The following was sent by the Health Center on January 29, 2021
Dear Patients and Residents:
Beginning next week, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) will offer COVID-19 vaccination to patients and residents ages 75 years and older.
Vaccine Eligibility EBNHC is following the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ vaccination plan, which enters Phase 2 next week. EBNHC is committed to providing vaccines to...
Remarks as prepared:
Good morning, thank you all for being here today.
Boston is my home. I have deep roots here. A connection that drives me to work harder and deliver more for the city I love.
My name is Annissa Essaibi George and I am running for Mayor of Boston.
I want to be Mayor of this Boston –
The city that welcomed...
BOSTON - Thursday, January 28, 2021 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the appointment of Dennis White as the 43rd Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD), and the second African American to hold the role of Police Commissioner. White, who is currently a Superintendent in the department and Chief of Staff to the Commissioner, will assume the...
OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 25, 2021
Vaccinations for Individuals 75+ to Begin on February 1 as part of Phase Two
BOSTON – Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced an expansion of COVID-19 vaccination sites in all parts of the Commonwealth, including new mass vaccination sites, pharmacy locations and local sites. By mid-February, the Administration expects there will be 165 vaccination sites in the Commonwealth.
The Administration...
WBUR "East Boston community members are protesting an electrical substation project that's been in the works for years." Read more at WBUR.
Boston to return to Step One of Phase Three of the Reopening Massachusetts plan as COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts are expanded
(BOSTON - Tuesday, January 26, 2021) - As Boston's COVID-19 numbers trend modestly downward and Massachusetts continues to expand access to vaccination against COVID-19, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the City of Boston will return to Step...
Yet another election in 2021 would not serve Boston well
Testimony of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau
Before the Boston City Council’s Committee on Government OperationsJanuary 26, 2021
RE: Docket #0155, An Act Relative to the Office of the Mayor in the City of Boston
Chair Edwards, Vice Chair Flaherty, and Members of the Committee (Councilors Arroyo, Baker, Mejia, O’Malley and Wu), my...
Introduction to Tarot w/ Kiki DombrowskiWednesday, January 27, 2021—7:00 PM – 8:30 PMOnline eventDescriptionHave you ever wondered what each tarot card means? Or why tarot card readers use different layouts? Want to learn how to read tarot for yourself and your friends? Join tarot card reader Kiki Dombrowski for an introductory class on the basics of tarot!This program is...
Maverick Square’s ArtVigor: Manning’s do-it-yourself galleryAugust 1998
It’s a Saturday night in February and group of hip, twenty-somethings have already found their way into a subterranean studio in Maverick Square. Improvisational music from an meandering eight-man ensemble called the Sunburned Hand of the Man greets them before they can even say "Hello." Exciting as the sounds may be this is...
With the appointment of Mayor Marty Walsh to President Joseph Biden's cabinet, the city council is mulling when to hold this year's city election. A hearing will be held at City Hall on Tuesday, January 26.
The following is a statement from District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards.
BOSTON - Boston City Councilor Edwards has released the following statement regarding...
The MassInc Poll covered "gateway cities" within and outside the metro area. Can we extrapolate the polling data to Boston?
Meanwhile, here's a related piece on the MBTA's post-Covid prospects by Frank Conte.
Second shots now underway at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center for frontline workers.
From World-Architects.com
The ICA Watershed opened in a formerly condemned industrial space in East Boston, a short ferry ride from ICA Boston's main building across the harbor. Like other museums, the Watershed temporarily closed during the pandemic, but it tapped into its industrial roots by transitioning to a food distribution site to help feed local families. Anmahian Winton Architects answered...
(BOSTON - Tuesday, January 19, 2021) - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced applications are being accepted by the Citizens Nominating Panel, composed of parents, teachers, principals and representatives of the business and higher education communities, to fill a current vacancy on the Boston School Committee for a term expiring on January 3, 2022. The deadline to submit applications...
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In East Boston, at the old Suffolk Downs racetrack, another new neighborhood is being planned. The109-acre site—the last major individual land parcel—had the track itself, a grandstand, stables and a parking lot. In addition, it was served by two stops on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Blue Line: the eponymous Suffolk Downs and Beachmont. East Boston has...
