Suffolk University and the City of Boston have inked a deal that would allow Suffolk University sports teams to use East Boston Memorial Stadium as its home turf for baseball, softball and soccer teams and Suffolk University will spend nearly…
Author: John Lynds
Police Need Help in Locating Suspect
Police in neighboring Winthrop are asking East Boston residents to remain vigilant after an apparent child abduction last week. Winthrop Police Chief Terrance Delehanty said investigators would like to speak with the man being sought in connection with the alleged…
EBNHC Recognized with National Healthcare Award
The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center was one of 10 healthcare employers named as the 2015 Frontline Healthcare Worker Champions. The Health Center was honored by CareerSTAT, an initiative of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and Jobs for the…
NetBlazr Caters to Millennials Market
In this day and age, more young people who are renting or buying homes in East Boston are turning away from corporate cable providers who offer cable, phone and internet bundle packages and finding alternatives to stream television shows and…
Boston East Site Developers Granted Extension
The City of Boston’s Public Facilities Commission granted developers of the Boston East Site on Border Street an extension to get the development off the ground through December. Lisa Pollack, Chief Communication Officer for the City of Boston, said the…
Local Radio Host Arrested for Operating Under the Influence
East Boston resident, radio personality and author who has spent her career defending law enforcement officials found herself in some hot water with one last week. Michele McPhee, 47, of East Boston, and host of WMEX AM !510 was arrested…
NOAH Organized Neighborhood Program to Share Climate Knowledge
With climate experts predicting more dramatic climate swings such as 10 times more damage to property as a result of severe storms by the end of the century, annual rainfall levels expected to increase in Massachusetts by almost 15 percent…
Series of Meetings for Orient Heights Housing Development Begin
Boston Housing Authority Administrator Bill McGonagle and Trinity Financial’s Mathieu Zahler held the first in a series of community meetings regarding the Orient Heights Housing Development since Trinity was picked as developer last week to rehab the aging Orient Heights…
Michael Ascolillo,37,East Boston Resident, Artist
Michael Ascolillo, a lifelong East Boston resident and one of the most sought after tattoo artists of his generation, has died. Ascolillo, affectionately known in Eastie as ‘Asco’ or ‘Mikey’, died unexpectedly following complications from heart valve surgery on Saturday,…
Courthouse Closing Overblown?
While trial court officials have reported to the Boston Herald that they are looking to close a third of the state’s 101 trial courts with East Boston District Court as one courthouse mentioned, there seems to be nothing on the…