The East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) received a boost for its housing services last week from Webster Bank. NOAH was a recipient of a $5,000 Community Reinvestment Act grant from Webster Bank. The money was part of $61,500…
Month: December 2018
Community Calendar
Harbor View Neighborhood Association First Monday of every month 6:30 p.m. at the Edward Brooke Charter School, 145 Byron St. Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association Second Monday of every month. 6:30 p.m. at the Jeffries Point Yacht Club, 565 Sumner…
Community News
Evening Prayer (Vespers) at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church On Friday, Dec. 21 at 6:30 p.m. Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church will hold Evening Prayer” (Vespers). Holden Vespers” is a beautiful, contemporary setting for this ancient liturgy of songs, prayer and quiet…
Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
Christmas this year is part of what for many people will be a four-day weekend, which means that for many of us, we will be indulging in the “Christmas spirit” early and often. By no means do we wish to…
Enjoy the Holiday Season
This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…
Obituaries 12-19-2018
Yvonne Leone Of Winthrop, formerly of East Boston Yvonne M. Leone of Winthrop, formerly of East Boston, passed away on Friday, Dec. 14. She was 82 years old. The cherished daughter of the late James and Blanche (Forrest) Thornell, she…
Show of Hands:GSCA Holds Special Meeting on Mount Carmel Development
While members of the Gove Street Citizens Association (GSCA) did not take an official vote Monday night on the proposal to develop the former Mount Carmel Church property into 112 units of housing, one member asked for a show of…
Longtime JPNA Co-Chair Renee Scalfani Leaving Post
With the exception of perhaps Eagle Hill Civic Association President Debra Cave, longtime Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) Co-Chair Renee Scalfani is one of the longest continuously serving members of any East Boston community group board. As the neighborhood’s notable…
Friends of the East Boston Greenway Announce New Coordinator
Last week the Friends of the East Boston Greenway announced the appointment of Michelle Moon as the neighborhood’s new Greenway Coordinator. Moon is an urban planner who works on greenways, parks, placemaking, and active transit projects in collaboration with community-led…
Veronica Robles Honored at 15th Annual Eastie’s Elves
For the past 15 years the Eastie’s Elves committee has picked one East Boston resident who has been an exemplary member of the community and presented them with the Albert ‘Junior’ Lombardi Elf of the Year award. Whether the person…