For years the East Boston YMCA was the only Greater Boston YMCA site without a pool. That all changed last year when the East Boston Y joined forces with the Mario Umana Academy to bring the Umana’s underutilized pool back…
Author: John Lynds
City Begins Fining Loftel Project
For the past few weeks, the City of Boston has warned the owners of the Loftel project on Orleans Street that they had better clean up their act or face daily fines. Boston Trade International, owned by the Patel family,…
Eagle Hill Civic Association Hears about Start of Noise Study
Noise in the City’s Community Noise Lab was developed by researcher Dr. Erica Walker to take a more creative look into the relationship between neighborhood noise issues and corresponding health impacts. Walker has partnered with volunteers in the neighborhood to…
Madaro Points Out Benefits To Eastie in State Budget
With one swipe of the pen last week Gov. Charlie Baker signed the state’s $43 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2020. The signing of the state budget came with no veteos from the Governor, which was good news for…
Several Arrests Made in Sex Trafficking Charges
Two individuals from East Boston as well as seven others from surrounding communities were arrested last week by State Police at three residential locations in East Boston, Chelsea and Lynn that served as alleged fronts for human trafficking. Attorney General…
HVNA August Meeting Recap
The Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) held its August meeting Monday night at the Edward Brooke’s Charter School. At the meeting no votes were taken, but members were updated on several development projects that are in the works. First up…
Sammy Carlo’s Catering Honored by Walsh and Boston Main Streets
Where the Salesians Boys & Girls Club parking lot is today on Bennington Street once stood Sammy Carlo’s corner store. It was there, in the 1950s that a family business started that would, after seven decades and two locations, become…
Eastie Farms’ Thiruvengadam Named ‘Volunteer of the Year’
At last Tuesday’s Mayor on Main Streets event outside Sammy Carlo’s Deli, Eastie Farms founder and director Kannan Thiruvengadam was honored as the Boston Main Streets Volunteer of the Year. “As I’ve mentioned before what is really important to the…
Artist Andres Amador Returns to Constitution Beach
San Francisco-based artist Andres Amador returned to Constitution Beach last Friday to turn the wet sand at low-tide into a temporary piece of visual art with the help of the community. For the past six years, Save the Harbor/Save the…
Italian Express Remembers Cancer Victim
Seventeen-year-old Harris Halperin was a huge fan of Guy Fieri’s Food Network show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” A year ago Harris was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma cancer. During his treatments, and unknown to his family, Harris made…