EBNHC Launches New Behavioral Health Urgent Care Service
Special to the Record East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC), the largest community-based primary care health system in Massachusetts, gathered with city, state and community leaders last week, to officially announce the opening of its new Behavioral Health Urgent Care…
Council Appropriates Funding for Park Projects
The City Council took care of business quickly Monday night, approving several financial matters that had previously come before the council and addressing some traffic issues in the city. The council voted 8-0 to appropriate money for park projects at…
ZBA Considers Affordable Project on Williams Street
A 20-unit affordable housing development consisting of all one-bedroom condominium units that was first approved nearly two years ago is back before the city’s Zoning and Planning boards. Mikael Vienneau of Broadway Capital Development is seeking a special permit and…
DiDomenico Secures Funding for Diabetes Medical Supplies in Pact Act 3.0
Last week, Senator Sal DiDomenico joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate to unanimously pass the bipartisan Act Relative to Pharmaceutical Access, Costs, and Transparency, (PACT) otherwise known as the PACT Act 3.0. The legislation would make urgent and much-needed…
La Colaborativa Holds Chelsea Survival Center Gala
La Colaborativa, under the leadership of Executive Director Gladys Vega, hosted a gala to celebrate the opening of La Colaborativa’s Chelsea Survival Center Nov. 17 at the beautiful new facility located at 63 Sixth Street. The event was truly one…
Metropolitan Beaches Commission Holds In-Person Meeting
For the first time since the COVID-19 shutdown, the Metropolitan Beaches Commission gathered on Beacon Hill on October 31 for an in-person hearing on the state of the region’s beaches. This was also the first opportunity for the Commission to…
Discussion on the Outer Brewster Island Diaries at Winthrop Historical Meeting
Four Lowell women set out on a 17-day excursion on Great Brewster Island in July 1891. They referred to themselves as the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the Acrobat, and the Autocrat; and documented their self-discoveries in a hand- written diary that…
MBTA Releases Capital Needs Assessment and Inventory
The MBTA released its Capital Needs Assessment and Inventory (CNAI), an MBTA-led analysis conducted every three-four years to inventory the MBTA’s assets, understand the overall condition of the transit system, and identify assets that are not in a State of…
Happy Thanksgiving
A Harris poll a few years ago revealed that Christmas is the favorite holiday of the year among all age groups of Americans, but we think that Thanksgiving, our uniquely American holiday, has much more to recommend it than Christmas. Thanksgiving…
Guest Op-Ed: Bay Staters Deserve Opportunities To Build a Better Financial Future
By Jeffrey Rosario Turco, and Francisco E. Paulino Whether you grew up in Revere, Winthrop, Lawrence, Brighton, or Boston, every community in the Commonwealth values kitchen-table issues; an honest day’s work, safe streets, affordable homes, good schools, access to quality and…
Bruins Beat: Bruins: The Beat Goes On
In a game that if it had a soundtrack, it could be…The Four Seasons’ “Oh What A Night.” The Tampa Bay Lightning proved to not be a very nice host as they took on the visiting Bruins, toyed with them,…