The State’s Vaccine Equity Initiative reaches priority populations across Massachusetts, with a focus on 20 cities and towns, including East Boston which have been most heavily impacted by COVID-19
(BOSTON, MA; June 2, 2021) -- This past weekend, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) field team focused efforts in East Boston to spread information about the COVID-19 vaccine. Trained...
Group provides legal assistance to asylum-seeking from East Boston
(Arlington, MA, May 26, 2021) Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice is one of 140 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 to $500,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s $25 Million Grant Program. The Arlington-based organization was chosen from a total of 590 applicants during a competitive review process. It will receive $100,000...
(Boston, MA—April 5, 2021) The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) will open the next season of the Watershed, its project space in East Boston, with a new, monumental sculpture by acclaimed New York-based artist Firelei Báez (b. 1981, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic).
In her largest sculptural installation to date, the artist reimagines ancient ruins as though the...
BOSTON, May 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meridian Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “Meridian”) (NASDAQ: EBSB), the holding company for East Boston Savings Bank, today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per common share, payable on July 1, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 17, 2021.
Meridian Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company...
Shipbuilding & the Maritime History of East Boston
The East Boston Museum & Historical Society invite you to a virtual presentation online 7 PM June 14, 2021
Zoom link for event is available on the Society's website at http://www.eastbostonmuseum.com
Mr. William Fowler, professor of history at Northeastern University, Boston. Mr. Fowler is the author of several books including: The Baron of...
East Boston has a Commodity Supplemental Food Porgram for low-income seniors
BOSTON – May 27, 2021 – The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) is the sole administrator for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) in Massachusetts. CSFP is a federal program that supports monthly nutritious food access for low-income seniors 60 years or older. Due to recent increases in federal...
East Boston News
May 24, 2021 — King Boston, a Boston-based nonprofit that is creating a new memorial and programs honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, on Friday announced that it awarded $5,000 to each of 45 Massachusetts nonprofits, most located in Greater Boston, to support ongoing work to advance racial equity.
Imari Paris Jeffries, executive director of...
IAFF Local 718 cites Essaibi George’s unwavering support for Boston’s first responders
(Boston, MA: May 24, 2021) — Today, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 718 unanimously endorsed At-Large City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George in her candidacy for Mayor of Boston citing her unwavering support for Boston’s first responders.
“Boston’s firefighters are proud to endorse Annissa Essaibi George for Mayor...
From WBUR
"Sandra Aleman-Nijjar, with the group Stand Up For Eastie, was among those at the event in East Boston. She said she's impressed with Santiago's resume as a state representative, doctor and Army reserve captain, and would like to see him become the city's first Latino Mayor.
"As a Latina woman, I would be very proud of him — very...
From The Pilot:
"In 1912, Most Holy Redeemer and Sacred Heart Churches in East Boston held their May processions on the same Sunday. 1,000 children from the former church and 750 from the latter participated in the simultaneous processions, which traversed different routes and effectively halted traffic in East Boston for part of the afternoon."
Read more at The Pilot.
The following is a letter from the Salesian Boys & Girls Club (May 1, 2021)
Dear Friends,
We will be hosting our 12th Annual Auction/Summer Camp Scholarship Fundraiser, a "Celebration of Resiliency" on June 10, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. This will be a unique outdoor event taking place under a tent at the Club. We will come together...
East Boston Civic Groups: Schedule (Due to Covid19, Status of in-person meetings is unclear)
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Piers PAC: Third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Cathy Leonard-McLean Room, 1st flr, Rental Car Center – Logan Airport
Harbor View Neighborhood Association – First Monday of every month 6:30 p.m.at the Edward Brooke Charter School, 145 Byron St.
Central Square Flats Civic...
Increased in-person service hours at City Hall, reopening of some BCYF day programs, and staggered reopening of BPL all eyed for June
BOSTON - Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - Mayor Kim Janey today announced the upcoming expansion of in-person city services at Boston City Hall, the Boston Public Library system (BPL), and the Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF)....
East Boston News
From the Department of Transportation
The Sumner Tunnel, between East Boston and the North End, will be undergoing a full restoration beginning in 2022. The purpose of this upcoming meeting is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the project. All views and comments made at the hearing will be reviewed and considered...
In 2015, when a local group turned an empty parcel into a community garden, Eastie Farm on Sumner Street has been working to engage the community in sustainable living. By showing local citizens how to grow vegetables productively on a small lot and and how to apply techniques like water conservation, Eastie Farm has demonstrated how think globally but...
