This month Boston Public School Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius announced changes to her leadership team. One key change was moving BPS’s Academic Superintendent Tommy Welch back to overseeing elementary schools in East Boston, the North End, Charlestown and South End.…
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The November Harbor View Neighborhood Association Meeting Members of the Harbor View Neighborhood Association will hold their November meeting on Monday, Nov. 4 at the Edward Brooke Charter School on Byron Street at 6:30 p.m. The agenda is as follows;…
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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. Kiwanis Club of East Boston First and Third Tuesday of every month 6 p.m. at Spinelli’s Restaurant in Day Square.…
Community Breaks Ground on New Police Station
For over two decades the residents and police officers in East Boston have awaited the construction of a new police station at the City Yards in Eagle Square across from American Legion Playground. Last Wednesday Mayor Martin Walsh and Police…
Firelei Baez Named as 2020 ICA/Boston Watershed Artist
Following another successful season that wrapped up this month, the Institute of Contemporary Art’s (ICA) Watershed at the Boston Shipyard and Marinas in East Boston is already gearing up for next year. This week the ICA announced that it has…
From Rags to Riches to Prison: Former Eastie Resident Tells Tale of Greed and Redemption
By Lauren Bennett Born and raised in public housing in East Boston, Richard Mangone never imagined himself driving expensive cars or raking in millions upon millions of dollars, nor did he imagine himself running from the government and serving prison…
Walsh Makes a Surprise Visit to OHNC Meeting
With five controversial development projects on Monday night’s Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) meeting and the community ready for a fight, Mayor Martin Walsh’s surprise visit to the group couldn’t have been more poorly timed. However, Walsh jumped feet-first into…
Developer Plans 100 Room Hotel for Saratoga Street
Developer Patrick Mahoney was at Monday night’s Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) meeting to pitch his plan to build a 100-room hotel behind Belle Isle Liquors on Saratoga Street. Before Patrick’s attorney, Daniel Toscano, could even get the first few…
Body Found in Harbor Identified
The body found floating off Border Street in East Boston last week has been identified as a man wanted in connection with a Lynn homicide earlier this month. Douglas Guevara’s body was fished out of the Harbor last Friday morning…
John Nucci’s Son, John, Runs Chicago Marathon for Polysystic Kidney Disease
In June, John Nucci celebrated his one year anniversary of receiving life-saving kidney transplant surgery. Since his surgery the former Boston City Councilor, Suffolk Clerk of Courts and current Suffolk University senior vice president and his entire family have made…