SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement Monday following the enactment of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act: “We want to thank President Trump for his leadership and commend Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and Leader McCarthy for…
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MBTA’s RIDE Distributing Food to Vulnerable Residents
The RIDE has partnered with the City of Boston, YMCA of Greater Boston, and The Greater Boston Food Bank. The MBTA announced late last week a partnership with the City of Boston, YMCA of Greater Boston, and The Greater Boston…
Senator Markey Receives Major Endorsement from the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Massachusetts last weeknd announced its endorsement of Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate. “Senator Ed Markey has been a supporter of public education for decades and has consistently fought for adequate…
New Unemployment Claims Fall by More than 10,000 Over the Previous Week
Massachusetts had 27,034 individuals file an initial claim for standard Unemployment Insurance (UI) from May 24 to May 30, a decrease of 10,584 over the previous week. Since March 15, a total of 924,239 initial claims have been filed for…
Catholic Charities of Boston Receives United Way COVID-19 Family Support Fund Grants
Catholic Charities of Boston is pleased to announce that the agency is the recipient of $200,000 in grant support from United Way of Massachusetts Bay’s COVID-19 Family Support Fund. The grants will support the COVID-19 relief efforts of Catholic Charities of…
“Defund” the Police? Not so Fast
Racism, from subtle to overt, has existed at every level of American society since our nation’s inception. It was embedded in our Constitution by our Founding Fathers, many of whom were slave owners, who declared that slaves should be counted…
Letter to the Editor
(The following letter was sent to ISO New England last week by U.S. Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren) U.S. Senators in Support of Wind Power Project to Replace Mystic Generation Station To the Editor: We write concerning ISO New…
Obituaries 06-11-2020
Dennis Michael Arsenault Sr. Family and Friends Meant Everything to Him Dennis Michael Arsenault Sr. of Revere passed away surrounded by his loving family on June 4 at the age of 67. Dennis was a 1971 graduate of Revere High…
City of Lynn COVID-19 Update
The Lynn Public Health Department has confirmed that as of today, the number of active, confirmed positive COVID-19 cases is 1,739 with 13 new cases today. 1,609 Lynn residents have recovered and 90 have died. The total number of confirmed…
A Marathon for Class of 2020
With the outbreak of the Coronavirus earlier this year, School Committee member Brian Castellanos organized a fundraiser for the Class of 2020. He will be running a virtual Marathon (26.2) for Lynn High School Seniors who missed the last few…