Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito joined Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy and local business, community, and municipal leaders last Thursday on the first stop of a statewide small business and downtown conversation tour. The purpose of the tour is…
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Eastie’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Spikes
For two straight weeks at the end of June and the beginning of July, no East Boston residents tested positive for COVID. However, two weeks ago the local weekly COVID positive test rate increased to 0.07. Last week, Eastie’s weekly…
Flaherty Hosts Community Cookout at the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen
Last Tuesday afternoon At-Large City Councilor Michael Flaherty hosted a community cookout with help from the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen (EBCSK) that operates out of the Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in East Boston. For several years, the EBCSK has…
Gov. Baker Signs Fiscal Year 2022 State Budget Into Law
Gov. Charlie Baker has signed the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget into law, a $47.6 billion plan designed to support the Commonwealth’s communities, schools, families, small businesses, and workers as Massachusetts emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget fully funds…
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Mayor Janey Announces Neighborhood Coffee Hour Series Mayor Kim Janey and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2021 Neighborhood Coffee Hour Series, in collaboration with Dunkin’, in local parks citywide from July 30 to August 27. “I…
Zumix Walk for Music
East Boston Nieghborhood Health Center’s Farmers Market
Eastie’s Constitution Beach Scores High Marks on Water Quality Report Card
With summer in full swing and beach goers enjoying sun, surf and sand Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual report on the water quality at Constitution Beach in East Boston. According to Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Annual…
Nine East Boston Residents to Participate in Pan-Mass Challenge
East Boston resident Nicole Azero said she signs up each year for the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) bike-a-thon because she knows she’s part of an event that has one of the largest impacts on the cancer research community in the world…
South End State Rep. Jon Santiago Ends Mayoral Campaign
Though he has a gleaming resume for the job of mayor, South End State Rep. Jon Santiago’s campaign never took a strong foothold citywide and never caught the momentum needed to show strong in September, and as a result he…