After a year, the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) was finally able to hold a formal vote on a proposed project that would bring a restaurant to 636-638 Bennington Street, and attendees overwhelmingly opposed it at the group’s latest meeting…
Author: Michael Coughlin Jr.
Tree Eastie Secures Grant for New Fruit Tree Program
Tree Eastie, a local non-profit organization that focuses on planting and maintaining trees while educating residents about their benefits, has been awarded a grant for a fruit tree program that will begin this month. The $50,000 grant, which comes from…
636-638 Bennington Street Presentation finally occurs
After months of postponement, the proponents of a proposal that would bring a restaurant called El Parche to 636-638 Bennington Street presented their plans to the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) during its monthly meeting on Monday. El Parche’s origins…
GSNA Hears Plans for Maverick Street Project
During the Gove Street Neighborhood Association’s (GSNA) monthly meeting last week, attendees were presented with plans to add several units to the site of an existing garage at 265 Maverick Street. As part of the project, adaptive reuse is proposed…
Updates about McLean Park and 636-638 Bennington St. Provided
On Monday, the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) held its monthly meeting, where attendees were given updates on two items that have been major topics of conversation recently: McLean Park and a project at 636-638 Bennington Street. The first item…
Supporting Children
Boston After School & Beyond gives over $1 million to 67 after-school organizations Boston After School & Beyond, a local organization that focuses on expanding access to after-school and summer programs in the city, recently provided grants to 67 after-school…
Updates on 64 Homer Street and 636-638 Bennington Street provided at HVNA meeting
During its monthly meeting on Monday, Skip Marcella, a Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) Board Member, shared some updates with attendees about two ongoing processes, one at 64 Homer Street and the other at 636-638 Bennington Street, which have been…
Abutters Meeting Held for 531 Bennington Street
Last week, the City of Boston hosted an abutters meeting for a project at 531 Bennington Street, which was previously home to a three-unit building, which the Attorney for the project, Richard Lynds, described as the leaning tower of Pisa…
ZBA Approves Two Projects
During a hearing last week, the Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) approved two projects in the neighborhood, one on Bennington Street and the other on Chelsea Street. The first project up for discussion was located at 609-611 Bennington Street and…
Tree Eastie Joins GSNA Meeting; Provides Updates
Tree Eastie, a local non-profit that seeks to plant, maintain, and educate people about trees, is continuing to work hard at strengthening the tree canopy in East Boston, which is the lowest in the city, and on Monday gave some…