Last week Mayor Martin Walsh joined virtually with the East Boston Community Development Corporation (CDC) and Affirmative Investments to officially break ground on the Eastie project that will create a 42 unit residential building serving low-income seniors. Construction began in…
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Piers Park Sailing Center Looks to the Future
In his masterpiece “The Great Gatsby,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. The last lines of the novel were a metaphor of a burning desire to row against…
State Budget to Send Pandemic Aid to Eastie
Last week Senator Joseph Boncore and Representative Adrian Madaro joined their colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature to pass the state’s $46.2 billion Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget. Within the state budget is direct aid to an East Boston agency that…
Back to School: BPS Returns Some Students to In-Person Learning at Two Eastie Schools
Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Public School Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius announced that approximately 1,700 students across 28 schools, including East Boston High School and the Mario Umana Academy, returned to in-person learning on Monday. The students returning to school…
Giving Back: Carlo’s Catering to Team up With the Salesian Boys & Girls Club to Help Feed Families During Christmas Holiday
During a normal Christmas season, Carlo’s Catering owner Stevie Scire and his family take a well-deserved break for the holiday. But before Carlo’s Catering on the corner of Bennington and Moore Street closes for a little Christmas vacation, Scire would…
Community Updated on Possibility of Second Seaplane Company Coming to Eastie’s Shores
Cape Air Senior Vice President Andrew Bonney repeatedly told the community at numerous public meetings that the takeoff and landing area in the waters off Eastie would be restricted by the FAA to only Cape Air operations. The takeoff and…
Sixteen Local, State and Federal Elected Officials Send Letter Challenging Eastie Substation Hearing
With the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) poised to make a decision later this week on whether or not to approve Eversource’s highly controversial plan to build a new substation in East Boston at the City Yards in East Eagle…
HVNA Votes Down Two Development Proposals
At the December meeting earlier this month, members of the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) voted down two development proposals. The first project at 647-649 Bennington, HVNA members voted 22 to three against the project that called for converting an…
Cocaine Dealer Sentenced to Five Years
A Colombian national caught last year trafficking cocaine in East Boston was sentenced to five years in prison by a federal judge last week. Ricardo Lopera-Arteaga, 59, was sentenced by the U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to…
News in Brief
Orient Heights Neighborhood Council Meeting Agenda Orient Heights Neighborhood Council Meeting will meet on Monday December 21 via Zoom. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m., but the Zoom link will open at 6:00 p.m. to get acclimated. The meeting will be…