Massport
Logan Runway Intersections to Receive Repairs: Runway closures expected to allow for new pavement
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From Massport:
(BOSTON, April 17, 2015) – The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) will complete the Runway 4R-22L rehabilitation project at Boston Logan International Airport by repaving the intersections at 4R-22L and 9-27. This construction project will replace deteriorated asphalt pavement that was last rehabilitated in 2005. This will maintain the functionality and safety of the runways.
The 4R/22L rehabilitation project began...
Animals
North Shore Animal League America & Boston Medical Center unite to bring comfort and puppy love
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MSPCA Boston Will Have Plenty Of Adoptable, Adorable Pets Aboard the League’s Mobile Unit
WHAT: North Shore Animal League America will join forces with Boston Medical Center (BMC) on Tuesday, April 14, to bring smiles and puppy love to the hospital and its surrounding community. Animal League America, the world’s largest no-kill rescue and adoption organization, knows first-hand the power...
Corner Stalk Farm
Boston Public Market Announces Initial Round of Vendors for Permanent, Year-Round Local Food Market, Including East Boston Business
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This just in from Corner Stalk Farm;
30+ Small Businesses to Sell Locally Produced Items Starting in July
BOSTON — The Boston Public Market today announced the first round of small businesses, including one from East Boston, who will sell locally produced goods in the new permanent, year-round market on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway directly above the Haymarket MBTA station....
East Boston Main Streets
East Boston Main Streets to Host Second Monthly Merchants’ Meeting
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This just in from Max Gruner at EBMS:
(EASTBOSTON, MA; MARCH 30, 2015) – East Boston Main Streets invites the East Boston small and micro business community, residents, as well as public employees and city officials to our second monthly Merchants’ Meeting on Tuesday April 8th from 11:00am-12:30 at the Market Place at 154 Maverick St. on the 4th floor.
Meet...
Obituaries
In memory: The life of Bill Bagley recalled at funeral: “Drink the Good Wine First”
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Submitted by Michael Laurano
“Bill” Bagley, Jr. Memorial Service Held Saturday 3/21/15 - Standing Room Only -
The immense Romanesque Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Revere Massachusetts once aptly described as a veritable “basilica” by the late Boston Cardinal William O’Connell is the largest church building in its vicinity. The church was filled beyond full seating capacity on Saturday...
Banking
New Boston Fed report finds large disparities in assets and debts among subpopulations in the greater Boston area
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Source: Boston Federal Reserve Bank
(BOSTON, MA - March 26, 2015) In a new analysis of the economic well-being of several specific racial and ethnic groups by country of origin, a Boston Fed report
finds large disparities in wealth by race and ethnicity for the Boston metropolitan statistical area. The Color of Wealth in Boston report, released as part of a...
Today’s Top 10: Annual MEB 10K Raffle
As we watch our teams wrap up regular season play in preparation for playoffs (yeah, baby!), we are reminded that the foundation of our league continues to be our youngest players – like those pictured here in the Learn-to-Skate program. These kids are the reason for many of our biggest fundraising activities, and...
Arts and Culture in East Boston
Discover East Boston at the 15th Annual Open Studios Weekend: April 25 & 26, 2015
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(EAST BOSTON, March 20, 2015) The fifteenth annual East Boston Open Studios will be held on Saturday April 25th from noon to 6pm and on Sunday April 26th from noon to 4pm. Over thirty artist studios and the Atlantic Works Gallery exhibit entitled “Metaphors & Metamorphoses”, featuring artwork by Leigh Hall and Suzanne Mercury, will be open at the...
Obituaries
R.I.P. Bill Bagley, Jr. January 8, 1944 – March 13, 2015; A portrait of a friend by Michael Laurano
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A Portrait of the Young Man
BILL BAGLEY, Jr.
January 8, 1944 – March 13, 2015
Bill Bagley, Jr. was by every measure and account an extraordinary person, well known and extremely well liked throughout East Boston, Winthrop and far beyond. As an adult his kindnesses and benefactions to others as a practicing pharmacist in East Boston and Winthrop, but not only as...
The Boston Landmarks Commission is holding a community meeting about a developer's request to tear down the building. Thursday, March 19th (2015), 6:00PM, Maverick Landing Community Room
JPNA meeting, scheduled for March 9, 2015 at 7pm at the Jeffries Yacht Club.
All are welcome.
Dr. Jackie Fantes, new Chief Medical Officer and resident, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (tentative)
Claudia Correa, new East Boston Neighborhood Liaison
205 Maverick Street, proposal for a retail alcohol location (1st meeting)
5 Murray Court, expansion of living space and internal renovation...
Children's Health
BMC Engages Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Family and Integrative Medicine to Provide Care for Children with Chronic Pain
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(Boston, MA, March 4, 2015) – Boston Medical Center (BMC) has opened an interdisciplinary Pediatric Pain Clinic that will help patients and their parents better manage acute, complex and recurrent pain and its lasting effects. The new clinic treats patients with diseases that commonly cause chronic pain, including Sickle Cell Disease, as well as any distressing painful symptom in...
East Boston politics
Candidates for State Representative in East Boston Answer Questions from Newly Formed Progressive Group
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Source: Jesse Purvis, kollins@gmail.com
EAST BOSTON (February 25, 2015)—A new and diverse coalition of East Boston progressives has inserted itself into the special election for State Representative by issuing a candidate questionnaire to the six individuals vying for the seat vacated by Carlo Basile. Each candidate completed and returned the thorough questionnaire, which addressed in detail issues affecting East...