A new collective, The Shout Syndicate, made up of music industry veterans in Boston, has come together to help support Boston-area youth arts programming. The group announces the first three of many fundraising efforts aimed at establishing a competitive grant…
Author: Times Staff
Hilton Garden Inn to Hold Public Meeting on Adding Hotel Rooms
By John Lynds Several years ago when First Bristol first pitched a hotel at a vacant lot along Boardman Street and McClellan Highway that had been a community eyesore for decades, it came with several community benefits. One of those…
Eastie Resident and Entrepreneur James Testa’s Energy Drink Taking Off
By John Lynds When East Boston resident James Testa launched his energy-drink company last winter as part of a entrepreneurship class he was taking as a senior at Suffolk University, he didn’t know what to expect. Testa, who graduated from…
EBHS Gets All New Windows
By John Lynds Being located under a flight path, East Boston High School received soundproof windows from Massport decades ago. However, those windows are long gone and were replaced several times with windows from Boston Public Schools. “The last round…
Passacantilli Earns Major Labor Endorsements
Stephen Passacantilli, a North End civic leader, Boston Public Schools parent, and former staffer to City Councilor Sal LaMattina has been endorsed by prominent local labor unions in his campaign for Boston City Council. At a rally on Saturday, Passacantilli…
Letters to the Editor
SEEKING NOMINATIONS Dear Editor: The Board of Directors of the East Boston Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Prosperity Awards Gala! The event will be on Thursday November 9 at the Hilton Airport Hotel in East…
East Boston Health Center Leads the Way
Last week, the US Senate tried to undo the Affordable Care Act or Obama Care. This system while it is not perfect and as a matter of fact it is far from the mark, still it provides a safety net…
Obituaries 08-02-2017
Phyllis Abbatessa-Dwyer Longtime East Boston area political and cultural activist Phyllis S. Abbatessa-Dwyer of Margate, Florida and East Boston passed away July 21. She was 76 years old. A retired employee of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department and the onetime owner…
Garlic Festival
Mariam Hamtini playing with a pinwheel in the Eastie Farms garden on Sumner Street last Saturday, July 22, during the annual Garlic Festival at the Farm. The former abandoned lot has turned into a haven for volunteers to cultivate plants…
OHNC Votes Down Large Saratoga St Project
By John Lynds In many ways Orient Heights has been viewed as a suburb within East Boston. It’s mix of one-and-two-family homes, large backyards and driveways set the neighborhood apart from the more urban parts of Eastie like Jeffries Point…