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…
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Sen. Boncore Expected to Announce His Resignation
State Sen. Joseph Boncore was expected to announce today that he will be resigning from his seat to accept a major leadership position with the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council. Boncore had been in talks for the past few months with the…
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…
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Party for City Councillor At-Large Candidate Donnie Palmer The East Boston Republican Committee is hosting a party for Boston City Councillor at-large candidate Donnie Palmer. Everyone is invited to meet and talk with the candidate at Kelley’s Square Pub on…
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…
The Boston Election Department Announces Preparations Ahead of the 2021 Elections
The City of Boston’s Election Department today announced its preparations ahead of the 2021 Municipal Elections, including the availability of vote by mail and early voting for both the Tuesday, September 14, 2021 Preliminary Municipal Election and the Tuesday, November…
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…