The godmother of East Boston community activism, the late Mary Ellen Welch, was not much for adulations, awards or honors. Instead, Welch prefered to quietly go about her daily commitment to improving the lives of all who called Eastie home…
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Bradley School in the Running for Prestigious EdVestor Prize
For the past 13 years, EdVestors, a school improvement organization in Boston, has awarded its $100,000 Thomas W. Payzant School on the Move Prize to recognize rapidly improving schools that have made exemplary progress in advancing the academic achievement of…
Suffolk Downs Developer Announces New Community Investments
The HYM Investment Group recently announced it was committed to extending the East Boston Greenway and making additional contributions to its partnership with the East Boston Social Centers (EBSC) to create a more interconnected, community-oriented neighborhood HYM, the development team…
House, Senate Pass Historic Overhaul to Education Funding Formula
For the past year, teachers and school leaders have been actively lobbying the state legislature and Gov. Chalres Baker to begin taking steps to overhaul the state’s education funding formula to ensure equity for all students, especially those in low-income…
NOAH Receives Grant From Webster Bank
The East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) received a boost for its housing services last week from Webster Bank. NOAH was a recipient of a $5,000 Community Reinvestment Act grant from Webster Bank. The money was part of $59,500…
Eastie’s Tommy Welch to Oversee BPS Elementary Schools in Eastie, the North End, Charlestown and South End
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.…
Community News
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;…
Community Calendar
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…