While Gov. Charlie Baker listed businesses performing funeral and memorial services as ‘essential’ businesses that can remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic and statewide shutdown of other non-essential businesses, local Funeral Homes have had to adapt accordingly. With churches closed…
Author: John Lynds
A Successful Debut: Robinson-Griggs Leads Vassar to the Brink of an NCAA Tourney Bid
While their last game surely stings right now, first-year coach Lucia Robinson-Griggs and her Vassar College women’s basketball team will soon look back at their season with great pride and a full sense of achievement. Robinson-Griggs took her No. 2-seeded…
EBNHC, Greater Boston Preparing for Coronavirus
It was only a matter of time before the coronavirus, or COVID-19, that spread across China landed in Boston. The Boston Public Health Commission announced that as of Monday, there was one confirmed case of coronavirus in Boston and eight…
Chelsea Jordan Boys & Girls Club Kids to Get Free Charlie Cards
The Chelsea Jordan Boys & Girls Club on Byron has been an oasis for working parents that need after school care for their children. Knowing their children are in a safe place for the afternoon when school lets out and…
Massport Delivers $25,000 Grant to PPSC
When Piers Park Sailing Center, East Boston beloved community sailing program, nearly closed a few years ago due to financial hardships, the East Boston community rallied to help save the sailing center. A donation by Massport then, and another generous…
Census Outreach Heats up in Chelsea
This year the United States will conduct its decennial census. In Chelsea there’s been a huge push to ensure a fair and complete count in the 2020 U.S. Census because it determines everything from representation in Congress, to federal funds…
YMCA’s Carlos Fuentes Promoted to Youth and Family Program Director
The East Boston YMCA announced this week that Carlos Fuentes has been promoted to Youth and Family Program Director. Fuentes, a Chelsea resident, was the Teen Program Director at the East Boston YMCA where he oversaw relationships with the surrounding…
Chelsea Man Indicted for Bank Robbery
In 90 days unless you have bluetooth or other hands free options inside you car you will face harsh fines for talking, texting or looking at text messages while driving. On Monday Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation to improve road…
Gov. Baker Calls for Four Month Ban on Vaping Products
At neighborhood smoke shops hundreds of e-cigarettes, vape devices, tobacco juices and vape related products are sold each day. Long touted as a safer alternative to cigarette smoking, vaping has become the fad for former smokers and those who never…
Kennedy Announces Bid for Senate Candidacy
In front of a standing-room only crowd at the East Boston Social Centers, U.S. Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate taking on incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey. After touching on the Kennedy Family’s roots…