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State Unemployment Rate (MA)
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Metro Boston Unemployment Rate*
(P) 5.9 in March 2013

State and Area Employment (000s)
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$60,390 (avg. annual salary.)

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Four Quarter 2012 % Change in FHFA MSA-Level House Price Indexes (All Transactions Index, Boston 0.57 2012 Q4)

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U.S. CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change*
-0.2% March 2013 over March 2012


Boston Consumer Price Index
12mo % change (3/13 - 3/12): +0.4%

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BRA to present at Friends of East Boston Greenway Meeting on Thursday
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. East Boston YMCA, 215 Bremen Street The BRA will be presenting a project update and conceptual design of the new Greenway section that will serve as the final connection to Constitution Beach.

Ditching the Dishes! Herald 5/18 FCC watchdog rips delay of Hub satellite law ruling

 
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Politics and Casinos: Globe 5/17: Big names coalesce around Charlotte Golar Richie Meanwhile according to the Globe: "Representative Carlo Basile of East Boston initially sided with Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. But Conley’s announcement this week that he supports a citywide referendum on a casino at Suffolk Downs, a break with Menino and East Boston lawmakers, may cost him Basile’s backing. Basile, who helped author legislation aimed at confining the vote to East Boston, said he was contemplating pulling his endorsement. 'This is just too big of an issue in my community,' he said."

Gearing up for Gomez! Ward 1 GOP Committee, in tandem with Revere GOP, endorses Gomez for Senate.


State Rep. Brad Hill addresses joint meeting of Revere and East Boston GOP committees on May 15 in Beachmont. Read more here.

Networking Breakfast:  EB East Boston Main Streets to host June networking breakfast on June 11

Unity in Amity! Celebrate Diversity 2013 Metro Boston Race Amity Celebration - June 9

Make Mayor's Race Casino-cash free says Sal: Herald 5/20:  Councilor: Ban casino cash from race

Charlestown Patch: LaMattina may face opposition from Ribiero and Gannon

Crime News: Universal Hub 5/16: East Boston teen to spend 15 years in prison for killing man who sexually abused him

Politics: WBUR  For The ‘New Boston,’ Concern That Opportunity To Reshape City Council Might Slip Away

Mark the Date! June 20: The 5th Annual Salesian Boys & Girls Club of East Boston Community Breakfast

Sign them up! Globe 5/15: YMCA offers free summer memberships for 13- to 17-year-olds

News: Globe 5/15: $25 million loan aimed at saving homes

Getting a bit hot! Herald 5/11: Wynn to Menino: Butt out! Background: Wynn cuts deal with Everett for casino! Globe 4/26: Everett strikes deal with Steve Wynn for casino

Politics Update Boston Mag 5/16: Murphy To Conley: Thanks, But No Thanks Background Conley comes out for city-wide vote on casino!

Casino forum at Suffolk U: Daily Item of Lynn 5/10: Casino supporters, opponents mix it up at forum

News: East Boston Shines with Neighborhood Clean-up

More on Arroyo: Herald 5/8: Observers: Some wary of Arroyo’s link to casino firm

Conflicted? Herald 5/7: Felix Arroyo rolls the dice "Mayoral hopeful Felix G. "Arroyo is playing a risky game of political poker by hiring a high-powered strategist who is also promoting the $1 billion Suffolk Downs casino resort plan — a dicey arrangement that’s raising concerns about a possible conflict of interest, advocates and watchdogs warn."

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News: Globe 5/5 Silver Line route mapped out for East Boston, Chelsea

How East Boston Voted in the Democratic and Republican Primaries (Special Election 2013)

OpenMedia.org Boston’s Immigrant Community Celebrates May Day, Rally Highlights Important Issues

Wonderful! EB's Doreen Iudica Vigue Junk Drawer Jesus And The ‘Flotsam’ That Defines A Family
 

East Boston Greenway Gardeners Volunteers Volunteers needed to help maintain perennial beds on the East Boston Greenway this May and June

PRNewswire:: State House Ceremony Honors Bunker Hill Community College Graduate

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 "3,000 Ride Through Area for Wounded Veterans"

Suffolk University Announces Fourth Athletics Hall of Fame Class: East Boston's Anthony Camiolo to be inducted

Effort underway to keep WPA paintings in East Boston. Open Studios to benefit preservation effort.
RMS Queen Mary by Frederick Leonard King (1934-1935)

Mother Nature News: Suffolk Downs' gamble to build an eco-friendly casino in East Boston

How to help victims of Marathon bombing! This is one place: Celeste & Sydney Recovery Fund

Menino made the city his extended family
Menino made the city his extended family

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