At its May board meeting last Thursday the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved a 26-unit residential project on Geneva Street. In its ruling the BPDA board wrote that, “28-30 Geneva Street advances consistent with the priorities outlined in…
Author: John Lynds
City Officials Holds Flood Resilient Building Guidelines Open House
East Bostonians can take the snow, wind, frigid cold and space-savers, but a new element has been added into the wintery mix that may be something residents might have to get used to as the sea-level rises. Last year’s ‘Bomb…
BSLA Updates Community on East Boston Greenway Design Challenge Progress
Over the winter, the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) kicked off an East Boston Greenway Design Challenge. According to BSLA Executive Director Gretchen Rabinkin, the BLSA asked landscape architects to share some designs plans and ideas with the BLSA…
Best for Eastie: Councilor Lydia Edwards Gives Legislative Update at JPNA Meeting
City Councilor Lydia Edwards stopped by the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) May meeting on Monday night to give her legislative updates to residents. Edwards started off briefing residents on projects already in the pipeline that should be wrapping up…
Eastie Native Receives Prestigious James Beard Culinary Award
East Boston’s Tony Messina was announced as the 2019 winner of the prestigious James Beard Award. Messina, head chef and partner at UNI in Boston, was presented with the coveted award at the 28th Annual James Beard awards in Chicago.…
Appreciation: Evelyn Morash, Longtime Eastie activist, Died Sunday
Evelyn Morash, the outspoken community activist, wife and mother, died Sunday surrounded by her family. Morash, an outspoken woman on matters of education who formed the group ‘Parents and Teachers who Care’ in the 1970s, raised her five children in…
Victim’s Family Takes Issue With Defendant’s Attorney’s Remarks
When Attorney Peter Marano faced the media after his client Dylan Etheridge’s arraignment last Monday, he began a narrative outside East Boston District Court that the victim’s family has taken issue with. Ethridge, 22, of East Boston was arraigned on…
Talk at Library on Historic Painting and Cunard Line
The ‘Queen Mary’ was the second of several historic painting titled “A History of Shipping” by Frederick Leonard King to be restored. The painting by King depicting the Queen Mary was overhauled at Oliver Brothers Restoration with a grant by…
Massport, Martin Richard Foundation Donate to PPSC
Both Massport and the Martin Richard Foundation have made donations to the Piers Park Sailing Center (PPSC) last week. Massport made gave a $25,000 grant to PPSC, which allows the community sailing center to continue educational programs, such as “Science…
Robert Santiago Named Commissioner of Veterans’ Services
Earlier this month Mayor Martin Walsh announced the appointment of Robert Santiago as the new Commissioner of the Office of Veterans’ Services (OVS) for the City of Boston. Santiago, who lives in Jamaica Plain with his husband, becomes the first…