Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the appointment of Aliza Wasserman as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Food Justice (OFJ). The Office of Food Justice is charged with building a local food system that is equitable, resilient, sustainable, and…
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East Boston’s .400 Hitter, At the Age of 40, Steve Walsh Continues To Produce on the Diamond
Steve Walsh wouldn’t have wanted to have been anywhere else on a beautiful summer night than at East Boston Stadium Sunday. Playing on his hometown field with his partner Milena Gil, their daughter, Isabella, and his father, Paul Walsh, in…
Madaro’s Mental Health Bill Comes Out of House Conference Committee
Rep. Adrian Madaro has said for too long, the healthcare system has not treated behavioral health as equal to physical health, creating obstacles in addressing the mental health crisis, which has on been exacerbated by the pandemic. This is why…
EBNHC Pulls Out of Partnership With the Davis Companies To Develop Bremen Street Lots
Last year the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) entered into a somewhat controversial partnership with the Davis Companies to redevelop four parcels along Breman and Orleans Streets used for Health Center employee parking into over 300 units of mixed-use…
NOAH Receives State Grant for Aileron Project
After a delay in construction due to the COVID pandemic, East Boston’s Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) broke ground last year on Phase I of its Condor Street project. The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved development project dubbed…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Local Students Who Made the UMass Amherst Spring 2022 Dean’s List Below is a list of East Boston students who were named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the spring 2022 semester. In order to…
Boston Children’s Chorus Partners With Zumix for New Program
This month, the Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC) Executive Director Andrés Holder announced the BCC will be expanding programming and setting up shop right here in East Boston through a partnership with Zumix. The BCC’s new neighborhood choir program will train…
Partial Collapse of Sumner Street Building Forces Evacuation
On Sunday night, the Boston Fire Department was called to a partial building collapse on Sumner Street. When firefighters arrived at 282 Sumner St. they found that the exterior masonry veneer had collapsed and came crashing down in the alley…
Final Summer Festival Happening on August 13
The City of Malden has announced the musical line up for the final Summer Festival on August 13th. Taking place between 12-4PM in Malden Center, Pleasant and Exchange Streets transform into an open-air market that features artists and artisans, vintage…