Last week, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) voted to distribute $200,000 in mitigation funds from the Suffolk Downs Redevelopment project to Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS). The funding fulfills a portion of its community benefits commitment from when…
Author: John Lynds
Weekly COVID positive test rate decreases dramatically
Last week, the cumulative COVID-19 positive test rate in Eastie increased slightly while the weekly positive test rate dropped for a fifth week in a row. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), of…
Dolores LaMattina, longtime city employee, dead at 85
Mrs. LaMattina was the mother of former City Councilor Sal LaMattina Dolores LaMattina, a longtime former city employee of the Paris Street Gym and Pool known for her warmth and dry sense of humor, has died. Mrs. LaMattina who, as…
Car crash victims identified as two EBHS grads
East Boston High School graduates Isaiah Ortiz and Alexander Cabrera have been identified as the two victims of last Tuesday’s horrific car crash on Chelsea Street. According to reports Ortiz died early Tuesday morning after the SUV he was riding…
Madaro appointed Chair of Board in House
Last week House Speaker Ronald Mariano appointed Rep. Adrian Madaro as Chair of the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. This is Rep. Madaro’s first chairmanship since being elected to the House in 2015. Madaro previously vice-chaired…
Eastie mourns passing of activist Peter Cardinale
Peter Cardinale, a longtime community activist and fixture on East Boston community group boards, has died. Mr. Cardinale died Tuesday, February 9 surrounded by his family. He was 96 years old. Mr. Cardinale was born and raised in East Boston…
Eastie’s Ernani DeAraujo Tapped by Walsh for School Committee Post
Last week Mayor Martin Walsh appointed East Boston resident and East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel Ernani DeAraujo to the Boston School Committee “I am pleased to welcome Ernani DeAraujo to this pivotal…
East Boston’s Ben Downing Announces Bid for Governor
On Monday afternoon, East Boston resident Ben Downing is inside Mi Pueblito Restaurant in Orient Heights Square picking up some tacos for lunch. “The chicken jalapeno here is also really good,” Downing tells me as he pays for his lunch.…
Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Decreases Again in Eastie
Last week the cumulative COVID-19 positive test rate in Eastie increased a half a percentage point while the weekly positive test rate dropped for the fourth week in a row. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public…
One Dead, Five Injured in Eastie Crash
One person was killed and five others injured early Tuesday morning when an SUV lost control on Chelsea Street and hit a utility pole, The deadly crash happened at 1 a.m. on Chelsea Street near the Marty Coughlin Bypass Road.…