The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve zoning relief for developer MG2’s project at 11-19 Walley St. The project, which was scaled down from its original proposal in 2016, received Orient Heights Neighborhood Association…
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State says Suffolk Downs Phase I Section Has Public Benefits
In February, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton issued a waiver to allow HYM Investment Group, LLC to proceed to permitting of Phase I of the Suffolk Downs project prior to completion of the Draft ElR…
ZBA Reverses Landmarks Commission’s Two-Year Moratorium for Maverick Street Project
On Tuesday the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) voted unanimously 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…
Community News Briefs
Paul Pingaro Scholarship applications now available Applications are now available for the Paul Pingaro Scholarship at The Martin Pino Center. Thanks to a generous donation from the Salvator and Maria Pizzi Foundation, we will now give out two $1000.00 Scholarships…
Boston East Opens:25 Percent of Available Units Already Leased
The highly anticipated East Boston waterfront development project has officially opened, and 25 percent of the property’s 200 units are already leased. Following several delays and the economic downturn in 2008 there was a level of uncertainty in the community…
Jack Kelly Climbs to Mount Everest
There was a time in Jack Kelly’s life were he was stripped of everything. There were no creature comforts, no bed to sleep in and only a crippling heroin addiction that left him homeless. “When I first got sober back…
Police Recover Gun Outside East Boston High School
Another incident last week involving a gun at East Boston High School has parents and students on edge as security is beefed up at the neighborhood’s only high school. Just before 9:30 a.m. last Thursday a 20-year-old student was arrested…
District A-7 to Get Five New Officers
With East Boston’s annual Peace Walks set to kick off this Thursday outside of District A-7 police station at 6 p.m. there may be some new faces among the crowd. Last Tuesday the Boston Police held a graduation ceremony for…
CDC Gets $8 Million Construction Loan from Citizens Bank for Neighborhood Properties
The East Boston Community Development Corporation (CDC) will get another financial boost for the 111-unit multi-site, affordable housing development that the CDC owns in the neighborhood under Landfall Community Associates. Following $10.6 million in financing from MassHousing to the CDC…
East Boston Artists Group to Host Annual Open Studios
The East Boston Artists Group will host the annual East Boston Open Studios on Saturday, April 21, and Sunday, April 22, from noon-6 p.m. The event takes place at the Atlantic Works building located at 80 Border Street, East Boston.…