Members of the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) voted 22-21 in favor of a 14-unit condo building on Moore Street. The White and Gaeta families occupy three adjoining homes from 116 to 120 Moore St. Originally the White and Gaeta…
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Shah Family Foundation revamps Salesian Boys & Girls Club kitchen
For the past few years the Shah Family Foundation (SFF) has been helping East Boston schools outfit their cafeterias with new kitchen equipment in order to prepare fresh-cooked meals for students as part of the ‘My Way Cafe’ initiative. Now…
Congressman Joe Kennedy III hosts Spanish-language town hall in East Boston
U.S Rep Joe Kennedy III hosted a Spanish-langauge town hall this Saturday at Veronica Robles Cultural Center in East Boston. Kennedy, who is challenging Sen. Ed Markey in a primary race for U.S Senate, took questions from an audience of…
Eutaw Street fire leaves 15 homeless
The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services and the American Red Cross have found temporary housing for the 15 people displaced by a two-alarm fire that broke out on Eutaw Street last week. Just before 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 39,…
Compliant: Lawyers for Civil Rights files complaint against BPDA over Suffolk Downs development
With the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) poised to approve the 161-acre Suffolk Downs mixed-use project later this month the Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) filed a Civil Rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
Community News
Greenway Council meeting Agenda The next Greenway Council meeting will be on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Anna DeFronzo Center (395 Maverick Street, East Boston, MA). AGENDAIntros Police Report RisingEMOTIONS Art Installation Events Recap +…
City Councilor Michelle Wu stops by JPNA
At-Large City Councilor Michelle Wu stopped by last week’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) meeting touting her plan to abolish the Boston Planning and Development Agency. Wu, who chairs the Council’s Development and Transportation Committee, for months has been going…
News in Brief
BLOOD DONATIONS NEEDED The American Red Cross has extended its urgent call for donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets. With influenza escalating across the country and preventing some donors from giving, and winter weather threatening to…
House unanimously passes legislation to help protect persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities from harm
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo along with his colleagues in the House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation to create a registry of care providers who harmed a person or persons with an intellectual or developmental disability. The bill seeks to…
Sen. Boncore provides residents with legislative updates
At last week’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) monthly meeting Sen. Joseph Boncore briefed residents on some of the legislative accomplishments over the past year that directly benefited the neighborhood. “It was a good year fiscally for the state and…