East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Congressman Jim McGovern visits EBNHC to discuss nutritional equity
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(EAST BOSTON) On Monday, October 3, Representative Jim McGovern, Congressman for the 2nd District of Massachusetts, visited the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) to hear about food insecurity needs reflected in the 2022 Boston’s Community Health Needs Assessment and to learn more about how EBNHC’s services are helping to promote nutritional equity for local communities.
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by FRANK CONTEFor Sal Baglio, the round trip is only complete when you come “Home Again.”
From Paris Street cellars to the big stages supporting superstar acts, from the agony and ecstasy of 10,000 lonely hours honing the craft of an authentic rock and roller, Baglio has made his mark as a Boston music legend. That success would be impossible...
Arts and Culture in East Boston
Recent events at the East Boston Library: Breathe with Bach and a talk on Salvadoran poetry and more!
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Breathe with Bach is not a performance. This is a moment just for you. Take a seat, and let the musician set the tone while you take a break from your day and recharge. Let your mind wander, breathe with intention, do some simple stretches, or whatever you need to de-stress. Drop in for a few minutes or settle in for a longer stay.
About Emmanuel...
Affordable Housing
Freedberg: Mayor Wu faces reality –the residency requirement must be relaxed
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There are eleven pages of City of Boston jobs listed on the City’s website.
Some – a lot, actually -- have gone unfilled for many months. It’s unclear why, but certainly one factor has to be the rule (one with only a few exceptions) that a City employee must reside in the city.Many of the eleven pages of jobs do...
Food Security
Trinity Financial dedicates Overlook Terrace at Orient Heights Food Pantry to beloved former colleague Marzuq Muhammad
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Members of the East Boston and Roxbury communities joined Trinity team members and the Boston Housing Authority to honor the late Muhammad, who passed way in 2018.
EAST BOSTON – Trinity Financial and the Boston Housing Authority on Monday joined members of the East Boston and Roxbury communities and the family of Marzuq U.R. Muhammad to celebrate the life...
News-2022
Sign2SuspendTheGasTax.org launches ballot initiative to suspend the Massachusetts gas tax
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Brookline, MA – Harold Hubschman, founder of Massachusetts ballot question committee Sign2SuspendTheGasTax.org, announced today the launch of a statewide campaign to pass a law, by a vote of the people, to suspend the Massachusetts state gas tax whenever the average price per gallon of regular gas is $3 or more.
The campaign has already successfully completed the first step to...
The East Boston Republican Ward Committee is holding its bimonthly meeting Tuesday evening, October 11, 2022 starting at 7:00 p. m. The meeting will be at Kelley Square Pub, at 84 Bennington Street (at the corner of Marion Street) in East Boston.
Registered Massachusetts Republicans and unenrolled voters are welcome and encouraged to attend especially with the general election coming...
Arts and Culture
A Taste of Opera: Boston Bel Canto Opera to perform October 23, 2022 at the Dante Alighieri in Cambridge
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Sunday, October 23, 2022, 3:00 P.M.Dante Alighieri Italian Cultural Center41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bradley Pennington, pianoOlga Lisovskaya, soprano
Mr. Pennington will play solo pieces by Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy and Chopin.
Ms. Losovskaya will sing arias (in between piano solo sets) from Micaela's aria from CARMEN; "Dearest mama" from THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE; "Musica proibita" by Gastaldon; the Czardas...
by LATIFA TURNER ZIYAD
Our very HOT summer is another wake-up call or reminder that Climate Changes are upon us and will be intensifying in the years ahead. Sea-level rise can cause billions in damages. Central Sq is most vulnerable. We need resolutions soon! Extreme HEAT, which is increasing everywhere, can take the lives of many who are very young,...
Arts and Culture in East Boston
On the waterfront: The First Annual Italian American Cultural Celebration
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The 1st Annual Italian American Cultural Celebration will be held on Monday, October 10, 2022, at The Tall Ship East Boston. The event, hosted by The Italian American Alliance (IAA), will celebrate Italian American culture; a major sponsor of the event is the NIAF (National Italian American Foundation). Italia Unita and the Pirandello Lyceum are also sponsors.
“It is our...
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Rep. Madaro receives MassPACE award at EBNHC for spreading PACE awareness
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(East Boston, September 15, 2022) The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) recently lauded state Representative Adrian Madaro for his leadership on Beacon Hill increasing awareness of the PACE program among individuals seeking long-term services.
The EBNHC's Neighborhood PACE program is a branch of the national PACE program — a Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly. Neighborhood PACE is...
Christopher Columbus
Giarratani: Have we seen the last of the annual Columbus Day Parades?
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BY SAL GIARRATANI
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
Everyone keeps asking me if there's gonna be a Columbus Day Parade this year in East Boston since it's an even-numbered year? I ask them what they've heard and they say nothing. I reply then nothing it is!
Apparently, Columbus Day has just been another victim of woke "Cancel Culture" where everything in our past history is getting erased...
Arts & Culture
From Paris Street to Zumix: Sal Baglio returns “Home Again” on November 5, 2022
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"When the clock strikes backwards and you're spinnin' round then you wake up back in your hometown and everybody that was gone will be back around when we go home again" Home Again, Sal Baglio
As a singer, guitarist and composer, Sal Baglio has touched all the bases that have rounded out a successful musical career. But with his recent work as...
Business News
Massachusetts Employment Situation: Unemployment rate rises ever so slightly to 3.6 percent with 6,400 jobs added in August 2022
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BOSTON, MA – September 16, 2022 – The state’s August total unemployment rate at 3.6 percent increased by 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 6,400 jobs in August. This follows last month’s revised gain of 10,500 jobs. The largest...
Charity
East Boston residents to participate in Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai
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Jackie Flint, Patricia Grifoni, and Ana María Estrada will join thousands in the iconic fundraising walk for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to support all forms of cancer
East Boston, Mass.— Four residents from East Boston will participate in the Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai on Sunday, October 2.
Jackie Flint, Patricia Grifoni, Ana María Estrada, and Dottie Marcella, along...