Last week Sen. Joseph Boncore (D-Winthrop) and Rep. Adrian Madaro (D-East Boston) helped push the passing of landmark climate change legislation in the House and Senate. The legislation aims to overhauls state’s climate laws, drives down greenhouse gas emissions, creates…
Author: John Lynds
East Boston’s Ben Downing Announces Candidacy for Governor
On Monday afternoon East Boston resident Ben Downing is inside Mi Pueblito Restaurant in Orient Heights Square picking up some tacos for lunch. “The chicken jalapeno here is also really good,†Downing tells me as he pays for his lunch.…
EBSB Always Available for their Customers
East Boston Savings Bank Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Gavegnano has often said the key to EBSB’s continued success is being a ‘big bank with a small bank mentality’. “People answer the phones here,†said Gavegnano. “Everybody who…
Recovery on the Harbor Set to Open Next Month
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…
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…