Are you ready for a disaster, natural or otherwise? Some people living in East Boston might say yes while a vast majority might say no. Last week Harborkeepers Director Magdelena La Battaglia and Harborkeepers Heather O’Brien held a workshop for…
Author: John Lynds
MassDOT announces overnight Route 1A closures
Starting on Sunday, Feb.9, there will be intermittent overnight road closures on both the northbound and southbound sides of Route 1A in East Boston. MassDOT made the announcement Monday and said the closures are scheduled to take place over the…
Speak for the Trees and NOAH team up for Tree Canopy
For nearly three years, a group of concerned teens from East Boston’s Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) have been trying to rekindle the neighborhood’s grassroots effort to have more trees planted in Eastie. NOAH Youth members have launched the tree…
HVNA votes to approve project pitched end of Moore Street
Members of the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) voted 22-21 in favor of a 14-unit condo building on Moore Street. The White and Gaeta families occupy three adjoining homes from 116 to 120 Moore St. Originally the White and Gaeta…
Shah Family Foundation revamps Salesian Boys & Girls Club kitchen
For the past few years the Shah Family Foundation (SFF) has been helping East Boston schools outfit their cafeterias with new kitchen equipment in order to prepare fresh-cooked meals for students as part of the ‘My Way Cafe’ initiative. Now…
Eutaw Street fire leaves 15 homeless
The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services and the American Red Cross have found temporary housing for the 15 people displaced by a two-alarm fire that broke out on Eutaw Street last week. Just before 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 39,…
Compliant: Lawyers for Civil Rights files complaint against BPDA over Suffolk Downs development
With the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) poised to approve the 161-acre Suffolk Downs mixed-use project later this month the Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) filed a Civil Rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
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Greenway Council meeting Agenda The next Greenway Council meeting will be on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Anna DeFronzo Center (395 Maverick Street, East Boston, MA). AGENDAIntros Police Report RisingEMOTIONS Art Installation Events Recap +…
City Councilor Michelle Wu stops by JPNA
At-Large City Councilor Michelle Wu stopped by last week’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) meeting touting her plan to abolish the Boston Planning and Development Agency. Wu, who chairs the Council’s Development and Transportation Committee, for months has been going…
Sen. Boncore provides residents with legislative updates
At last week’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) monthly meeting Sen. Joseph Boncore briefed residents on some of the legislative accomplishments over the past year that directly benefited the neighborhood. “It was a good year fiscally for the state and…