Last week U.S. Congressman wrote a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) urging them to take the same action at Logan International Airport in East Boston as the agency took recently in California. Earlier this year the FAA reached…
Author: John Lynds
Central Assembly of God Holds Memorial Mass for Slain Eastie Teen
Duncan Ketter had the world in the palm of his hand. The 19-year-old East Boston resident had recently graduated from Madison Park High School, was enrolled in Franklin Institute of Technology and was working full time at Hertz in order…
East Boston CDC Receives Loan to Keep 111 Units of Affordable Housing
Rising home costs and rents that have more than doubled in the past decade are making it harder and harder for East Boston residents to remain in the neighborhood. In one of the hottest real estate markets in the City…
East Boston Social Centers Celebrates 100 Years in the Community
In 1918 the East Boston Social Centers was founded during the Settlement House movement. The Settlement House movement was a reformist social movement that tried to bridge the gap between the upper and middle class and poor immigrants living in…
Anthony “Tony the Kid” Barrasso Honored on his 100th Birthday
Those who know 100-year-old Anthony “Tony the Kid” Barrasso will tell you the tough World War II veteran still has a lot of fire in his belly as he reached a special birthday milestone last Thursday at the Don Orione…
‘Buddy’ Mangini Sworn in for Second Term as EBCC President
Last Thursday night in front of a packed crowd at the Hilton Garden Inn, Albert ‘Buddy’ Mangini took the oath of office for the second time as the East Boston Chamber of Commerce president. Mangini, a longtime neighborhood business and…
BPDA Approves Suffolk Downs Phase I Plans
While Amazon has yet to pick a city for its second North American headquarters (HQ2), Boston officials are leaving nothing to chance. The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved HYM Investment Group, LLC’s Suffolk Downs Phase I proposal at…
City Council Committee Holds Hearing on Noyes Park Renovations
On Monday, the City Council Committee on Environment & Sustainability, which oversees Boston parks, held a hearing on the Noyes Park renovation project slated to begin this year. The purpose of the hearing, chaired by City Councilor Matt O’Malley and…
East Boston Resident,Nobel Prize Nominee and Master of Non-Violent Resistance Dr Gene Sharp Dies at 90
Dr. Gene Sharp, who ran the Albert Einstein Institute for Non-Violent Struggles out of an unassuming apartment in East Boston, and for decades had written the handbooks on how to overthrow oppressive regimes through non-violent means, died on Sunday, Jan.…
Quiet Few Finally Gets JPNA Backing
Josh Weinstein, the East Boston resident proposing a new bar on Sumner Street in Jeffries Point, went back before the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) Monday night and finally received approval by a vote of 27 to 9. Weinstein proposes…