Special to the Journal Deep in the pandemic, when the concert halls were shuttered, the Boston Festival Orchestra now and then used the Boston Athenæum as a practice space, and their music filled the building. A friendship began, and from…
Month: January 2023
Play Production Classes for Youth Now Accepting Students
Special to the Times Calling all young actors! This spring, Apollinaire Play Lab is offering two Play Production classes, one for ages 6-9 and one for ages 10-14. Instructor Audrey Johnson will be directing the two youth shows. Ms. Johnson…
The Maura Healey Era Has Begun!
Governor Maura Healey wasted little time since her inauguration a few weeks ago in setting the pace for what we’re sure will be an active — and activist — administration with her announcement last week that she will be filing…
Jacinda Ardern: A Total Class Act
We wish to make note of the incredibly classy announcement last week by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who told her country that she will be stepping down from the post after almost six years in office. Ms. Ardern…
Extend Your Dry January Into February
Over the past few years, Dry January has become more and more popular. It is estimated that 15% of regular drinkers choose not to drink during the month as a means of detoxing their minds and bodies from the pernicious…
Guest Op-Ed: Monterey Park, Evansville Shootings, Hero Brandon Tsay, We Need the News, Good and Bad
By Dr. Glenn Mollette We like good news but typically the news is not good. Too often no news is good news. In reality, no news is bad news for us all. There is lots of recent bad news. A crazed…
Obituaries 01-25-2023
Catherine Pagliarulo Worked for Over 25 Years for AARP Catherine (Price) Pagliarulo of Saugus, formerly of East Boston, passed away peacefully on January 21 at 83 years of age. Catherine worked for over 25 years for AARP as well as being a…
Eversource Substation Still Being Protested
By Michael Coughlin Jr. In a fight that has spanned about a decade, activists are still making their voices heard, protesting the impending construction of an Eversource electric substation on Condor Street across from the American Legion Playground. Just last…
Save the Harbor Seeks Applications Better Beaches Grant Program
Special to the Times-Free Press Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) are now seeking Better Beaches Program grant proposals from organizations to support free beach events and activities in East Boston this summer.…
Substation Protest Leads to Arrests
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, activists protesting Eversource’s electric substation blocked the entrance to the construction site at 400 Condor Street, leading to multiple arrests. According to a press release from Extinction Rebellion…