After nearly three years as the East Boston Main Street (EBMS) Director, Gladys Oliveros will be leaving her post for a new position with Mayor Michelle Wu’s Administration. Oliversos, who took over for outgoing EBMS Director Max Gruner back in…
Month: April 2022
Eastie, City’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Increase Signals New Surge
East Boston and the city may be in the middle of another surge of COVID cases as the subvariant of the omicron strain, known as BA.2, takes hold across the US. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Brian Golden Leaving BPDA as Director
Special to the Times-Free Press Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Director Brian Golden announced that he will conclude his tenure after serving for more than eight years as the chief executive of the agency. As the BPDA’s chief executive,…
News in Brief
Gove Street Citizens Association Meeting Agenda Gove Street Citizens Association meeting for Monday, April 25, starts at 6:30 p.m. Register for Zoom for this meeting: https://govestreet.org/2022/april-2022-meeting/ All speakers will be available to answer questions from the community. Announcements (5 min)…
Malden Catholic’s Principal, Rose Maria Redman, Accepts the Position at Bradford Christian Academy
Rose Maria Redman, Principal of Malden Catholic, has accepted the position of Upper School Principal at Bradford Christian Academy. During her two years at Malden Catholic, Principal Redman has successfully led the school through the pandemic and accomplished the key…
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Teams Up With Congresswoman Pressley for Walk for Change
U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley will once again attend the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center’s (BARCC) annual Walk for Change scheduled for Sunday, April 24 at Constitution Beach. BARCC’s Ellie Olson said The Walk for Change is the largest event in…
Friends, Family, Honor Richie ‘Hawk’ Halas on His 70th Birthday
There was a time when there were two candlepin bowling establishments in Chelsea, George Michelson’s Broadway Bowling above Slaton’s Furniture and Chet Pawlak’s Chelsea Square Alleys on Winnisimmet Street. And the king of candlepin bowling in Chelsea was Richie ‘Hawk’…
Become Part of the Most Trusted Team
The United States Postal Service is consistently named one of the most trusted brands in America. We have, for over 246 years, delivered information, connected families and friends, and powered the engines of commerce and industry. The Postal Service is…
Earth Day Report, 2022: The Planet Is Doomed
We were around for the first Earth Day in 1970. We clearly recall the incident a year earlier that spurred Congress and President Richard Nixon to create the Environmental Protection Agency when the Cuyahoga River, which feeds into Lake Erie…
4/20, 2022: Time to Legalize Marijuana
As our long-time readers know, we have been advocating for the full legalization of marijuana for more than 25 years. Despite the large number of states where marijuana is sold legally (38, including medical use-only states), the federal government still…