Harbor View Neighborhood Association Meeting The next meeting of the Harbor View Neighborhood Association will be on Monday, October 5, at 6:00 p.m. Just like the July, August and September meeting, they will be meeting in the Salesian Boys and…
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Eastie COVID-19 Positive Test Rate Increases Slightly
The city continues to combat the uptick in East Boston’s COVID-19 positive test rates that began in August. While the efforts brought the positive test rate down from a high of 11.8 percent to 5.1 percent in the last two…
YMCA to Kick Off ‘Safe’ Indoor Sports Program on Saturday, October 3
This weekend, the East Boston YMCA at Ashley Street will kick off safe youth indoor sports programs. According to YMCA Executive Director Joe Gaeta said that the programs range from Preschool Soccer to Junior Celtics. “We’re happy to restart our…
Friendly Face: East Boston Community Soup Kitchen Founder’s Smile to Grace the Front of Lay’s Potato Chip Bags
While shoppers’ smiles are currently hidden behind their masks, they’ll soon spot plenty of friendly faces in the snack aisle thanks to Lay’s, which is converting millions of potato chip bags to feature the real smiles of 30 “ordinary” people…
A Lifeline: Salesian Boys & Girls Club Offers Remote Learning Help During the School Day for the Children of Working Parents
As East Boston students headed back to school remotely many of the neighborhood’s working parents headed back to their jobs. For the hundreds of parents unable to work from home, but have young children that need help with remote learning,…
Santarpio’s Pizza in the Top 10 of Best Pizza’s in the Nation
An online food magazine has once again told America what East Bostonians have known for decades—Santarpio’s Pizza has one of the best pizzas in the U.S. In the Daily Meal’s annual ‘101 Best Pizzas in America’ list that was released…
HVNA Releases Suffolk Downs Poll Results
With the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) poised to give the green light HYM Investment Group’s massive 162-acre mixed-use project at the historic Suffolk Downs site on Thursday, the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) recently conducted a poll of…
Car Breaks Continue to Be a Problem in Eastie
The Boston Police Department released the third quarter crime statistics for East Boston and much like the first quarter report released back in May, car breaks continue to be a problem in the neighborhood. While Part One Crimes are down…
Eastie COVID-19 Positive Test Rate Continues to Drop
The city’s strategic response to the late-August uptick in East Boston’s COVID-19 positive test rate seems to be working. Last Friday, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) reported that Eastie’s COVID-19 positive test rate, after reaching an all-time high of…
Time Is Running Out to Participate in the U.S. 2020 Census
With the help of local organizations like Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE) the City of Boston is making a final push to get an accurate census count ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. “This once-in-a-decade opportunity will…