In the 1980s an East Boston guy had an idea to create a Boston recording studio that would authentically capture the emerging alternative Boston music scene. Fort Apache in Roxbury was born and artists like The Pixies, The Lemonheads, Dinosaur…
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Gina Fiandaca Leaving for Austin, Texas for Assistant City Manager Position
Boston Transportation Commissioner and lifelong East Boston resident Gina Fiandaca announced last week that she was picked by Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk to serve as one of two Assistant City Managers as part of an ongoing process to align…
Councilor Edwards Announces Scholarship That Will Honor the Famed Maverick Street Mothers
By John Lynds Karen Maddalena was a young mother on a cool autumn day when she made the decision to stand up against Massport’s expansion of Logan Airport. Her choice then to fight for quality of life for herself and…
Community News
Friends of East Boston Greenway Council meeting agenda The next Friends of East Boston Greenway Council will be on Thursday, March 28, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Anna DeFronzo Center (295 Maverick Street, East Boston). Below is the…
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. Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association Second Monday of every month. 6:30 p.m. at the Jeffries Point Yacht Club, 565…
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council Receives Support Grant
The East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC) Executive Director Frank Ramirez announced last week that the Eastie non-profit that serves the community’s immigrant population received a grant to launch a new refugee support service program. The EBECC Refugee Youth Mentoring…
Social Security and OIG Launch Public Service Announcement Campaign
The Social Security Administration (SSA) and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) launched a joint Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign addressing a nationwide telephone impersonation scheme. Social Security and the OIG continue to receive reports from across the country…
Metro Credit Union Announces New Growth and Expansion
Robert Cashman, President and CEO of Metro Credit Union, announces that Metro has embarked upon major strategic investments in technology, physical locations and talent. These ambitious developments are part of a deliberate strategy to prepare for continuing and projected business…
Metropolitan Beaches Commission to Hold Public Hearing in East Boston April 9
The Metropolitan Beaches Commission (MBC) will hold nine public hearings in the winter and spring of 2019 in waterfront communities from Nahant to Nantasket to receive public input about the state of the beaches. The hearing for East Boston will…
9-Alarm Fire Rips Through New England Casket Co.
Louis Tobia Jr.’s Italian grandfather, who founded the New England Casket Company on Bennington Street in East Boston more than 75 years ago, invented the ‘Concord Casket.’ Retailing for around $25,000 it became the casket of choice for the rich…