Last week, Rep. Adrian Madaro and Mayor Martin Walsh testified at the State House urging lawmakers to adopt legislation filed by Walsh and sponsored by Madaro that better aligns transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Uber and Lyft, with the…
Author: John Lynds
GSCA Updated on Maverick Street Project
Last year the Gove Street Citizens Association (GSCA) voted 18 to 3 in favor of a complete historical rehab and condo project at the former DeAngelis Bakery building on the corner of Maverick and Orleans Streets. Developers of the project…
Crime Is Down 25 Percent in Eastie So Far This Year
Reaching the halfway point in the year, East Boston has experienced a decrease in Part One Crime so far in 2019, according to statistics released by the Boston Police Department earlier this month. According to statistics released by the Boston…
Friends and Family Pay Tribute to Eastie’s Joe Harvard at the Middle East
In the 1980s an East Boston guy had an idea to create a Boston recording studio that would authentically capture the emerging alternative Boston music scene. Fort Apache in Roxbury was born and artists like The Pixies, The Lemonheads, Dinosaur…
Piers Park Sailing’s Summer Programs off to a Good Start
It’s almost halfway through the summer and kids from East Boston and surrounding communities have been having the time of their lives at Piers Park Sailing Center’s (PPSC) summer programs. “In total we will have over 850 kids come through…
Closed : Another Blue Line Power Problem Frustrates Residents, Causes Traffic Nightmare
The MBTA has been having a hell of a summer with problems that seem to manifest all over the rapid transit system. East Boston hasn’t been immune to the T’s deteriorating infrastructure and last Wednesday an outage on the Blue…
Mayor Walsh Supports Rep. Madaro Bill to Protect Senior Renters in Boston
Last Tuesday afternoon Mayor Martin Walsh was up at the State House to offer testimony in support of a House bill sponsored by Rep. Adrian Madaro that aims to protect senior renters. House Bill H. 3373 will ensure protections for…
State Kills Bid Process Railroad Right-Of-Way Along Chelsea Creek
Earlier this month the state put out an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for an unused stretch of land that once served as a railroad along the Chelsea Creek behind several current freight forwarding and rental car facilities. The state was…
Community Updated on Loftel Project
Since 2016 residents living in the Gove Street area have compared the former Sterlingwear factory on the corner of Porter and Orleans Streets to something you would see in war-torn Damascus rather than East Boston. In 2016 the proposal to…
Gove Street Citizens Association Votes to Approve Three Projects
On Monday night at the Cathy Leonard McLean Community Room members of the Gove Street Citizens Association (GSCA) voted to approve three development projects. The first project at 24 Geneva St. the developer plans to erect a five story residential…