Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefit Program Launches For Eligible Workers in Massachusetts
BOSTON – The Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) today announced that workers eligible for Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) may begin...
R.I.P. John L. Forbes, former Executive Director of the East Boston Social Centers
A reflection on the passing of John L Forbes who served as director of the East Boston Social Centers for so many years.
From the Archives: Menino opens new East Boston Branch of the Public Library on...
EastBoston.com was there when then Mayor Thomas M. Menino opened the new facility on Bremen Street. Watch this slide show.
Conte: Survey data says race relations in MA have worsened
It did not take long after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis for opinions on race relations to change. Our recent survey looked...
EastBoston.com Archives: Leaving a legacy of quality, Schirripa family sells landmark Meridian Food Market
by Frank Conte
For 30 years, Frank Schirripa and his brother Rocco, along with their brother-in-law, Rocco Petrola, could be found unloading a truck of...
PRA Poll: Support for keeping Columbus Day is strong among Massachusetts voters
Posted by Frank Conte, Data Specialist at Princeton Research Associates.
Obituary: Judge Joseph Ferrino
Judge Joseph Vincent Ferrino, Sr. passed away peacefully on November 22, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Born in 1926 in Boston, MA, he was a child...
NOAH’s Annual Meeting this year is virtual: January 21, 2021
Register at this link: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ehf2ltbx3d17cf94&oseq=&c=&ch=
For more information visit http://www.noahcdc.org
Originally published January 18, 2021
Some Election Results State Primary 2020 for East Boston including Markey versus Kennedy
This entry was originally published on September 3, 2020.
DOJ: Colombian National Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking and Illegal Reentry
Source: DOJ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 11, 2020
BOSTON – A Colombian national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for cocaine trafficking and...
Rollins: Suspect in East Boston murder will be held without bail
One killed in East Boston stabbing, another fighting for life in Roxbury assault
BOSTON, December 29, 2020 — Arraignments took place yesterday in two Suffolk...
From the Archives: Robert Strelitz reviews Alan Lupo’s “The Messiah Comes Tomorrow”
Lupo's world gone by
Reviewed by Robert Strelitz
This book of vignettes from the author's life is small but touchingly evocative of the lost world of...
Melissa Shook: a Commemorative Exhibition
December 5-26, 2020
Melissa Shook:
a Commemorative Exhibition
A retrospective of work by the late artist
Curated by Krissy Shook
Reception: Saturday, December 12, 2-6pm
Please join Krissy Shook and...
Pipefitters union answers the call from Toys for Tots, community food needs
In light of surging COVID-19 rates, record-high food insecurity, Union’s donations bring joy to families facing economic and health impacts of the pandemic
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