With hundreds of East Bostonians gathering with friends and family over Thanksgiving weekend, public health officials are keeping a close eye for increases in COVID-19 infections in the neighborhood. While East Boston’s weekly COVID positive test rate decreased last week,…
Month: December 2021
Sounds of Christmas Will Play Sunday in Revere: COVID Restrictions in Place for Safety
The instruments are tuned and the musicians are ready for Sunday’s Robert A. Marra Memorial “Sounds of Christmas” Concert and Food Drive featuring the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Director Robert Lehmann will start the program of popular Christmas music…
Markey Endorses Lydia Edwards for State Senate
Special to the Times U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey endorsed Lydia Edwards with a canvass kickoff in East Boston. The campaign was joined by members of 32BJ SEIU, 1199 SEIU, Teamsters Local 122, Teamsters Local 25 and President-elect Sean O’Brien,…
Edwards Endorsed by State Senators and Representatives
Special to the Times Recently, Lydia Edwards was endorsed by a group of State Representatives and State Senators, joining the long list of elected officials who support her campaign for State Senate representing the First Suffolk and Middlesex District. View…
Revere Ward City Councilors Endorse D’Ambrosio
Special to the Times With his latest round of major endorsements, Anthony D’Ambrosio continues an unprecedented campaign that has united activists, elected officials and leaders from across the City of Revere. “When I first announced this campaign, I was determined…
Pearl Harbor Was 80 Years Ago
It was 80 years ago this coming week that the nation of Japan launched its attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, started this past Sunday evening and will culminate this coming Monday, December 6. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days by lighting the candles of the Menorah,…
Guest Op-Ed: Speaking Truth to Power
By Anthony D’Ambrosio As this campaign draws toward Election Day, on December 14th, I recall the instructive words of the illustrious Tip O’Neal- “all politics is local.” My efforts over the past several months have been designed to convince you,…
Obituaries 12-1-2021
Lucy DelMuto Activist for Social and Environmental Causes A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in Sacred Heart Church, East Boston on November 27 for Lucy M. (Grande) DelMuto, 92, a lifelong East Boston resident, who passed following a brief…
Local student performs in boston ballet’s celebrated production of Mikko Nissinen’s the nutcracker
Kayla Petruccelli, of Winthrop, MA, is performing in Boston Ballet’s production of Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker in the Party Scene. PETRUCCELLI has been a student at Boston Ballet School for nine years. The Nutcracker opens November 26 at the Citizens…