Last week marked one month in isolation for most of us in East Boston. While this has been a trying time for all, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a possible deadly challenge for those in recovery. During these uncertain times,…
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Sheriff Details Containment Measures
With the inevitable arrival of the first cases of COVID-19 to its facilities, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department has engaged in a rigorous containment and spread-prevention strategy aimed at limiting the effect of the global pandemic within its facilities. Presently,…
Mayor Deploys ‘Sound Trucks’ to Eastie
At his daily COVID-19 briefing at City Hall Monday, Mayor Martin Walsh was upset that some residents in Eastie and other neighborhoods were still not practicing social distancing over the weekend and using public parks for organized sports and continuing…
City Publishes Mapping Tool, Chart for Testing Sites in Boston
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) on Monday launched a new mapping tool to help Boston residents find locations offering COVID-19 testing. The City of Boston is partnering with community health centers to increase access to…
ICA, Eastie Organizations Partner for Month-Long Food Donation Initiative
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) has partnered with several East Boston organizations–East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC); East Boston Social Centers; Maverick Landing Community Services; Eastie Farms; Orient Heights Housing Development; and Crossroads Family Center–on a month-long food donation initiative for at-need communities in…
New Balance Repurposes Factory to Make Masks, Donates to EBNHC
Boston based New Balance, the manufacturer of popular running sneakers and other athletic footwear, recently repurposed its factories to produce a general-use face mask. With an urgent demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) that continues to intensify across the country,…
East Boston Community Soup Kitchen Still Doing Its Part
For nearly four years the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen in the basement of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Paris Street has been feeding hundreds of people a week that are both homeless or just in need of a hot…
Moratorium Passed on Evictions and Foreclosures
East Boston renters of apartments and commercial properties are not immune to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A majority of residents rent and many small businesses owners do not own the building that they operate. With so…
At East Boston Savings Bank, Safety for Staff and Customers Comes First
East Boston Savings Bank Chairman and CEO Richard Gavegnano said each relationship that the bank has with employees, customers, and the communities the bank serves matters to him greatly. So, as the public health concern surrounding COVID-19 grows the bank…
Funeral Homes Start to See the First Wave of COVID Deaths
On Tuesday Joseph Ruggiero III, Funeral Director of the Ruggiero Family Memorial Home in Orient Heights, East Boston, told me to hold on for a minute as the phone in his office rings. The incoming call is for the removal…