After the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s (BPDA) public comment period for the proposed redevelopment of Suffolk Downs closed at the end of last month, City Councilor Lydia Edwards submitted her comments calling for the BPDA to re-envision the project.…
Curtis Guild Elementary Receives Seal of Excellence
“I am welcome here. You are welcoming here. Everyone is welcoming here,” shouted Curtis Guild Elementary School students in solidarity on June 12. The Guild became the third school in the Boston Public School district and the 16th school in…
Eastie Man Back in Court in Connection with Fatal Car Crash
The 22-year-old East Boston man arrested last month in connection with the fatal car crash on Bennington Street that killed a Rhode Island college student and seriously injured her friend was back in court last Friday. Dylan Ethridge returned to…
East Boston High School Graduates the Class of 2019
Last Friday afternoon 296 seniors who are part of the Class of 2019 walked across the stage at East Boston Memorial Stadium to pick up their diplomas as part of East Boston High School’s Commencement Exercises. With the sun shining…
Walsh Cuts the Ribbon on the $4.7 Million Noyes Park Renovations
Following the completion of the East Boston Little League season last year, the City of Boston began construction on the $4.7 million project to rehab Noyes Park in Orient Heights, one of the neighborhood’s largest public open spaces that hosts…
Effort Underway to get Greenway Named after Mary Ellen Welch
For more than a half century Mary Ellen Welch was the steward of social, political and environmental activism in the neighborhood. Welch, a longtime community activist and school teacher, helped bring a neighborhood with the least amount of open space…