A familiar face will return to East Boston to lead the East Boston YMCA next month. Joe Gaeta, who served as the East Boston Y’s Director of Teen Programs for several years before leaving to become Director of Operations for…
Author: John Lynds
Actress Adjovi Koene Performs ‘Streetcar to Justice’ at East Boston Library
One hundred years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger sparking the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycotts, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement took place when a New York City woman made…
Mayor Walsh Announces $26 Million to Create Affordable Housing
Using the North End’s Knights of Columbus Hall as a backdrop, Mayor Martin Walsh announced $26 million in money to create affordable units not only at the Knights of Columbus, but also in East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, Mission Hill, North…
Rep. Madaro is Appointed Vice Chair of Transportation
With a major international airport, highway, toll plaza and the MBTA Blue Line in his district, it made sense for Speaker Robert DeLeo to appoint Rep. Adrian Madaro as the new House Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation. …
East Boston Harborkeepers Sign MOU with Coast Guard
For a while now the East Boston Harborkeepers, a group founded in 2016 to promote climate resiliency and foster environmental stewardship along the neighborhood’s shoreline, have been an unofficial partner of the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Boston. Harborkeepers have been…
White Supremacist Propaganda Shows up in East Boston Area
Late last week three men were spotted around East Boston hanging white supremacist propaganda in public. The group of men was taping posters to street poles for the group Blood and Soil, a slogan that was synonymous with Nazi Germany…
Two East Boston Adult Use Marijuana Proposals Sign Host Agreements with City
An adult use marijuana facility proposed for Meridian Street and another proposed for Maverick Square both signed host agreements with the City of Boston last week. Berkshire Roots and East Boston Bloom, LLC both agreed to make quarterly payments equal…
Police Looking to Speak to Three Individuals in Connection with Sunday’s Stabbing
A stabbing outside Modelo Bar on Chelsea Street early Sunday morning has police searching for three people caught on security cameras who may have information on the attack. Police said that the three individuals, one male and two females, are…
East Boston YMCA Kicks off Annual Fundraising Campaign
Last week the East Boston YMCA kicked off its annual capital campaign efforts with a donation of $25,000 from Massport. The Y’s capital campaign will culminate in the agency’s annual breakfast fundraiser in April the Logan Hilton Hotel. Last year,…
MG2 Moving Forward with 2 Ford St. Project
Developer MG2 is moving forward with its project at 2 Ford St., and filed their Small Project Review application with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) earlier this month. The filing kicked off the public comment period on the…