On Thursday, for a $25 donation to the Nantucket Lightship’s U.S. Lightship Museum Museum (USLM) in East Boston, residents can have a front seat to the Labor Day Fireworks in Boston Harbor aboard Nantucket/LV-112. Since 2009, Eastie has played host…
Author: John Lynds
Wu and Edwards Join Coalition for Safer Streets Around Eagle Square
Last week the East Boston Times obtained a copy of security camera video from outside Channel Fish and other businesses in Eagle Square that shows horrific traffic accidents that include car crashes, pedestrians being run over, cars speeding through stop…
Citizens Provides $40.7 Million Construction Loan for Phase III of the OH Public Housing Project
This week Citizens Bank announced today that its Community Development Group provided a $40.7 million construction loan to Trinity Financial to help Phase III of the Orient Heights Public Housing Development project get past the goalline. Four years after kicking…
Hazmat Situation Quickly Resolved Last Thursday at East Boston Fire House on Maverick Street
The Boston Fire Department’s Engine 9 and Ladder 2 station on Maverick Street was evacuated last Thursday due to a Level 3 Hazmat situation. The station was evacuated after firefighters in the station began to smell chemicals and could not…
Eastie’s Weekly COVID Infections Increases 47 Percent
It’s a good thing the City’s new mask mandate policy for indoor venues went into effect last Friday because East Boston’s COVID numbers increased dramatically between August 23 and August 30. City health officials are scrambling to knock down the…
East Boston Ward I Democratic Committee Endorses Michelle Wu for Mayor
With Boston’s September 14 Primary just around the corner the East Boston Ward I Democratic Committee has endorsed At-Large City Councilor Michelle Wu for Mayor of Boston and made two other key endorsements in the City Councilor At-Large race. Historically,…
Interpretive Signage Being Placed Around Eastie’s Harborwalk
The Friends of the Boston Harborwalk, affiliated with Boston Harbor Now, is involved in a multi-year effort to add engaging, inclusive, and stylistically consistent interpretive signs along Boston’s 43-mile Harborwalk, including right here in East Boston. If you’ve walked along…
Planet Fitness Teams Up With Salesians For School Back Pack Giveaway and Raffle
On Monday at the Salesian Boys & Girls Club on Byron Street, the DeMartinis Franchise Group, owners of the East Boston Planet Fitness, once again teamed up with the Boys & Girls Club for a back to school backpack giveaway. …
Edwards Will Run for Senate Seat if Boncore Steps Down
During an interview Tuesday, District 1 Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards made it clear she is not running against sitting State Senator Joe Boncore, but will run if and when Boncore, who is in negotiations for a job with Massachusetts…
Two Artists Receive City Art Grants to Increase Public Art in Eastie
This week the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture award grants to artists and organizations to create short-term public art projects and activations through the Transformative Public Art program. In Eastie two artists will receive grant money to create public…