Boston Celtics power forwards Grant Williams and Leon Powe were on hand at the Salesian Boys & Girls Club on Byron Street Monday to help celebrate the completion of a new STEM (Science, Technology. Engineering, Math) preteen room at the…
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Sen. Edwards Will Help Lead the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business
Owned by a diverse group, neighborhood small businesses have been the backbone of East Boston’s local economy for decades and it’s Sen. Lydia Edward’s goal to continue to give the small businesses that dot the neighborhood the strength and state…
Madaro, House Passes Offshore Wind Legislation
Two years ago Rep. Adrian Madaro and a group of elected officials toured Blue Atlantic Fabricators’s 20,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at the Boston Shipyard and Marina on Marginal Street in East Boston. As more and more waterfront parcels are zoned out…
Positive COVID Tests Slight Increase
Three weeks after the city’s “B Together” policy, which required patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19, was canceled and a week after the city’s indoors mask mandate was lifted, the weekly positive…
Contractor Involved in Two Deaths at Boston Worksite Last Year Cited in Eastie
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has once again cited Laurence Moloney, who was involved in the February 2021 double fatality at a downtown Boston worksite, for failing to provide employees with essential and required…
City of Boston’s COVID-19 State of Emergency Declaration to End April 1
Mayor Michelle Wu and Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Commissioner of Public Health and Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission, today announced Boston’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration will end on April 1, 2022. The announcement follows a vote by…
Coletta Endorsed by AFSCME Council 93
Gabriela Coletta, candidate for Boston City Councilor District One, has received the unanimous endorsement of AFSCME Council 93, representing more than 45,000 state, county and municipal employees in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Election Day is May 3, 2022.…
ABCD Calls for Additional Fuel Aid Funds
As home heating oil reaches an unprecedented high of $6 per gallon, a whopping 120,000-plus Massachusetts households receiving fuel assistance have used up their benefits. These tens of thousands of families with young children, seniors and others are scrambling to…
MGC Ponders Whether Lower Broadway Project Should Be Regulated
By Stephen Quigley The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) met last Thursday to discuss, but did not formally decide, whether a parking garage, an entertainment center that seats up to 999 people, and a pedestrian bridge that would cross over the…
Foundation Provides EBECC With $15,000 Grants
Over the past few years, the trustees of the Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation has focused on implementing internal processes and grantmaking practices that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As a part of this work, the trustees announced an…