by Elizabeth Umbro Cavallaro
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
Artichokes are one of the oldest known foods dating to antiquity. Artichokes originated in the Mediterranean region, namely Italy, Spain, Jerusalem, and Tunisia, circa 77 AD.
Believe it or not, the artichoke, which pulled itself from the earth and frightened the farmers, was a faux pas, a mysterious misstep. Farmers were perplexed as to what...
Update 1/6/23: BPD News Suspect Arrested and Charged with 38 Counts of Vandalism in East Boston
NBC10Boston: "Vandals struck an East Boston street, again, for the second time in a month on Tuesday—causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.
Fr. Augustine Woon Taek Baek, SDB, died at 2:10 p.m. on December 30 at home, the Salesian Provincial Center, in New Rochelle. He was 64 years old and had been a professed Salesian of Don Bosco for 35 years and a priest for 27 years.
Fr. Gus’s first priestly assignment was to the Salesian Boys & Girls Club in East...
Boston, MA – December 29, 2022 – Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced $800K in Workplace Safety Grants awarded to 99 Massachusetts-based and operating employers, which will help prevent workplace injuries by training 1,356 employees.
On behalf of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) Office of Safety is responsible for administering and managing...
Healey and Driscoll to Appoint Gina Fiandaca as Transportation Secretary and Monica Tibbits-Nutt as Undersecretary
BOSTON – Governor-elect Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor-elect Driscoll today announced that they will appoint Gina Fiandaca as Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Monica G. Tibbits-Nutt, AICP, LEED AP BD+C as Undersecretary of Transportation. Fiandaca is currently the Assistant City Manager of Austin,...
Employees donated new winter wear essentials to children of East Boston
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Port Authority’s (Massport) annual Winter Coat Drive benefitted nearly 140 children in East Boston and South Boston this year, doubling the number of donations made in 2021. Over 150 employees contributed their time and money to purchase winter coats and accessories for children ages two...
(EAST BOSTON- December 21, 2022) This afternoon the 4th grade students at the Curtis Guild Elementary School sang holiday songs for the residents at the Don Orione home. Students caroled outside the windows and residents waved from multiple floors.
The caroling is one the school's favorite traditions for the 4th grade, continued by teachers Nicole Whelan and John Rogers.
For...
BOSTON (Dec. 20, 2022) – The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation today announced $250,000 in grant funding to support nonprofit organizations that help connect new immigrants to resources and services for their health care needs in communities across the Commonwealth.
Each of the 10 organizations receiving funding from the Foundation’s Special Initiatives grant program has extensive experience assisting...
BOSTON, MA – December 16, 2022 – The state’s November total unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point over-the-month, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary job estimates indicate Massachusetts gained 17,300 jobs in November. This follows last month’s revised gain of 10,000 jobs. The largest...
Governor Baker, Secretary Sudders and Local Officials Cut Ribbon at Accessible Clinic that Represents Future of Ambulatory Behavioral Health Care in Massachusetts
CHELSEA, Mass. (Dec. 15, 2022) – Governor Charlie Baker and Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders today joined North Suffolk Community Services, a nonprofit provider of services for individuals of all ages needing mental health and/or addiction...
Editor's note: Recently a longtime friend of John White, the former executive director of the East Boston Area Planning Action Council who died in June 2022 asked me to join him on his show on SudburyTV. Soterios "Terry" Zoulas knew John White for more than 50 years. He asked me to offer my recollections of my relationship with...
Sunday, 15 January, 2023, 3:00 p.m. Dante Alighieri Italian Cultural Center
41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Olga Lisovskaya, soprano
Letitia Stevens, soprano
Heather Gallagher, mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Formisano, tenor
Paul Soper, baritone
Bradley Pennington, piano
Selections from:
Adriana Lecouvreur, Cavalleria Rusticana, L'Elisir d'Amore, La Favorita, La Gioconda, Linda di Chamounix, Lucia di Lammermoor,
La Traviata and Il Trovatore,
Admission is $26.00; $23.00 for seniors (62 and older) and students with proper...
Luminaria! At sundown on December 10, Friends of the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway and The Trustees enjoyed a winter walk along one of Eastie's best open spaces --- singing songs, drinking hot chocolate and enjoying each others company. (All photographs Frank Conte for EastBoston.com).
From BPDNews:
"Officers assigned to the District A-7 (East Boston) Community Service Office are once again conducting an on-ice hockey drill program at the Porrazzo Skating Rink located at 199 Coleridge Street in East Boston. Sessions will begin one week from today, on Thursday December 15, 2022, and are tentatively scheduled to run through April 6, 2023."
Read more here.
