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LOCAL ECONOMY

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

# DBA Certificates issued
(April
2012: 11)

EMPLOYMENT DATA


State Unemployment Rate (MA)
6.5% March 2012

U.S. Unemployment Rate
8.1% in April 2012

Metro Boston Unemployment Rate*
(P) 5.7 in March 2012

State and Area Employment (000s)
3,453.6 (P) March 2012

Jobs (MA: 30,300 - YoY 3/12 over 3/11)

Suffolk County Unemployment # & Rate
20,987 5.8% (March 2012 NSA^)

U.S Productivity:
-0.5% in 1st Qtr of 2012

INCOME

Suffolk County Avg. Wkly Wage
$1,419 (3rd qtr 2011)

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (Boston Metro 5/2011)
$29.04 (avg. hr)
$60,390 (avg. annual salary.)

HOUSING

Housing Permits (MA):
March
2012: 601

Massachusetts Homeownership Rate
66.2 (2012 - 1st Qtr.)


Four Quarter 2010 % Change in FHFA MSA-Level House Price Indexes (All Transactions Index, Boston -1.34 2011 Q4)

Foreclosure Rate Suffolk County (MA) Mortgages delinquent over 90+ days 2010 Q3: 6.1%

CONSUMER

U.S. CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change*
+2.3% April 2012 over April 2011


Boston Consumer Price Index
12mo % change (3/11 - 3/12): +1.8%

ENERGY

Boston Average Price - Gasoline, Unleaded Reg., Per Gallon/
$3.861 April 2012

Massachusetts Average Price Heating Oil
$4.112 per gallon (excl. taxes) March 19, 2012

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*NSA - Not seasonally adjusted

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Wally Bowe's Legacy Lives On! Basketball tourney wrap-up


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Insurance pool rate relief: BBJ 5/11: FAIR insurance plan rate increase rejected

Supporting Boston Medical Center: Herald 5/14: ‘BMC saved our lives’

Gambling News: Fox 5/11:  Gambling in Boston?

More Suffolk Downs: Standard-Times 5/10: Suffolk Downs jumps into lead for Boston area casino license

Here comes Milford: MetroWest Daily News 5/10: Milford casino plan moves forward as Foxborough proposal is dropped

Anti-casino candidates win in Foxboro: Sun Chronicle 5/8: Foxboro speaks

Update: Herald 5/9: Race opens up for Suffolk Downs after Foxboro fold

Bloody Fingerprints Globe 5/8 Evidence at slaying scene is linked to Revere man Update II Update on Chelsea Street murder NECN: East Boston murder suspect denies all charges: Update on Chelsea Street death.  Herald 5/7  Police charge Revere man in fatal East Boston stabbing 5/6 Globe Man Arrested in Connection with Chelsea Street death. Details.  Background: Police Investigating Chelsea Street death. Herald 5/4: Dead man found in Eastie, homicide cops on scene

District Attorney's Release: Revere Man Charged in “Grisly” East Boston Slaying

Petition underway to rename Orient Heights Community Center in honor of the late Marty Pino, community benefactor and youth counselor.  Sign the Online Petition here.

Take the School Choice Survey:  Student Assignment: Improving school choice

Keeping Warren waiting! Globe 5/5: Menino plays hard to get in Senate race

A pioneer at City Hall: Globe 5/5: Boston’s first liaison to gays died in obscurity Robin McCormack, EB native and Savio Grad.

Update: It's open and it's fabulous! DOT:  Chelsea Street Bridge to Reopen May 12

Crime News: Feds: Mob in chaos with Anthony DiNunzio at helm

Kiwanis Club of East Boston and Boston Police District 7 to host Annual Bicycle Safety Rodeo Details

Fire! WHDH 4/29: Fire breaks out in East Boston apartment building

Basile supports Balanced FY ’13 Budget passed by House Reforms EBT system

ITAM Ride:  Herald 4/29: Vet gets ride of his life ; Photographs (Hat tip to Universal Hub)

A Visit to East Boston. Keller @ Large: Class Warfare A Theme In Senate Race

Salesian Breakfast Slated for Thursday, June 21. Details

Guest Editorial: It is Time: In Honor of Earth Day

Creeps wanted for break-in: Herald 4/23 Public’s help sought in Eastie break-ins

Praying outside: Update Herald 4/23: Despite changed locks, faithful hold vigil at shuttered church MyFox 4/22: Locked out. NECN coverage.

Where's the outrage! Parishioners fuming over lockout from Eastie church

Bostoniano coverage: After 7 years, New Chapter in Fight Over Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in East Boston

East Boston Open Studios Set for May 19 & 20 Save the Dates

Crime News:  Update: Universal Hub 4/22: East Boston murder suspect released by mistake arrested in Chelsea Background: WCVB-TV Fugitive Sought In Fatal Beating

Step Back & Give Back; EBHS Scholarship Fundraiser Set for May 18

East Boston History from the EPA! Documerica Project photographer recreates landmark Neptune Road photographs. Thanks to Jim Morse

Boston Magazine: East Boston one of the best places to live.

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Mark the Date: Class of 1972 to hold 40th Reunion on September 15, 2012

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SETTING THE HISTORICAL RECORD STRAIGHT! The Battle of Chelsea Creek and Noddle's Island! An East Boston.com Exclusive
REMEMBERING THE GREAT LUONGO RESTAURANT FIRE OF 1942. by Michael Laurano.
EB HISTORY FROM THE EPA Documerica Project photographer recreates landmark Neptune Road photographs. Thanks to Jim Morse
WHEN LINCOLN DIED; THE EB REACTION: Eulogy for Abraham Lincoln May 8, 1865. by the Rev. Warren H. Cudworth. PDF file (Special Thanks to Michael Laurano)
 

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