A new resource center for people in recovery will open its doors in Orient Heights Square next month and serve residents from East Boston and Winthrop working on their sobriety. Run by North Suffolk Mental Health Association (NSMH) Recovery on…
Author: John Lynds
Sen. Boncore Blasts Proposed MBTA Service Cuts
MBTA’s Daniel Mueller laid out the T’s plan to cut service on the Blue Line, a move that was immediately publicly rebuked by the Senate Chair of the Transportation Committee, Sen. Joseph Boncore. Mueller said that the T’s ‘Forging Ahead’…
MWRA’s COVID Resurgence Study Sees Alarming Trend
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 Winthrop are seeing an alarming trend. In June, the MWRA Board of Directors…
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…
Markey Outlines Priorities for the Next Round of Coronavirus Relief
On Sunday, flanked by East Boston Neighborhood Health CEO Manny Lopes, Councilor Lydia Edwards and Mattapan Community Health Center CEO Guale Valdez, U.S. Senator Ed Markey laid out priorities for the next round of coronavirus relief and called for $100…
EBNHC Announces Greg Wilmot as New SVP, COO
Last week the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) announced that Greg Wilmot has been promoted to the role of senior vice president (SVP) and chief operating officer (COO). Wilmot most recently served as vice president and executive director of…
Friends of Mary Ellen Greenway Circulating Greenway Extension Survey
Last year Rep. Adrian Madaro secured $100,000 in the state budget for an engineering, environmental and feasibility study to extend the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway past Constitution Beach to Belle Isle Marsh and eventually to Winthrop and Revere. Support for…
Winthrop Beaches Get Lower Marks for 2019 on Annual Water Quality Report Card
With summer in full swing and beach goers enjoying sun, surf and sand, while social distancing Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual report on the water quality at Winthrop Beach. According to Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Annual…
Drive-In to Return to Suffolk Downs for the First Time in 50 Years
The 1950s and 1960s were the height of the drive-in movie theater craze that swept the U.S. and was immortalized in such films depicting the era like Grease and the Last Picture Show. In Winthrop, the Suffolk Downs Drive-In that…
Better Beach Grants Awarded to Three Local Nonprofits
During a virtual awards ceremony on ZOOM last week, three Winthrop nonprofits received grant money totaling $11,500 to support free summer beach events as part of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) annual…