On Saturday, Stop & Shop teamed up with East Boston based Cargo Ventures, to sponsor Stop & Shop’s annual turkey give-away for East Boston YMCA families, as well as families from the Social Centers and the Salesian Boys & Girls…
Author: John Lynds
Emergency Zoom: City, EBNHC, BPHC Hold ‘All Hands on Deck’ Meeting to Discuss COVID in Eastie
Based on the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in East Boston and across the city, state and nation, the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) once again convened community leaders, elected officials and key stakeholders last Thursday during an emergency…
Mayor Awards Community Champion Award to Rita Lara
Last week, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) hosted We Are Boston 2020: From Resilience to Equity on November 19, 2020. The annual end-of-the year reception celebrates Boston immigrants and their contributions to the…
Gloribel Rivas Recognized by the Boston Foundation
In its annual report, The Boston Foundation (TBF) decided to profile leaders of social justice and public service from across the city. One of those remarkable leaders profiled was Gloribel Beatriz Rivas, who serves as a legislative aide to Rep…
Judge Upholds Conviction of MS-13 Member for the Murder of Two Teens in Eastie
Labor Day weekend in 2015 marked the end of the summer, and teens all over East Boston spent their last days of freedom hanging out with friends before school started that Tuesday. Tragically, 15-year-old Wilson Martinez would never make it…
HVNA Votes on Three Projects at November Meeting
At its monthly meeting earlier this month the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) voted on three development projects. The first project at 85-86 Horace St, the group voted 34 to 14 in favor of owners Adam and Deana Fetherson’s plan…
Baker Nominates Judge Serge Georges Jr. to SJC
Gov. Charlie Baker has nominated Associate Justice for the Boston Municipal Court, Serge Georges, to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Judicial Court. “Judge Georges has served on the Boston Municipal Court with great distinction and treats all…
Eastie’s Positive Test Rate Continues to Climb; Neighborhood Still Has Highest Rate in the City
Nearly one out of every five people tested in East Boston were found to be COVID positive according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Last Friday the BPHC reported that of the 23,693 Eastie…
Senior Housing Project Breaks Ground
The East Boston Community Development Corporation (CDC) broke ground last week on its Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved project to create a 42 unit residential building serving low-income seniors. The Grace Apartments, located at 187 Sumner St. will…
JPNA Votes in Favor of Small Project
The Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) voted on just one small project at its November meeting earlier this month. JPNA members voted 24 to 1 in favor of developer Claudia Sierra’s plan to extend the living space of one of…