The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously passed Senator Sal DiDomenico’s legislation to fight childhood hunger and boost participation rates in school breakfast programs in the Commonwealth’s high-poverty schools. The bill, An Act regarding breakfast after the bell (S.2460), would require all…
Month: January 2020
Major City Police Chiefs Endorse Driver’s License Legislation
On Tuesday, Jan. 21, at their monthly meeting, The Massachusetts Major City Chiefs of Police Association (MMCC)—an organization comprised of most of the police chiefs for the bay state’s cities, along with those representing the state police and the Mass Bay…
Briefs
Duarte Named to Dean’s List at York College of Pennsylvania Ariel Duarte of Everett a junior Mechanical Engineering major at York College of Pennsylvania, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester. To be eligible for…
Summit Convenes Leaders to Address East Boston Health Needs
EBNHC and Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Convene Community Leaders to Design Future of New Community Resource and Wellness Center On Thursday, Jan. 23, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue…
Zonta Club of Chelsea Celebrates Amelia Earhart
On Jan. 16, members of the Zonta Club of Chelsea gathered at The Hilton Garden Inn in East Boston to celebrate the 2019 District 1 Amelia Earhart’s Fellowship Award dinner. Together with our sister clubs of Malden and Medford we…
Gov. Charlie Baker And the Great State Of Our State
From the moment that Governor Charlie Baker strode into the House Chamber last Tuesday to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address, it was evident why Gov. Baker, despite being a Republican in a heavily-Democratic state, has rated as the…
Guest Op-Ed: Mayor DeMaria Clarifies Fire Chief Appointment Process
By Mayor Carlo DeMaria On Monday, January 27, at the Everett City Council meeting, Craig Hardy, President of the Local 143, objected to the process by which the successful candidate, Chief Anthony Carli, was promoted to Permanent Fire Chief of…
Guest Op-Ed: Preparing for Shocking Death
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The world was shocked January 26, 2020 by the sudden death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others. A helicopter that spiraled through a California sky and crashed took the life of one of…
Guest Op-Ed: Reject the Sanctuary State Bill (Hb 3573/Sb1401)
By John Thompson and Steve Kropper The State Legislature’s Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security holds hearings on a “safe communities” bill (H 3573/S1401) that would forbid or severely restrict cooperation by law enforcement in this state with ICE,…
DiDomenico’s Healthy Youth Act Passes
The Massachusetts Senate recently passed Sen. Sal DiDomenico’s bill, An Act relative to healthy youth (S.2459). This bill will ensure that Massachusetts schools electing to provide their students with sex education use age-appropriate and medically accurate curriculum that covers a…