The long and complicated saga surrounding Maverick Marketplace Cafe’s seating capacity has finally been solved. Last week the City of Boston approved the Cafe’s request to increase the restaurant’s seating capacity from 24 inside to 60 and from 28 outside…
Author: John Lynds
Dream Come True Eastie’s Angelina Botticelli Heading to Berklee College of Music on Full Scholarship
Since joining Zumix as a young girl, Angelina Botticelli has grown to become an accomplished musician. The lifelong Eastie resident and Boston Arts Academy (BAA) High School senior has written original music, started a band, released an album, helped co-write…
Excel Lays out Plans for Expansion of High School to Include Middle School
At a recent community meeting, Excel Academy Charter School Executive Director Owen Stearns and Excel’s Pat Forbest and Dan Mills laid out the plans to expand the High School on Bremen Street to include a middle school. The plan includes…
New Gas Station Opens at Logan; Will Soon House Meridian Market, Starbucks
Soon Jeffries Point residents will no longer have to walk or drive to Central Square or McClellan Highway to get their Meridian Market or Starbucks fixes. Massport announced that a new convenience and filling station opened on the Logan Airport…
EBNHC Honors Two at Monday’s Art of Health Care Event
On Monday the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center held its seventh annual Art of Health Care event at the ICA’s Watershed at the Boston Shipyard and Marina. This year the annual innovative fundraiser to celebrate EBNHC’s mission in the community…
Eagle Hill Civic Association Votes on Several Projects
Members of the Eagle Hill Civic Association (EHCA) voted on several projects during its May meeting last week at East Boston High School. First up, the group voted 22 to 12 in favor of the project at 98 Prescott Street. …
Madaro Points Out Eastie Projects in House Budget
Last month Rep. Adrian Madaro joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives to pass its Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget, investing in programs and services across the state. Madaro said the $42.7 billion House budget makes major investments…
Eastie’s Elected Officials React to BPS Plan for Eastie
Last week the Boston Public Schools (BPS) Interim Superintendent Laura Perille announced that BPS will reconfigure six Eastie schools, the Adams, Bradley, Guild, Otis, P.J. Kennedy, and O’Donnell from the K-5 model to a K-6 model by September 2021. The…
Wally Bowe Fundraiser Set for June 7
On Friday, June 7 at the Beachmont VFW, a fundraiser for a fund established in memory of the longtime Salesians Boys and Girls Club mentor Wally Bowe will be held. Those of who knew Bowe best had created the fund…
City Officials, Massport Cut Ribbon on New Ambulance Bay
A bone of contention for decades in East Boston is the fact that the neighborhood has had only one dedicated ambulance stationed in the community. With Eastie geographically isolated from the rest of Boston, coupled with the fact that the…