The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), airline partners, and other stakeholders celebrated the completion of the new Terminal C Canopy and Upper Deck at Boston Logan International Airport. The two-year project increased the efficiency of the space by adding travel lanes…
Month: December 2021
MassPACE Honors Rep. Madaro for His Work on Legislation for Seniors
For years the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s (EBNHC) Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE Program, has allowed seniors to live safely in their homes instead of in nursing homes. The Health Center has successfully implemented this…
Wu Announces Relaunch of Boston Opportunity Fund
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture announced applications have reopened for the City of Boston’s Opportunity Fund, a grant program that supports meaningful one-time opportunities for artists living in the city of Boston to further…
Justice Department Awards More Than $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods
The Department of Justice has awarded $314,273 to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to administer Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant funds in the District of Massachusetts. Since the program began in 2001, nearly $7 million…
‘Tis the Season for Giving — and Never Has the Need Been More Urgent
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With Christmas fast approaching, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls or on-line…
GOP’s Opposition to Rachael Rollins
The unprecedented opposition, accompanied by unprecedented vitriol, by the Republican members of the U.S. Senate to the nomination of Suffolk County District Atty. Rachael Rollins for the position of U.S. Attorney for the Massachusetts district has laid bare their driven…
Obituaries 12-15-2021
Norma Meola Of East Boston Norma (DiStacio) Meola of East Boston, 91, passed away on Thursday, December 9. The cherished daughter of the late Louis and Pauline (Lomanno) DiStacio, she was the adored aunt to Donald Di Nicola and his…
Mayor’s Trolley Tour
Orient Heights Tree Lighting
Veronica Robles Cultural Center Kicks Off Holiday Season With Vaccine Clinic
While we are all trying to live in this ‘new normal’ amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the holiday season can become a bit tricky for many yearning to be with loved ones but anxious about the risks involved. East Boston…