For East Boston nonprofit organizations like Piers Park Sailing Center, East Boston YMCA, the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) and Harborkeepers, the annual Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Shamrock Splash fundraiser helps these organization bring fun activities to Eastie beaches…
Author: John Lynds
EBNHC Updates Residents’ Neighborhood Trauma Team
When a traumatic or violent event occurs in East Boston,it affects not only the victim and their family but also the victim’s extend family, friends, first-responders and neighbors who may have witnessed the incident and its aftermath. For a little…
125 Sumner St. Project Underway
The Clippership Apartments, a 20-unit, income-restricted complex owned by the Boston Housing Authority, could have had an overhaul 20 years ago when Maverick Gardens was being rehabbed under a federal Hope VI grant. However, residents opted not to be part…
Salvadoran National Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
A Salvadoran national and convicted sexual offender living under an assumed name in East Boston was sentenced in federal court last week for failure to register as a sex offender as required under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act…
JPNA Votes Down Sumner Street Proposal
The Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) voted 12 to 11 against the proposed project at 272 Sumner St. to add an additional unit to a three-family. East Boston resident Julius Sokol planned to perform a gut rehab on an existing…
City Council Approves CPA Funding
Last month Mayor Martin Walsh and the City’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) recommended that several projects in East Boston and across the city, totaling more than $34 million, be included in the fall funding round for the Community Preservation Act…
Chamber Prosperity Awards Set for the End of the Month
Living in an urban community is never easy. While East Boston does have it share of the issues, it also has a lifestyle that has made this a community of choice for generations of residents. In Eastie, you are not…
Collecting Data – Noise in the City’s Community Lab Sets Its Sights on Eastie
Noise in the City’s Community Noise Lab was developed by researcher Erica Walker to take a more creative look into the relationship between community sound and noise issues and corresponding health impacts—both physical and mental. Walker, who earned an ScD…
APAC’s EITC Program in Full Swing
Most people don’t want to think about it, but it’s the time of year to begin thinking about filing their 2018 tax returns. For many working people in East Boston there’s some relief from the confusing process of figuring out…
Rep. Madaro, Boston Delegation, City Council Oppose MBTA Fare Hike
Last week Rep. Adrian Madaro (Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation) and Sen. Joseph Boncore (Chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation) filed a package of bills to address the growing traffic issue in East Boston centered around…