Month: January 2024
Councilor Coletta Tapped To Chair Powerful Committees
Special to the Times-Free Press Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta was named Chair of the Boston City Council’s Government Operations and Environmental Justice, Resiliency, and Parks Committee at the Boston City Council meeting on Wednesday, January 24. “I’m honored to…
GSCA Majority Supports Geneva Street Project
By Michael Coughlin Jr. A project at 12 Geneva Street, initially presented to the Gove Street Citizens Association (GSCA) in November, returned for its second presentation during a meeting with the association last week and was subsequently supported. The project…
D.A.’s Office Creates Animal Cruelty Task Force
Special to the Times-Free Press The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office has taken a major step in addressing the escalating issue of animal cruelty. Last week, Suffolk County DA announced the creation of the county’s first Animal Cruelty Task Force.…
Wu and the Boston Public Health Commission Announce the ‘Family Overdose Support Fund’
Special to the Times-Free Press Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) today announced the creation of the “Family Overdose Support Fund,” a new fund that will provide financial support to Boston families who have lost a…
Gonzalez Receives East Boston Central Catholic School Garrity Scholarship
East Boston Central Catholic School (EBCCS) is very excited and proud to announce that Elena Gonzalez has been named as a 2024 Garrity Scholarship recipient from St. Mary’s High School in Lynn. The Garrity Scholars Program is a four-year, full…
Environmentalists: Putin’s ‘Useful Idiots’
Vladimir Lenin used the term “useful idiots” to refer to journalists, labor leaders, and politicians in the West who extolled the virtues of Lenin’s new Communist regime in Russia as a “worker’s paradise.” They were in the vanguard of the…
Obituaries 01-31-2024
Joan Bennett Well Known at her Lighthouse Nursing Care Residence for Her Love of Bingo Joan N. Bennett of East Boston, formerly of East Cambridge, with loved ones by her side, passed away peacefully in her sleep following a long…
East Boston Jets Hockey Action
Coletta Comments on PLAN: East Boston
Special to the Times-Free Press Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta submitted final comments to the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board last week regarding PLAN: East Boston, a five-year planning initiative involving elected officials, BPDA staff, and community members. …