Happy Birthday to Stanley Buonagorio who turned 100 on November 10
Longtime East Boston resident Stanley Buonagorio turned 100 last week.
Stanley is a fixture in the Eagle Hill neighborhood. He spent almost his entire...
Mayor Kim Janey: “The First but Not the Last”
When I arrived at the Mayor’s Office eight months ago, I hung two prints on my wall. The first is an iconic Boston Magazine...
End of an Era! Independent Bank Corp. and Rockland Trust Complete...
November 12, 2021 04:10 PM Eastern Standard Time
ROCKLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, today announced...
In their own words: The Democratic candidates for State Senate
Anthony D'Ambrosio, Revere School Committee
Lydia Edwards, Boston City Council
In their own words: Anthony D’Ambrosio
by Anthony D'Ambrosio
I am writing to introduce myself. My name is Anthony D’Ambrosio, and I am a candidate for State Senate. I ask that...
In their own words: Lydia Edwards
by Lydia Edwards
Over the years, I’ve been a Boston City Councilor, a legal services attorney, and a workers’ rights advocate. When you peel back...
Eastie Farm’s Kannan Thiruvengadam appointed to Mayor-elect Wu’s transition team
Boston, MA, November 9, 2021 -- Mayor-elect Michelle Wu today announced her official transition Co-Chairs, along with an initial list of transition advisors.
Current Mayor...
Manny Lopes joins BC/BS of Massachusetts as Executive Vice President of...
BOSTON, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Manny Lopes has joined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) as executive vice president of public...
Nov. 10: Boston Cannabis Board to hear Corner Stalk’s proposal for...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOSTON CANNABIS BOARD
You are hereby notified that the Boston Cannabis Board (the “BCB”) will hold a virtual public hearing on...
East Boston Social Centers to honor former House Speaker Robert DeLeo
East Boston Social CentersAnnual Celebration of Community
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | 7:00 pm Virtual Event
To register for the event click here.
Did you know Speaker Robert A....
Endorsements keep rolling in for State Senate special election candidates, Democrats...
With roughly one month to go before the special Democratic primary for the Suffolk and Middlesex Senate seat, rival candidates Anthony D'Ambrosio and Lydia...
Freedberg: With Tuesday’s ‘historic’ election, voters confirmed choices made in 2019
by MIKE FREEDBERG
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
We are told that the election held in Boston on Tuesday was “historic.” I suppose it was.
Everything done by human...
Congratulations to Michelle Wu, Boston’s new mayor!
Reader's round-up
Boston Herald: Battenfeld: Michelle Wu faces short and potentially difficult honeymoon as next Boston mayor
AP: Boston elects Wu, first woman and Asian American...
From the Archives 2018: The ICA comes to Eastie
Originally posted June 24, 2018
Last year at one of the mayor's press conferences on local improvements, longtime activist and neighborhood fixture David Arinella took...
Activists: On Tuesday vote NO on Question 2 to disapprove of...
Gail Miller, East Boston environmental activists takes a look at Question 2
To The Editor,
Advisory Question 2 on Boston’s November election ballot asks voters:
Should a...
East Boston loves its “Bathtub” Madonnas, come learn why at the...
As home to Boston’s largest Italian-American population, East Boston has the city’s highest prevalence of front yard shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary (known...
Virtually celebrate Soup Kitchen’s 5th anniversary on November 4, 2021
Join the East Boston Soup Kitchen for a night of celebration as the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen turns 5!The virtual celebration will include...
Freedberg: For Boston, a new kind of mayoral election
by MIKE FREEDBERG
Special to EastBoston.com
A friend from South Boston made this comment to me about the upcoming mayor election:
“So many people I know who...