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Harbor View Neighborhood Association First Monday of every month 6:30 p.m. at the Edward Brooke Charter School, 145 Byron St.   Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association Second Monday of every month. 6:30 p.m. at the Jeffries Point Yacht Club, 565 Sumner St.   Orient Heights Neighborhood Association Third Monday of every month. 6:30 p.m. at...
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The year is 1903 and on the corner of Chelsea and Porter streets a little Italian bakery is opening in East Boston by the Santarpio family. Teddy Roosevelt is President, trolleys run up and down the neighborhood’s tree lined streets, and construction on the Maverick Station tunnel, or Maverick Portal, that will connect the...
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Below is how East Boston voted in the Tuesday, Nov 6 state election. These are the unofficial results from Eastie’s 14 precincts Governor’s Race Gov. Charlie Baker=5006 Jay Gonzalez=4,704   U.S. Senate Elizabeth Warren=7,337 Geoff Diehl=2,142   Suffolk County District Attorney Rachel Rollins=6,849 Michael Maloney=1993   State Representative Rep. Adrian Madaro=8,398   State Senator...
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Eastie’s Walter Flores hears the cheers after his second goal of the game pushed East Boston to a 4-0 lead on the way to a 5-0 win over Malden in the MIAA Division I North boys soccer playoffs last Saturday, Nov. 3.   Flores scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Somerville...
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The staff and students at the Donald McKay School in East Boston were finalists last year for the prestigious EdVestors Thomas W. Payzant School on the Move Prize, but they fell short. “We were one of the top three finalists last year,” said McKay Principal Jordan Weymer. “When we got chosen again to participate...
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There has been a longstanding connection between the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and the Piers Park Sailing Center (PPSC) in East Boston. In fact, the PPSC Board Chairman Mike Bruno is not only a former PPSC sailor but also a graduate of Mass. Maritime. Recently the collaboration between the two educational institutions for boating grew...
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Robert Lewis Jr.. a former Eastie resident, East Boston High School graduate knows firsthand of the impacts the East Boston Social Centers have on the lives of youth and families. Growing up in the Maverick projects Lewis had a support network in Eastie, like Debbie White, Marty Pino, Thomas Tassinari and Johnny Forbes who...
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For two years, it has been painfully obvious that MassDOT’s project to reconfigure the former Sumner Tunnel has been a failure and residents want the department to admit defeat. The project to replace the former toll booths at the mouth of the tunnel has not improved traffic but has made the morning commute a...
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East Boston    Tech Meetup The purpose of the East Boston Tech Meetup is to build a community of people currently working in tech or those aspiring to move into a tech career who live or work in East Boston. These meetings will be held in the heart of Maverick Landing conveniently located steps from...
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On Saturday inside KO Pies’ kitchen at the Boston Shipyard and Marina in East Boston KO’s owner Sam Jackson is adding cream to mashpatoes, stirring, flipping fried chicken breasts for sandwiches and pouring gravy on an order of Aussie meat pies that have made this little Eastie spot legendary. In between filling orders Jackson,...
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