Public health officials have defined so-called long COVID as the physical, neurological, and cognitive symptoms that can persist indefinitely after infection. Over the past two years, we’ve all seen the countless news stories about the devastating effects of long COVID…
Month: January 2022
Guest Op-Ed: The 3Gpocalypse is Coming — Is Your Car Ready?
By Kane DiMasso-Scott Just this week I heard about something that I’m surprised has not received more media coverage on the national level, as it’s extremely important to us as consumers. Beginning in February and continuing through the end of…
Opinion
By Phil Orlandella Maria Stella Gulla Retiring After 25 years of positive service, Executive Director Maria Stella Gulla will be leaving the ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NSC) on January 28. Maria has been a dedicated and valuable…
Councilor Edwards is Now Senator-Elect Edwards
Tuesday, voters in East Boston and the rest of the First Suffolk & Middlesex district went to the polls and elected City Councilor Lydia Edwards to serve as their next state senator. Once sworn in Edwards will become the first…
The Wishing Tree
Area’s COVID Positive Test Rate Over 20 Percent
The COVID 19 virus continues to spread across the North End and the surrounding area with 2 out of every 10 residents tested for the virus last week turning out to be positive. Deaths from the virus are also rising…
Violent Part One Crime Up 20 Percent
Last week the Boston Police released its end of the year crime stats that compares January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 with the same time period last year and found both Violent Part One Crime and Non-violent Part One…
In Brief
Greenway Conservancy Elects Three Board Members Three new members of The Greenway Conservancy’s volunteer Board of Directors have been elected. Kate Fichter, Secretary and Chief of Climate at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Jenny Morse, Assistant General Manager at Faneuil…
Bonetti Named Interim Chief of Staff for Councilor/Senator-Elect Edwards
Last week District 1 City Councilor (Senator-elect) Lydia Edwards announced that the North End’s Michael Bonetti will serve as interim Chief of Staff for the office after the departure of Ricardo Patron to the Wu Admionistration. Bonetti has worked for…
Residents Can Now Access Clean Energy and Save on Electric
Residents within Eversource’s service territory now have the option of locally produced, clean renewable energy through the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program. Located 1 hour south of the city on Cape Cod, two new community solar farms, totaling 7…