EAST BOSTON NEWS
City to tackle urgent environmental and equity concerns with new approach to waterfront development
BOSTON - Thursday, August 26, 2021 - Mayor Kim Janey today announced the withdrawal of the Downtown Waterfront District Municipal Harbor Plan, which included development standards for two key parcels: (1) the Harbor Garage site, where a new structure up to 600 feet tall...
Massachusetts Unemployment & Job Estimates for July
BOSTON, MA – The state’s July total unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary job estimates indicate Massachusetts gained 43,400 jobs in July. This follows last month’s gain of 11,200 jobs. Over the month, the private sector...
The Eastern part of Massachusetts saw the greatest increase in population over the past decade
According to the U.S. Census's Diversity index Suffolk County has the highest ranking of 71.3 percent nearly 20 percentage points higher than the the state as a whole.
EAST BOSTON NEWS
Boston, MA— City Councilor Michelle Wu and Lydia Edwards today joined pedestrian safety advocates and residents to call attention to needed safety improvements and upgrades to alleviate traffic congestion at Eagle Square in East Boston and across the city. Eagle Square is one of the most dangerous intersections in the neighborhood, and residents have called for critical...
EAST BOSTON NEWS
Both the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe are reporting that District 1 city councilor Lydia Edwards will run for Suffolk and Middlesex Senator when current Senator Joseph Boncore leaves.
The timeline for a special election upon the resignation of Boncore is unclear. Edwards disclosed her intention to run for Senate as far back as mid-July when...
EAST BOSTON NEWS
Endorsements come from advocacy organizations and labor unions representing teachers, nurses, firefighters, working families, advocates
EAST BOSTON – Today, Councilor Lydia Edwards announced a group of major endorsements for her re-election campaign from organizations representing hundreds of thousands of working families and advocates across Massachusetts:
EMILY’s List
Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus
Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Nurses Association
The Sierra...
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The annual award honors the longtime Massport employee and East Boston resident
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) earlier this month announced the recipient of the annual scholarship honoring the memory of longtime employee and East Boston resident, Donna Rauseo. The 2021 Donna Rauseo Memorial Scholarship was awarded to East Boston High School graduate Shyann Gore. Gore will soon...
The Boston Business Journal is reporting that East Boston Neighborhood Health Center CEO Manny Lopes will exit to take a post at Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Read the details at the BBJ.
EAST BOSTON NEWS
Boston, MA (August 9, 2021): King Boston has announced that Rev. Carrington Moore has joined the nonprofit as the Director of Community Organizing. In this role, Rev. Moore will be responsible for designing and implementing King Boston’s grassroots community engagement and partnership – all in an effort to build solutions for economic justice as a pathway to...
Eastie Pride Day is all about uplifting our East Boston community while celebrating our history, traditions, and resilience. Since 1989 we have gathered each year as a community at Piers Park, but for the first time in thirty-one years we were unable to bring to life our annual tradition last August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We knew it...
East Boston News
BOSTON (Aug. 6, 2021) – Community Servings, a nonprofit provider of medically tailored meals and nutrition services to individuals and families living with critical and chronic illnesses, today announced the election of three new members to its Board of Directors:
· Greg Wilmot, chief operating officer of the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.
· Stephen Bertolami, an executive vice...
"Spinelli’s Ravioli Mfg. Co. Inc. has been a neighborhood institution in East Boston for over 57 years, and we have been able to bank on our reputation and the loyalty of our customers. Because of that, we have enjoyed growth and a great deal of evolution since changing ownership in 1983, from our inauspicious beginnings as a corner pasta...
