This week the City of Boston’s Election Department, with approval from the Boston City Council, set in-person early voting dates for the 1st Suffolk & Middlesex Senate Special Election Primary. On Tuesday, December 14 District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards…
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Madaro Family Community Fund’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner Thursday
Out of an abundance of caution Rep. Adrian Madaro’s Madaro Family Community Fund Annual Thanksgiving Day dinner will be takeout only for a second year in a row due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The event, which will be held…
Ruggiero Family Memorial Home Will Begin Collecting Toys This Week in the Memory of Peter Felt
For the second year in a row the Ruggiero Family Memorial Home will team up with the late Peter Felt’s wife, Patricia “Patti” Hurley-Felt, and son, Charles “Buddy” Felt, for the 2nd Annual Peter Felt Toy Drive. The toy drive…
Eastie’s Weekly COVID Infections Increase Ahead of Thanksgiving
On Thursday Bostonians will travel to loved one’s homes or host Thanksgiving Day dinner and many will gather inside without masks for the holiday. Local health experts are suggesting that if families keep gathering relatively small; if everyone over the…
Massachusetts Trial Court Celebrates Annual National Adoption Day
In a virtual ceremony today, Trial Court leaders celebrated National Adoption Day, an annual event that raises awareness of the thousands of Massachusetts children in state foster care who are in need of adoptive families. This year, 97 children across…
Pressley Endorses Edwards
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley said: “Our communities are facing overlapping crises of public health, economic inequality, and racial injustice. At the heart of each of these issues is housing, and Lydia has been a champion for housing justice throughout her…
Northampton Man Killed in Sumner Tunnel Crash Sunday Morning
A Northhampton man was killed and two others seriously injured in a car crash early Sunday morning inside the Sumner Tunnel. According to State Police, just before 3:30 am Troopers from the State Police-Tunnels Barracks responded to a single-vehicle crash…
East Boston Warehouse Wins Energy Upgrades Under New PACE Program
Special to the Times-Free Press MassDevelopment has announced that Cargo Ventures LLC will receive $787,523 in financing for energy improvements to its office building at 440 William M. McClellan Highway in East Boston under the agency’s new Property Assessed Clean…
Wu Signs Councilors Edwards and O’Malley’s Fossil Fuel Ordinance
On Monday Mayor Michelle Wu signed a city ordinance proposed by City Councilors Lydia Edwards and Matt O’Malley to divest city funds from fossil fuels. The ordinance requires the city’s collector-treasurer to divest city funds out of “stocks, securities or…
Effort for Affordable Health-Insurance Enrollment Underway
Officials from the Massachusetts Health Connector launched a statewide effort to encourage community members to enroll in affordable health insurance coverage during the open enrollment period. The effort began with a string of business walks in East Boston, Dorchester New…