Progressive politicians marched in the Columbus Day Parade when it served their purpose; Today...
Both Elizabeth Warren and her erstwhile supporter Michelle Wu marched in the Columbus Day Parade in 2012. Both were aware that the campaign against Columbus Day began in 1992, on the 500th Anniversary of...
Greenway Council to meet Thurs., October 28, 2021
Greenway to meet October 28, 2021
The next Greenway Council meeting is on Thursday, October 28th at 6:30PM.
Please register in advance for this meeting to get the Zoom link. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvdeGppjMiHdR-5WDsEB_GIfz83D_EADZh
AGENDA
Welcome + Intros
Police Report
Greenway Project...
September numbers: State unemployment rate increases to 5.2 percent
Massachusetts Unemployment & Job Estimates for September
BOSTON, MA – October 22, 2021 – The state’s September total unemployment rate increased by two-tenths of a percentage point at 5.2 percent, the Executive Office of Labor...
Change.org petition to save Columbus launched by local Italian-American activists
Sign the petition started by Domenic Amara here.
Against “free” bus service; There is no such thing as free!
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Period
In promoting free bus service for the MBTA and Regional Transit Agencies, well-meaning advocates ignore the direct and indirect costs associated with such a plan....
Two East Boston Schools finalists for EdVestors School on the Move prize: Kennedy and...
East Boston News
Update: October 27, 2021: EdVestors Awards $100,000 School on the Move Prize to the James Otis Elementary School in East Boston
EdVestors to Award $100,000 School on the Move Prize Live During Oct....
Mothers Out Front receives Clean Air Grant from city
BOSTON - Saturday, October 16, 2021 - Today, Mayor Janey announced the selection of two recipients for the Community Clean Air Grants, a program offered by the Environment Department and the Air Pollution Control...
Introducing MassDialogues and CivilDialogues – Engaging across divides
INVITING THE EAST BOSTON COMMUNITY
I'm excited to share with you an upcoming dialogue that my friends and I are promoting— "Go big on nuclear power in Massachusetts," for CivilDialogues.org and MassDialogues. The dialogue in...
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center offers COVID-19 boosters
EAST BOSTON NEWS
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center offers COVID-19 vaccinations, including BOOSTER doses at 79 Paris Street, East Boston. Call 617-568-4500 to schedule an appointment or Schedule on line at bit.ly/EBNHCvax for first and booster doses.
If...
Salesians Virtual Pasta Dinner Night: November 19
Support an East Boston institution. For decades, the Salesian Boys and Clubs have served thousands of local youth with a variety of programs.
In defiance of Mayor’s erasure, hundreds gather to celebrate Columbus Day
Special to EastBoston.com
by DOMENIC AMARA
Over two hundred people join at a wreath laying ceremony in Boston last Monday, Columbus Day, at the site where the marble statue of Christopher Columbus was removed after...
First Draft: House redistricting tags First Suffolk as “Hispanic Majority District” – Senate map...
Senate Plan for Suffolk & Middlesex District
Read more at the Boston Herald
Eastie’s historian Michael Laurano: “Leave Columbus Day alone…..”
By the late Michael Laurano
Reprinted by permission
In East Boston as in many communities with a heavy Italian immigrant population in the American northeast until fairly recently we rarely called it "Pasta". Although we knew...
Research Bureau lauds former health center CEO Manny Lopes with prestigious Shattuck award
EAST BOSTON NEWS
From the Boston Herald:
When COVID hit 18 months ago, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center President and CEO Manny Lopes braced for its impact with his staff of more than 1,400 people.
“We gave...
Local perspective: Messi’s first Parisian goal is a marvel
by RICARDO ORPHANOS
Marvelous. Beautiful. Beyond Parisian reality. Leonel Messi scored his first goal for PSG against the premier league champions, Manchester City, in the Parc des Princes.
The Argentine super star did not disappoint as...