Special to the Times-Free Press St. Anthony Shrine hosted its eighth annual Franciscan Dinner at the iconic Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, gathering hundreds of supporters to celebrate service, compassion, and the enduring mission of the Franciscan friars in…
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Associates of the Boston Public Library Hosts 35th Annual Literary Lights Dinner
Special to the Times-Free Press The Associates of the Boston Public Library hosted its 35th annual Literary Lights Dinner on April 27 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, raising more than half a million dollars to preserve and protect the BPL’s…
The U.S. Today: From Brain Gain to Brain Drain
The founders of the greatest American companies (at least as measured by their stock-market caps) are Bill Gates of Microsoft, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Elon Musk of Tesla and Space X, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta (Facebook), the late Steve Jobs…
Will We Have Flu and COVID Vaccines this Fall?
The actions reportedly being taken by Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to impede the development of the flu and COVID vaccines for this coming year call into question whether these life-saving vaccines will be available for Americans this…
Democracy Brewing Planning to Open a Location in Eastie
By Michael Coughlin Jr. James Razsa, one of the founders of Democracy Brewing, a brewery and restaurant with a location Downtown, joined the Gove Street Neighborhood Association’s (GSNA) monthly meeting on Monday to share plans that would bring a location…
State officials tour Eastie Farm
Staff Report State Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Rebecca Tepper toured the Eastie Farm greenhouse located at 6 Chelsea Terrace on April 24. Undersecretary of Environmental Justice Maria Belen Power and Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Ashley Randle…
DiDomenico Condemns Cancellation of Federal Funding for Chelsea and Everett by the Trump Administration
The Trump Administration recently cancelled the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program, also known as BRIC, which provides disaster prevention aid to cities across the state, including a nearly $50 million grant for Chelsea and Everett. This action revokes funding from…
East Boston Resident honored with Project Bread’s Patrick Hughes Award
On May 4, Elsa Flores, of East Boston, will be honored as one of Project Bread’s inaugural Council of Experts with Lived Experience at the 57th annual Walk for Hunger with the 2025 Patrick Hughes Award for Social Justice. Project…
News in Brief
Harbor View Neighborhood Association Meeting agenda The next meeting of the Harbor View Neighborhood Association will be on May 5, 2025, at 6pm. The meeting is In Person only but will be streamed via Facebook for archival purposes. Attendance on…
Boston Officials to Host Annual Disability Community Forum
Special to the Times-Free Press Mayor Michelle Wu, the Commission on Persons with Disabilities and the Disability Advisory Board announced that the City’s annual Disability Community Forum will take place on Thursday, May 8, 2025 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.…