A Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved mixed-use condo project on Maverick Street broke ground recently, and will bring 49 new units to East Boston. The project at 205 Maverick St., dubbed EBO, was approved by the BPDA in…
Author: John Lynds
Friends of Mary Ellen Greenway Circulating Greenway Extension Survey
Last year Rep. Adrian Madaro secured $100,000 in the state budget for an engineering, environmental and feasibility study to extend the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway past Constitution Beach to Belle Isle Marsh and eventually to Winthrop and Revere. Support for…
Councilor Edwards Hold Hearing on City’s Cannabis Equity Ordinance
Last week, City Councilor Lydia Edwards held a City Council hearing with the Committee of Government Operations aiming to close a city loophole in the granting of marijuana licenses that have left some local cannabis entrepreneurs in the lurch and…
Eastie Residents on Jimmy Fund Walk Team Raising Money for Dana-Farber
The annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will look a lot different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic for three East Boston residents who are part of ‘Team Richie’, and will…
First Step: Madaro’s Environmental Justice Amendment a Win for Eastie
At the end of July, East Boston State Rep. Adrian Madaro rose in House Chambers and introduced an amendment to the state’s bill, An Act Creating a 2050 Roadmap to a Clean and Thriving Commonwealth. After Speaker Robert DeLeo accepted…
East Boston Y Reopens Health and Wellness Center
The East Boston YMCA on Bremen Street has been busy all through the COVID-19 pandemic as a neighborhood food distribution site for families and a free emergency day care provider for essential workers. As the state’s phased COVID reopening plan…
Three Eastie Residents Having a Unique Summer Working for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay
Nothing so far in 2020 has gone according to plan and summer programs in Boston and across the country have been forced to change and adapt due to COVID-19 pandemic. One such program’s in Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Youth…
Waterfront Ambassadors Having a Busy Summer
Four East Boston youths who are working as Waterfront Ambassadors, have been participating all summer in a nature-inspired art project in the neighborhood. The Waterfront Ambassadors, a summer youth employment program run by the Trustees Boston Waterfront is a summer…
BPDA to Hold Two More Suffolk Downs Meetings
The Boston Planning and Development Agency’s (BPDA) Molly McGlynn is reminding East Boston residents there are still two more opportunities to participate in a virtual community meeting regarding the Suffolk Downs proposal. McGlynn added that residents still have time to…
Zumix Receives Arts Grant from City
While its building might be closed, Zumix, East Boston’s popular music and arts program, continues to serve hundreds of students each week remotely. However, places like Zumix rely on annual fundraisers, grants and donations but the COVID-19 pandemic has made…