Month: July 2020
ZBA Votes Down Development on Bremen Street
Last Tuesday the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals sent developers of a Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved project on Bremen Street back to the drawing board. Citing a lack of greenspace coupled with the size and scope of…
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Releases Annual Beach Water Quality Report Card
With summer in full swing and beach goers enjoying sun, surf and sand, while social distancing Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual report on the water quality at Constitution Beach in East Boston. According to Save the Harbor/Save…
Walsh Comments on BPS’s Draft Plan for Fall Reopening
At his daily briefing last week, Mayor Martin Walsh commented on the draft plan Boston Public School (BPS) Superintendent Brenda Cassellius submitted to the school committee. According to the plan, a return to school this fall would combine in-person and…
Zip Run to Offer Cannabis Delivery, Partners with Berkshire Roots
A recreational cannabis delivery service that recently partnered with Berkshire Roots on Meridian Street in East Boston will hold a community outreach meeting on Tuesday, August 4. Zip Run, the state’s first-ever recreational cannabis “delivery-only” retailer, will host the meeting…
BCBS Serves 50,000th Meal
Since early June Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) has been partnering with local nonprofits to help food insecure residents get food during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Eastie, BCBS has teamed up with Eastie-based Project Bread, Crossroads Family Shelter, Salesian Boys…
Eastie COVID-19 Updates
East Boston residents testing positive for COVID-19 dropped for the third week in a row and the neighborhood’s infection rate has seemed to level out a bit according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC)…
East Boston Savings Bank Continues to Perform Well
The economic downturn and slowing economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on many businesses and some banks. However, despite the uncertain economic times Meridian Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) has…
Eastie Farm and Tree Eastie Team up to Provide Rain Barrels to Residents
Tree Eastie, an organization that has been trying to rekindle the neighborhood’s grassroots effort to get more trees planted in Eastie, has partnered with Eastie Farm to bring rain barrels to residents. With barrels donated from Eastie based Orleans Packing…
East Boston Savings Bank Opens Three New Branches
East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) has opened new branches in Salem and Woburn and is targeting a late summer opening of EBSB’s third branch in Brookline. “We are very excited to be expanding our footprint within these communities. All these locations coincide…