In lieu of this year’s White House Easter Egg Roll, President Joseph Biden and the First Lady gifted the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) with 800 commemorative Easter Eggs. In return EBNHC administrators have distributed the eggs to staff…
Author: John Lynds
Recovery on the Harbor Cuts Ribbon
A new resource center for people in recovery opened its doors in Orient Heights Square earlier this month that hopes to target the recovery community in Eastie, Winthrop, Revere, Charlestown and Chelsea. Run by North Suffolk Mental Health Association (NSMH)…
National Guard Helps EBNHC With Vaccine Staffing Challenges
Vaccinating hundreds of residents at multiple sites each day has been a huge undertaking for East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC), but luckily the Health Center has had continued support from the Massachusetts National Guard. As part of the Commonwealth’s…
Breaking Promises: Chelsea Students and Parents Call for Substantial State Funding as Schools Reopen
With the promised funding from the landmark education bill that was signed into law before the COVID pandemic hit is still up in the air, Chelsea students, parents and school committee members on Tuesday called for the state to fully…
Chelsea Resident Raising Funds for Friend Who Died in Downtown Construction Accident
A Chelsea man is raising funds for his friend that was killed during a construction accident last week on High Street in Downtown Boston. Timothy Brady, of Chelsea, has created an online fundraising campaign for Juan Carlos Gutierrez Figueroa who…
Energy Facilities Siting Bd. approves controversial substation proposal along the Chelsea Creek site
Despite widespread community opposition as well as opposition from over a dozen Massachusetts elected officials the state’s Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) unanimously approved Eversource’s highly controversial plan to build a new substation along the Chelsea Creek in East Boston…
Former State Senator Ben Downing Announces Candidacy for Governor
On Monday afternoon East Boston resident Ben Downing is inside Mi Pueblito Restaurant in Orient Heights Square picking up some tacos for lunch. “The chicken jalapeno here is also really good,” Downing tells me as he pays for his lunch.…
Eversource Substation Project
EPA sued by CLF for refusing to investigate discrimination claims Last week the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), Chelsea’s GreenRoots and Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The group argues that the EPA…
MWRA’s COVID Resurgence Study sees alarming trend towards second wave
Not everyone gets tested for COVID-19 but everyone goes to the bathroom and scientists studying the recent data at the MWRA’s Deer Island’s waste treatment facility in neighboring Winthrop are seeing an alarming trend. In June, the MWRA Board of…
EBNHC to celebrate 50th Anniversary with virtual celebration
A half-century ago, the late Dr. James Taylor’s compassionate work with the elderly population on aging issues like hypertension, heart disease and diabetes brought him to East Boston. Dr. Taylor found that many of his patients in Eastie had little…