The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has notified Town officials of 38 additional confirmed positive cases of the virus in Winthrop since our last reporting on April 8. This brings the number of total cases up to 2,193, with 35…
Month: April 2021
EBNHC to Receive $14.7 million from American Rescue Plan Funding
U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley announced last week that East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) could receive up to $14.7 in grant money through the American Rescue Plan. EBNHC has been serving patients from Eastie, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop and the South…
Dalton Interviews Stellato for College Project
By Albert Terminiello Jr. Plymouth State student Robert Dalton II of Winthrop interviewed sports agent Sean Stellato as part of a college academic project. Dalton. a 2019 graduate of Winthrop High School, is majoring in sports media and aspires to…
News Briefs
FKO Afterschool Submits Community Learning Centers Application For Kids Only Afterschool (FKO) will be submitting a proposal to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant to support students attending the…
MBTA Extends Five-day Flex Pass on mTicket, Proposes Fare Changes
The MBTA this week announced updates to current fare pilots that include an extension of the Five-day Flex Pass on mTicket, as well as upcoming fare change proposals that include improvements to the Youth Pass and converting all Outer Express Bus Routes…
MVES’ Emergency Closet Receives Hundreds of Donations
More than 75 members of The Thursday Fortnightly Club donated hundreds of needed items to Mystic Valley Elder Services’ (MVES) Emergency Closet and brought the items to the Brookline Bank in Medford Square. The donations were overwhelming and due to…
RMV Implementing Grace Period for Certain Expired Inspection Stickers
Due to the nationwide system outage of motor vehicle inspection services by its vendor Applus Technologies (Applus) impacting inspection stations and motor vehicle owners, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is allowing a grace period for specific motor vehicle inspection…
“New Light: Encounters and Connections†Highlights Museum of Fine Arts’ Collection
Spanning cultures and geographies, and sometimes millennia too, “New Light: Encounters and Connectionsâ€ÃŠpresents more than 50 works of art from across the MFA’s collection, many of which are on view for the first time. The exhibition is organized into 21 conversations—in…
Flawed COVID-19 Study May be Putting School Workers and students at Risk
Special to the Journal On April 2, members of the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health’s (MassCOSH) Health Technical Committee had a letter to the editor published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal that rebutted findings of a study published by…
Public Hearing on Fare Evasion Regulations Tonight
The MBTA will conduct a virtual public hearing on April 15 to hear feedback from riders and stakeholders regarding proposed Fare Evasion Regulations 703 CMR 5.00 to decrease fine levels associated with fare evasion on the MBTA. As a part of the Fare Transformation project,…