A makeshift memorial is on Chelsea Street in East Boston outside of Modelo Bar were Alfred Rodriguez was stabbed during an altercation outside the bar over a week ago. Rodriguez, a father and owner of a barber shop in Revere,…
Joe Gaeta Named Executive Director of the East Boston YMCA
A familiar face will return to East Boston to lead the East Boston YMCA next month. Joe Gaeta, who served as the East Boston Y’s Director of Teen Programs for several years before leaving to become Director of Operations for…
DeLeo Announces GreenWorks Resilient Communities Investment
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo announced a new initiative to invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies – including clean energy, energy efficiency, and climate change resiliency measures – that cut greenhouse…
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Constitution Beach, East Boston “Marshmallows & Ice” 2019 Campfire Festival ‘Marshmallows & Ice’ Campfire Festival is set for Saturday, March 2, 4:40 p.m. – 6:40 p.m. at Porrazzo Skating Rink. FMC Ice Sports, Porrazzo Skating Rink, Department of Conservation and…
Actress Adjovi Koene Performs ‘Streetcar to Justice’ at East Boston Library
One hundred years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger sparking the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycotts, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement took place when a New York City woman made…
Mayor Walsh Announces $26 Million to Create Affordable Housing
Using the North End’s Knights of Columbus Hall as a backdrop, Mayor Martin Walsh announced $26 million in money to create affordable units not only at the Knights of Columbus, but also in East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, Mission Hill, North…