OHNC Meeting Agenda for Monday, December 17 Monday, Dec. 17, 2018 Meeting Agenda Location: YMCA 58 Ashley Street Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m.– Agenda is subject to change. Introductions – Welcome and report from the board (President, VP, Secretary) OHNC…
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NSMH Weighs in on Pot Shop Pitched for Porter St
On Wednesday (tonight) at the East Boston Social Centers at 6:30 p.m. the City of Boston will host a community meeting regarding to proposal to place a retail marijuana facility at 24 Porter St., next door to North Suffolk Mental…
Zumix Receives Boston Police Grant
Zumix, the East Boston popular music and performing arts nonprofit received a grant from Boston Police Youth Development Fund. Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Gross announced that Zumix was one of 20 organizations to share in the…
15th Annual Eastie’s Elves Set for Friday
The 15th Annual Eastie’s Elves fundraiser, a yearly tradition that draws more than 500 people to the Christmas toy drive, will kick off Friday, Dec.7, at the Hyatt Boston Harbor at 6 p.m. The price of admission is one unwrapped…
Dedicated Leader:EBNHC President and CEO Manny Lopes Tapped to Chair Boston’s Board of Health
Anyone involved in the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center knows that Manny Lopes is a dedicated leader and one of the most recognizable figures in and around East Boston. So it came as no surprise when Lopes took over the…
LendLease Unveils Vision for Public Art at Clippership Wharf
During the planning phase for several of the neighborhood’s high-profile waterfront development projects like Boston East and Clippership Wharf, residents have always advocated for local art, public art and outdoor art to somehow be incorporated into the design of these…
HVNA Members Come Around to Saratoga Street Project
Over the past two years Saratoga Street resident Mike McCormack emerged as the most vocal critic of plans to develop a large vacant lot on his street. McCormack thought earlier blueprints of the planned development at 656 Saratoga St. were…
East Boston High School is on the Rise
Sitting in his office on a sunny fall morning East Boston High School Headmaster Phil Brangiforte can’t help but gloat about his school, his staff, his students and the entire EBHS community. Over the summer the New England Association of…
EHCA Rejects Four Projects Last Week
Members of the Eagle Hill Civic Association voted down four development projects at the group’s November meeting. Perhaps the most controversial project was at 247 Saratoga St., where the plan was to raze the existing one-family home and erect a…
MS-13 Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Constitution Beach, Falcon Street Murders
Labor Day weekend in 2015 marked the end of the summer and teens all over East Boston spent their last days of freedom hanging out with friends before school started that Tuesday. Tragically, 15-year-old Wilson Martinez would never make it…