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United Way of Mass Bay welcomes Xavier Andrews of East Boston as Director of...
BOSTON -- United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley recently welcomed Xavier Andrews as its new Director of Communications. In this role, Andrews joins the region’s largest United Way as...
Gigi is in! Gabriela Coletta declares for district city council
Editor's Note: The field for district city council has grown by one. Former chief of staff to city councilor Lydia Edwards,longtime East Boston residents...
New urban thinking: Taking a look at a 15-minute neighborhood
by MATTHEW M. ROBARE
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
As much of the United States and Europe slowly emerged from lockdown last year, urban planners and politicians turned...
Robare: Why abolishing the BPDA is a bad idea
by MATT ROBARE
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
New Boston Mayor Michelle Wu pledged to abolish the Boston Planning and Development Agency during her mayoral campaign, arguing...
Sal LaMattina opts out of run for district city council seat
By EASTBOSTON.COM STAFF
After some speculation that he might run for his old seat, former district 1 city councilor Sal Lamattina chose last week to...
E. Boston Neighborhood Health Center Names Wilmot Interim President
From Massnonprofitnews.com
December 21, 2021 — The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, a nonprofit based in East Boston that is the largest community health center...
Health center distributes home test kits
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) – A local health organization is continuing to provide equitable opportunities for some of those who were hit hardest by the...
Protected: Feb. 25: A. to Beatles in Salisbury with special guest Sal Baglio
Get tix: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01005B57E4C76C65
Originally posted 2/1/2022
Where to get your Covid19 test kits
EAST BOSTON
BPL East Boston Branch, 365 S. Bremen Street BCYF Paris Street, 112 Paris Street
MAYOR WU ANNOUNCES CITY IS DEPLOYING FREE AT-HOME RAPID...
State’s unemployment rate increases to 5.4 percent 16,800 new jobs are created
For Immediate Release: December 17, 2021
Massachusetts Unemployment & Job Estimates for November
BOSTON, MA – The state’s November total unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of...
Lydia wins! Mike Freedberg on how Edwards won big
by Mike Freedberg
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
On Tuesday, 13,564 voters in Boston, Revere, Winthrop and a small part of Cambridge bothered to cast a ballot to...
Conte: Commonwealth Magazine: Making gig economy look like mainstream economy would be big mistake
IN NOVEMBER 2022, voters will determine the future of the gig economy in Massachusetts, deciding two ballot measures related to temporary or contract workers...
Congratulations to the new state Senator: Lydia Edwards! D’Ambrosio concedes in low-turnout election: Latest...
News: @lisakashinsky Edwards wins!
East Boston regains the seat!
Boston Results: Unofficial
Revere Results: Unofficial
Cambridge Results: Unofficial
Winthrop: Unofficial
Commonwealth Magazine: Boston city councilor tops Revere official with strong...
Tania Del Rio strikes first: Announces bid for district city council hours after Edwards’...
East Boston resident Tanio Del Rio is the first out of the gate in the sure-to-be-hotly-contested fight to succeed Senator-elect Lydia Edwards on the...