When Max Gruner took over the reigns of East Boston Main Streets in 2013 he hit the ground running. For the past six years under Gruner’s leadership Main Streets partnered with numerous businesses in the neighborhood to increase the quality…
Author: John Lynds
Walsh Calls for ZBA Investigation
The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) has definitely seen better days. The fallout from the John Lynch bribing scandal has trickled down to the ZBA itself and now Mayor Martin Walsh is calling for an investigation into the board.…
City Changes Precinct 14 Voting Location for Upcoming Primary
As the city prepares for the upcoming Preliminary Municipal Electionon Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Election Department announced a change to one of Eastie’s polling locations. During the construction of Phase I of the Orient Heights Housing Development Precinct 14 was…
Victim Identified in Last Week’s Stabbing Death
The man stabbed to death on West Eagle Street has been identified as 22-year-old Carlos Ramos of East Boston. Ramos’s death marks only the second homicide in a relatively quiet year for crime in East Boston. Ramos was found just…
School Children Living at Crossroads Benefit From Massport Back-To-School Program
There has long been a partnership between Crossroads Family Shelter in East Boston and the Massachusetts Port Authority. For years, Massport has been a corporate partner in helping Crossroads fulfill its mission to help homeless families that stay at the…
HVNA Votes on Horace Street Project
In a close vote Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) members voted 31 to 28 against a project on Horace Street at the group’s September meeting held Monday night at the Edward Brooke’s Charter School. This was the third presentation given…
Pretrial Begins in the Case Against Dylan Etheridge
The East Boston man charged with killing a Rhode Island college student and seriously injuring her college roommate during a car crash on May 5 was back in court on August 28 for pretrial proceedings. According to the Suffolk County…
BPDA Requests ‘More Information’ Before Okaying Suffolk Downs Project
Before granting approvals to the Suffolk Downs redevelopment project that will add another 10,000 units of housing to the neighborhood, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) wants more information and clarity from developer on some key aspects of the…
Reactivated Human Rights Commission Will Focus on Eastie’s Immigrant Population
For years now, national political rhetoric has been stoking flames of discrimation against immigrant communities across the country that some argue led to the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, last month that killed 24 people who were mostly Latino.…
Officials to Host Meeting on Paris Street Pool
The Boston Centers for Youth & Families, and the City of Boston’s Public Facilities Department will host a community meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Paris Street Community Center regarding the upcoming renovations to the Paris…