Each year in October runners would get dressed in Halloween Costumes and head down to Mary Ellen Welch Greenway to take part in the East Boston YMCA’s annual “East BOOston 5K” road race and fundraiser. However, last year the COVID-19…
Author: John Lynds
Eastie’s Weekly COVID Infections Increase Above 5 Percent
Last week, East Boston went over the five percent COVID positive test rate threshold that the CDC and city have used during the height of the pandemic last year to begin reconsidering the phased reopening of certain businesses, public spaces…
Three Eastie Students Receive City of Boston Scholarships
Last week, Acting Mayor Kim Janey announced the City of Boston Scholarship Committee awarded three East Boston students up to $10,000 in scholarships to help fund their higher education. Eastie’s Cristina Vasquez who is attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst,…
Tall Ship Bouncers Arrested on Assault and Battery Charges
Last Monday, Mass State Police arrested two bouncers at the popular Tall Ship concept bar and patio along the Eastie waterfront for allegedly assaulting two nurses that were drinking at the establishment. State Police arrested David Ortega, 38, of Tewksbury…
Officials Break Ground on Phase III of Orient Heights Housing Project
Last Tuesday afternoon, Acting Mayor Kim Janey, East Boston elected officials, and residents of the Orient Heights Public Housing community came together to celebrate the last phase of a complete overhaul of the neighborhood’s public housing development on the backside…
Berkshire Roots Will Ask Community Support for Delivery, Other Changes at Upcoming Meeting
Owners of the recreational marijuana dispensary, Berkshire Roots, on Meridian Street are hosting a virtual community meeting on Thursday, September 30 at 6:00 pm via a Webex meeting forum. The meeting’s link can be found at https://bit.ly/3hmkrFL and the password…
First Public Meeting on Former Orient Heights Casket Company Site Scheduled for Next Week
After an enormous nine-alarm fire in March 2019, the family that owned the New England Casket Company at 1141 Bennington Street for generations made the painful decision not to rebuild. Now, Louis Tobia Jr., whose Italian grandfather founded the casket…
Weekly COVID Infections Increase Dramatically
With a new school year in full swing, a large percentage of students under the age of 12 still unvaccinated and the Delta variant of the COVID 19 virus still raging, it’s no surprise that East Boston’s weekly positive test…
Remembering the Local Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 Attacks 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago on Sept. 10, 2001, 2,996 people went to sleep not knowing the horrors the next day would bring. Among them, 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights, 2,606 people went to sleep in…
Two Eastie Residents to Participate in Jimmy Fund Walk
Two East Boston residents will choose their own route on October 3, and raise money for cancer research during the socially distanced Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. Eastie’s Patricia Grifoni and Donny Grifoni, along with thousands of other walkers, will…