East Boston se ha convertido en uno de los de lugares más vulnerables al coronavirus. El virus ha infectado a más de mil residentes desde mediados de marzo. El equipo del East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) ha estado en…
Star Power: MBP Is Bringing Attention to Environmental Justice
Maria Belen Power was back on ZOOM Saturday for a broadcast forum featuring U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey and Congressman Joseph Kennedy III. The event was originally scheduled to be a candidates’ forum around environmental justice, before COVID-19 affected every…
City Says Heartfelt Good-Bye to National Guard
The last time City Manager Tom Ambrosino saw the National Guard patrolling and assisting in the streets of a city, he was a 16-year-old in Revere navigating the Blizzard of `78. No one was hungry or sick, but they sure…
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Opens COVID-19 Testing to All
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic more than two months ago East Boston has emerged as one of Boston’s ‘hotspots’. The virus rapidly spread through the densely populated neighborhood infecting over 1,000 residents since mid-March. Other surrounding communitites like…
Traffic Impacts for Railroad Crossing Work in Chelsea and Everett
The MBTA is building a new, fully accessible Chelsea Commuter Rail Station next to the final SL3 stop in Chelsea. When complete, the new station will connect the Newburyport/Rockport Commuter Rail Lines to the SL3. While building the new station,…
On the Other Side of the Curve; Ramping Down and Preparing for the Fall
Make no mistake, the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are still steadily full of COVID-19 patients, but more patients are now coming in with traditional ailments as well, and the overwhelming surge situation is now starting to ramp…
Revised School Budget Keeps Teachers in the Classroom
This was supposed to be the School Budget where Supt. Almi Abeyta and the School Committee could finally relax as the first year of Student Opportunity Act (SOA) funding was to roll in and there would be no need to…
House Passes Legislation to Track Data at Long-Term Care and Elder Housing Facilities
State Rep. Dan Ryan, along with his colleagues in the House of Representatives, recently passed legislation to require long-term care and housing facilities to report and track COVID-19 positive cases and mortalities to public health officials during the public health…
COVID Relief Coalition Offers Pro Bono Legal Work to State’s Small Business and Nonprofits
One neighborhood lawyer has joined a number of fellow attorneys to provide pro bono work to the state’s small businesses and nonprofits in the age of COVID-19. Christian Westra, an attorney with the Ropes & Gray and a Charles River…
DiDomenico Votes to Pass Bill Authorizing Short-Term Borrowing
Sen. Sal DiDomenico and his colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate convened for the first-ever remote session in the history of the body to pass legislation to allow short-term borrowing to meet the Commonwealth’s financial obligations. “My colleagues in the…
Woodlawn Cemetery Prepares Historic Grounds
The newly-restored sculpture at the gate of Woodlawn Cemetery features four ornate angels with brass horns, using the reference to the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible whereby the four angels call back the dead to God. It is…
New Cases Continue to Decrease, But City Manager Hopes to Keep Hotel Open
City Manager Tom Ambrosino said the contract for the Quality Inn quarantine hotel is about to end on June 9, but he is hoping that there is a way to extend the operations there even though cases in the City…