On January 12, I held my final State of the City, which was broadcast live from Boston’s newest civic treasure, the completely rebuilt Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library in Nubian Square.
2020 was a tough year. 2021 is a year for healing as we keep each other safe; get through this final stretch of the pandemic; and build...
by Michael Laurano
Notes on the Great Luongo Fire of 1942
November 15, 1942
We Remember: That cold wind swept wartime Sunday morning November 15,1942 is forever etched in memory as the day of the “Luongo Fire”. So called because a café and restaurant of that name then occupied the site of a horrific disaster that occurred at the corner of Henry...
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More at the Boston Herald and MassLive
MassLive:
"He joined the Boston Police Department as a cadet at age 22 and rose through the ranks, spending his first 10 years as a patrol officer in East Boston, Dorchester, South Boston and Charlestown. Gross spent several years in the department’s gang and drug control units as well as serving as an academy...
East Boston lost another selfless individual from the "Golden Age" of activism. Ginny St. Cyr, who contributed many hours of time and energy to projects like community newspaper publishing and civic activities, passed away.
East Boston Community News alumni recently learned of the passing.
Ginny was born in Maine and retired there after she left East Boston. According to Bob...
Mayor Marty Walsh has been nominated to be the next Secretary of Labor setting in motion a battle for the Corner Office at City Hall.
Details.
BOSTON - Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - In an effort to reduce the further spread of COVID-19 after the holidays and its impact on Boston's health care system and essential services, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the City of Boston will remain in a modified Phase Two, Step Two of the Reopening Massachusetts plan for at least three more weeks....
Attitudes have changed in the 26 years since Boston moved to appointed body
In the 1990s, the elected Boston School Committee suffered a one-two punch. First, then-Mayor Raymond Flynn and the City Council passed a home rule petition to transition to an appointed school committee. Then, in 1996, 70% of voters backed the change, putting in place the structure that...
Civic Groups
East Boston Civic Groups: Schedule (Due to Covid19 Status of in-person meetings is unclear)
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 Association –...
Bay State Chapter of Freedoms Foundation to honor Judge Joseph Ferrino of Winthrop with "Spirit of '76" Award Dr. Marchi of East Boston and Winthrop “Music Matters” Founder Also to be Honored at Ceremonies set for this Saturday at Spinelli’s in East BostonThe Bay State Chapter of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge will present the prestigious “Spirit of '76”...
New week. New Vaccine. New HopeModerna vaccine arrives in MADr. Jaime Gallegos at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center first to receive the shot.Latest, 4,5,6 @boston25 pic.twitter.com/aIBMzRQse8— Scott McDonnell (@ScottMcDonnell_) December 21, 2020
Among the first: East Boston health care worker get Covid19 vaccine from Moderna
"This is a great moment. We've been waiting a long time for this," said Manny...
$1 million investment in youth and young adult violence prevention, doubling FY20 allocation for Fund BOSTON - Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Offices of Health and Human Services and Public Safety today announced the nonprofit organizations selected to receive grants from the 2021 Youth Development Fund. Totaling $885,000 in funding, 34 Boston-based organizations...
Update 11/27/2022: The iconic restaurant closes as it completes an auction of its equipment. Closing a chapter on the city's oldest Italian Restaurant.
Update 11/9: According to several sources Jeveli's is only going into winter hibernation.
Posters at the East Boston Open Discussion Group over at Facebook report that landmark Jeveli's Restaurant in Day Square will close on Tuesday, November 10. ...
BOSTON – The Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) today announced that workers eligible for Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) may begin filing certain benefit requests on January 1, 2021, in accordance with legislation enacted in 2018.
PFML provides temporary income replacement to eligible workers. Starting January 1, 2021, workers can apply for leave for welcoming a new...
