At Monday night’s Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) East Boston’s three elected officials, Rep. Adrian Madaro, Sen. Joseph Boncore and City Councilor Lydia Edwards briefed residents on some of the legislation and work that they are doing on behalf of…
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NOAH- East Boston Survey 2018
NOAH has been working in East Boston for 30 years. As we prepare for our future, we want to hear from you. East Boston is a peninsular neighborhood. 42,000 people live here. We are a very diverse community. It…
Suffolk County District Attorney Candidates Forum Sparks Debate Among Contenders
A heated discussion between the candidates for Suffolk County District Attorney took place in a packed room at Suffolk University Law School on Thursday, May 3. The event was moderated by Meghan Irons, the social justice reporter at The Boston…
Piers Park Sailing Center Kicks off 20th Sailing Season
On Saturday Piers Park Sailing Center (PPSC) board member and sailor Tim Brown approached the podium and told his story of why the neighborhood Sailing Center is so important to him and the community. For Brown, the Sailing Center means…
Eastie’s Corner Stalk Farms Seeking Cannabis Grow License
For several years now Shawn Cooney of Corner Stalk Farms has been quietly growing fresh green-leaf vegetables inside old shipping containers that have been repurposed to grow year round crops down on Condor Street along Chelsea Creek. Cooney’s Corner Stalk,…
A Great Start:Two EBHS Students Surprised With Full Four-Year Scholarships
Two East Boston High School seniors and star athletes got a surprise of a lifetime last Tuesday, EBHS’s Kayla Elliott and Juliane Jorge both received full four-year scholarships from Curry College and Regis College respectively. Elliott, a captain of the…
EHCA Votes on Lexington St Development
At last Wednesday’s Eagle Hill Civic Association (EHCA) meeting the group voted 29-2 in support of a project on Lexington St. and then were briefed on several other projects that the group will vote on in the future. The project…
Residents React to ZBA 144-146 Maverick St Ruling
Last Tuesday the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) voted to reverse a previous Boston Landmarks Commission ruling that placed a two-year moratorium on a Maverick Street development project. The ZBA ruled that Landmarks Commission erred in its determination to…
Councilor Edwards Calls Hearing to Help Bostonians Repay Back Taxes
Councilor Lydia Edwards this week called a hearing to ensure the City of Boston uses every tool at its disposal to ensure taxpayers can stay in their homes during times of economic difficulty. Today, seniors and low-income homeowners who are…
MS-13 Members Pleads Guilty to Eastie Slaying
The 2016 stabbing and shooting death of Christofer Perez-De la Cruz, whose body was found on Falcon Street, became the third teenager to be killed during a violent string of gang-related homicides that rocked Eastie from 2015 to the end…