East Boston’s elected officials and District 7 Captain Kelly McCormick have expressed their frustrations over the lack of use of the Marty Coughlin Bypass Road—a half-mile road extending under Day Square to Chelsea Street designed to remove Logan Airport related…
Month: March 2018
Mayor Walsh Adds Second Ambulance to East Boston
A bone of contention for decades in East Boston is the fact that the neighborhood has had only one dedicated ambulance stationed. With Eastie geographic isolation from the rest of Boston, coupled with the fact that the only dedicated Boston…
Appreciation:Benny Tauro, Businessman, Community Leader, Passes at 85
Benito “Benny” Tauro, the soft-spoken East Boston businessman, community leader and philanthropist who spent a lifetime fighting to protect the quality of life for residents and preserve the neighborhood’s Italian-American culture, has died. Mr. Tauro, or ‘Benny’ as he was…
Bennington Street Bars in Hot Water Again with Licensing Board
At a hearing last week Boston Licensing Board Chairwoman Christine Pulgini said she would again bring two East Boston bar owners back before the board after reports of stabbings, muggings, and fights outside their Bennington Street establishments at closing time.…
City Council Takes Action on Noyes Park Project Grant
The Boston City Council voted last Wednesday to add clarifying language to Mayor Martin Walsh’s PARC (Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities) grant request for the Noyes Park project in Orient Heights. In February the Council voted in favor of…
Nathan Smolensky Announces as Independent in Congressional Bid
Nathan Smolensky, a non-profit manager from Somerville, has announced that he will be running as an Independent for Massachusetts’s 7th District Congressional seat. “We need Independent voices to speak up,” says Smolensky, “now more than ever. The parties are becoming…
Greg Henning Announces for Suffolk County District Attorney Office
Greg Henning, a 38-year-old Dorchester resident who has worked as a prosecutor for over ten years, is running for Suffolk County District Attorney. Henning grew up in Boston and graduated from Harvard with a bachelor’s degree in government. His father,…
Developer Reduces Size of Cowper Street Project, Again
City Realty, the developer of a proposed condo project at 181 Cowper St., appeared before the Orient Heights Neighborhood Council last week after several previous meetings with the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA). Since their last presentation at last month’s…
Registration Now Open for All Girls Sports Festival
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, and Boston Centers for Youth & Families invite girls from throughout the city to spend their April school vacation at the All Girls Sports Festival in Roxbury. The free four-day…
American Red Cross Hosts Boston Strong Blood Drive
The American Red Cross will join community leaders to mark the fifth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings and to pay tribute to the strength and resilience shown by so many with a blood drive on April 15. In April…