Shaw’s Supermarket customers purchase canned foods, pastas, and other dried goods and drop them off at the East Boston Kiwanis table that was set up outside the exit doors as part of the Kiwanis annual holiday food drive to benefit…
Month: October 2016
Forbes Under 30 Comes to Two Eastie Schools
By John Lynds Last Wednesday Forbes Magazine held a Service Day at several Boston Public Schools (BPS) including two schools in East Boston. At the Donald McKay and Patrick J. Kennedy Schools young entrepreneurs from across the world engaged students…
Both Cintolo and Morris Released from Hospital
By John Lynds Many are still hailing Officers Richard Cintolo and Matt Morris’s survival and speedy recovery from a fierce gun battle two weeks ago as a miracle. Both Cintolo and Morris were critically wounded during the shootout on Gladstone…
Updated,Improved Safety Gear to Police Districts
By John Lynds One thing the shooting of Officers Richard Cintolo and Matt Morris two weeks ago on Gladstone Street in East Boston demonstrated that Boston police and police nationwide are facing more powerful weaponry on the streets. Over the…
BPDA Holds Design Review on Border Street Project
By John Lynds Last week the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), formerly the Boston Redevelopment Authority, held an Article 80 design review meeting regarding the large residential development on Border Street in East Boston. The market rate condo development…
City Picks East Boston CDC as Hess Site Developer
By John Lynds Following a meeting last Friday, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) named the East Boston Community Development Corporation (CDC) as the designated developer of the Hess Site on Condor Street. The CDC developed was chosen over …
MassDOT Holds Meeting on Sumner Toll Plaza
By John Lynds Following a series of community meetings, East Boston residents expressed several concerns over the state’s original plan to demolish and reconfigure the Sumner Tunnel Toll Plaza as MassDOT moves to All Electronic Tolling (AET) at the entrance…
Have A Safe and Happy Halloween
Halloween will be observed this Monday, and that means that scores of children and others will be roaming our streets during the early-evening hours as they go about their ritual of trick-or-treating in our neighborhoods. It is up to each…
Obituaries 10-26-2016
James ‘Jay’ Walsh Of Stoneham, formerly of East Boston James “Jay” Walsh of Stoneham, formerly of East Boston, passed away peacefully on October 15. Jay was an active member of the East Boston Little League for many years. He was also…
East Boston Residents in Shock over Police Shooting:Officers Cintolo and Morris Upgraded to Stable Condition
By John Lynds The Boston Police Department’s top brass, East Boston clergy and even many elected officials and residents have stated that some sort of divine intervention occurred last Wednesday night when District A-7 Officers Richard Cintolo and Matt Morris…