City Councilor Lydia Edwards and the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) are encouraging East Boston residents from all over the neighborhood to attend two important community planning meetings scheduled for later this week and next week. The first meeting…
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OHNC says Goodbye to Outgoing President Joanne Pomodoro
Monday night’s Orient Heights Neighborhood Council was bittersweet for outgoing President Joanne Pomodoro who made the decision to step down as president of the group in order to help her family through a tough time. Over the summer Pomodoro’s niece…
Eversource’s Tree Pruning Operation Raises the Neighborhood’s Concerns
Last week Princeton Street resident Bob Stubblebine woke to the horror that the beautiful and healthy maple tree outside his home had been butchered. The culprits were not vandals but a crew working for the local utility company Eversource trying…
Community News Briefs
Gove Street Citizens Association Monthly Meeting Agenda Monday, September 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Catherine Leonard-McLean Community Room (formerly Noddle Island Community Room) Logan Airport Rental Car Center Welcome Boston Police Updates – Sargent Martin & Officer Simmons City of Boston Office…
Discover Moakley Offers Free Activities at South Boston Park
Mayor Martin J. Walsh invites residents and visitors of all ages to “Discover Moakley” with a family festival on Saturday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. followed by an outdoor movie at 7 p.m. along with more activities…
Developers Drop Plan to Tear Down Donald McKay’s Brother’s Home in Eagle Hill
The small, red, and white Italianate Victorian home at 88 White St. is packed with history. The home, which sits on the National Register of Historic Places, was built by Donald McKay for his brother in 1860, and is only…
Students at James Otis Elementary School Receive Backpacks, School Supplies from Comcast
As part of a partnership between Kids In Need Foundation and Comcast, over 500 students from the James Otis Elementary School in East Boston received free backpacks filled with school supplies during the first full week of school. Last week…
Man Involved in 2016 Teen’s Murder Sentenced
On January 10, 2016 Christofer Perez-De la Cruz became the third teenager murdered in a four-month span in East Boston. Sixteen-year-old De la Cruz was stabbed and then shot as he walked down Falcon Street in Eagle Hill late at…
Man Sought in June Murder Arrested in New Hampshire
The man police believe is responsible for East Boston’s only homicide this year was arrested in New Hampshire last week. The Boston Police Fugitive Unit in collaboration with the US Marshals Service and Nashua Police Department found Jeremy Menedez, 29,…
BPS Interim Superintendent Laura Perille Tours Eastie Schools on First Day
Boston Public Schools Interim Superintendent and former President and CEO of EdVestors Laura Perille spent the first day of school last Thursday in East Boston. Perille started her day at the annual Countdown to Kindergarten Parade hosted by East Boston…