Amara: Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp Sought for Father Vincent R. Capodanno, Jr.
by Domenic Amara, PhD
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
A short while ago, Vincent Basile, Col. U. S. Army, Retired, introduced The Pirandello Lyceum and the Italian American Alliance * to the story of Lt. Fr. Vincent Capodanno,...
Girl Scouts donate cookies to East Boston Community Soup Kitchen
The Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA) celebrated Valentine’s Day this year by donating cookies to seven local non-profit organizations in the Greater Boston Area for their annual ‘Share the Love’ event.
The Girl Scouts of...
Paul Pingaro Scholarship Committee opens application process for college assistance
The Paul Pingaro Scholarship Committee would like to announce that applications for the following Scholarships are available at The Martin Pino Community Center.• The Salvatore and Maria Pizzi Foundation Scholarship awards $2,000 per semester...
Senator Edwards named Chair of the Housing Committee and Vice Chair of the Judiciary...
BOSTON – 02/15/2023) Today, Senate President Karen Spilka named Senator Lydia Edwards to be the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Housing, and the Senate Vice Chair of the Judiciary committee. The Senator...
A-7 POLICE STATION IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
BY SAL GIARRATANI
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston police commissioner Michael Cox, Chief of Operations Dion Irish, police officers, community leaders and local residents packed themselves inside this new facility on January 31 for...
Senator Lydia Edwards files 24 pieces of legislation in the 193rd Legislative Session
This legislative session Senator Lydia Edwards has filed legislation that will enshrine the status of ride-share app drivers as employees into law, allow people to seal prior eviction records, set clear & safe standards...
Local GOP Ward Committee to meet Feb. 7
Date: February 7, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
East Boston, Massachusetts
The East Boston Republican Ward Committee will hold its bimonthly meeting Tuesday evening, February 7, 2023. The meeting will be at Kelley Square Pub...
Mayor Wu, Commissioner Cox and Chief Irish open new East Boston police station
Editor's Note: Located on Eagle Hill, next to the city yards and the soon-to-be built Eversource substation.
Boston Herald on the new police station for East Boston
BOSTON - Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - Mayor...
Special Report: What the new East Boston housing trust, a model, means for affordable...
Acquisition of 114 affordable units helps fight displacement in Eastie with innovative approach
By Elena Eberwein
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
(EAST BOSTON- January 21, 2023) A long-sought goal of preserving affordable housing in East Boston just became easier...
DOJ: Former Everett Man Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud, Social Security Misuse and...
Defendant used stolen identity to apply for apartment and pandemic relief loan
BOSTON – A former Everett man was sentenced yesterday in connection with multiple schemes to fraudulently obtain an apartment as well as pandemic-related...
Rockland Trust Launches its 19th Annual Scholarship Program
Hanover, MA – January 23, 2023 –Rockland Trust is pleased to announce the launch of its 19th Annual Scholarship Program, which is open to students who are enrolling in a part-time or full-time undergraduate...
Community holds vigil for Reina Morales Roja
Related:
Police release information on missing East Boston woman.
From Boston25News:
SOMERVILLE, Mass — Two days after the Latino community pressured police to do more to find 41-year-old Reina Morales Rojas, they searched a home...
Latest Massachusetts Unemployment rate checks in at 3.3 percent with 6,300 jobs added in...
Massachusetts Unemployment & Job Estimates for December
BOSTON, MA – January 20, 2023 – The state’s December total unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point over-the-month, the Executive Office of Labor...
Update: Bringing back the rent control poison even if it’s not called “rent control”
By MICHAEL FREEDBERGSPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
Update 1/23/2023:Mayor Wu’s small-ball rent “stabilization” proposal
Since her days on the campaign trail, Mayor Wu has talked up some form of rent price control. Now, one year into her term...
