NeighborHealth, formerly East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Let’s Get Movin’ program, in partnership with the New Balance Foundation, hosted its annual 5K for Fitness event on Saturday, June 8th, 2024, at East Boston’s Memorial Park. The event – the first…
Month: June 2024
June Is a Month Of Freedom
June marks the first month of the summer season, the period on the calendar when we take vacations from school and work to travel and enjoy the company of our friends and family members. It’s our personal time, that sweet…
Near the Water? Watch Your Children!
We recently were shocked to learn of two statistics that were noted at a recent meeting of the Revere Board of Health. The first is that about 4500 Americans die from drowning each year. To put that into perspective, that…
Letter to the Editor
Local Advocates Encouraged by Massport Selecting Davey as CEO To the Editor, East Boston airport activists haven’t been able to support many Massport decisions over the years. However, Airport Impact Relief, Incorporated (AIR, Inc.), a community group which has opposed…
Obituaries 06-12-2024
Barbara Zagarella Retired Waitress and Member of Beachmont VFW Barbara A. Zagarella of Revere, formerly of East Boston, passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on June 9, 2024. She was 94 years old. Born in East Boston,…
Coletta Zapata seeks to hire more officers
Special to the Times-Free Press Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata introduced a Home Rule Petition to raise the maximum age requirements for entrance to the Boston Police Academy. Coletta Zapata’s petition would raise the current maximum from forty (40)…
Residents oppose proposed restaurant on Bennington Street
By Michael Coughlin Jr. An overwhelming majority of residents in attendance at an abutters meeting last week voiced their displeasure with a proposed restaurant at 636-638 Bennington Street. According to Attorney Francisco Gonzalez Palacio, who processed the application on behalf…
Council invests in city services, community safety, housing in recommended operating budget
Special to the Times-Free Press Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata joined her colleagues in voting for an omnibus amendment package on the FY 25 Operating budget. Following the Council’s first of two votes on the amended budget, it goes…
Proposed design concepts for Greenway improvements revealed
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Proposed design concepts to improve portions of the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway were presented during a public meeting last week hosted by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. These concepts stem from a project to renovate…
News in Brief 6-12-24
Constitution Beach Softball Fields Temporary closing Beginning on July 1, and continuing through August 31, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will close Constitution Beach Softball Fields 1 and 2 in East Boston to accommodate a planned $150,000 capital…