates Where Giant Exoplanets Reside
Astronomers have long wondered whether the configuration of planets in our solar system is common elsewhere in the universe. New results from the longest-running survey of exoplanets helps answer this question. Small, rocky planets in our solar system, like Earth,…
Baker Issues Order Rescinding COVID-19 Restrictions
On Friday afternoon, Governor Charlie Baker joined Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Mike Kennealy and Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders to sign an Executive Order terminating the Commonwealth’s State of Emergency effective…
Eastie LGBTQ Pride Flag Raising to Return In-Person Friday
The Annual LGBTQ Pride Flag raising ceremony will return to Piers Park in-person on Friday after being forced to hold a remote ceremony during the height of the pandemic last year. Organizers Celeste Hewitt and Josue Espinoza will join Massport,…
COVID Positive Test Rate Drops
For the first time since the start of the pandemic East Boston’s weekly COVID positive test rate dropped to one percent according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Last week, 1,454 Eastie residents were…