The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s annual ParkARTS participatory program sponsored by Holly Bruce is pleased to announce the return of its series of arts workshops giving children the opportunity to express their creativity while working on fun projects with…
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Community Calendar
Community Meetings 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…
NOAH Youth Busy with a Host of Summer Activities
The East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) youth will be busy all summer long with a host of activities as well as introducing new projects focused on creating change and achieving environmental and social justice in the neighborhood. N-Yo…
BPDA Approves the Transit-Oriented Development in Maverick Square Project
A mixed-use development pitched by developer MG2 that hopes to transform an empty corner of Maverick Square received Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board approval at the board’s June meeting. The 7,200 square-foot vacant lot at 2-10 Maverick Square…
JPNA Votes in Favor of Maverick Street Project
Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) members voted 16 to 10 in favor of a project on Maverick Street at the group’s June meeting. The project at 347 Maverick St. plans to demolish the existing three-family home and garages, combine the…
Edwards Calls on BPDA To Re-envision Suffolk Project
After the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s (BPDA) public comment period for the proposed redevelopment of Suffolk Downs closed at the end of last month, City Councilor Lydia Edwards submitted her comments calling for the BPDA to re-envision the project.…
Curtis Guild Elementary Receives Seal of Excellence
“I am welcome here. You are welcoming here. Everyone is welcoming here,” shouted Curtis Guild Elementary School students in solidarity on June 12. The Guild became the third school in the Boston Public School district and the 16th school in…
Eastie Man Back in Court in Connection with Fatal Car Crash
The 22-year-old East Boston man arrested last month in connection with the fatal car crash on Bennington Street that killed a Rhode Island college student and seriously injured her friend was back in court last Friday. Dylan Ethridge returned to…
East Boston High School Graduates the Class of 2019
Last Friday afternoon 296 seniors who are part of the Class of 2019 walked across the stage at East Boston Memorial Stadium to pick up their diplomas as part of East Boston High School’s Commencement Exercises. With the sun shining…
Walsh Cuts the Ribbon on the $4.7 Million Noyes Park Renovations
Following the completion of the East Boston Little League season last year, the City of Boston began construction on the $4.7 million project to rehab Noyes Park in Orient Heights, one of the neighborhood’s largest public open spaces that hosts…