At the height of the real estate boom five years ago when many three-family homes were selling in the $400K range, East Boston residents under-qualified for home loans were receiving special mortgages with hidden fees and interest rates that would…
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Room to grow – Massport will add plots to the Bremen Street garden
Throughout the summer and fall the Bremen Street Park’s community garden is always blossoming with ripe tomatoes, vegetables, fresh herbs and flowers. All season long residents meticulously tend to their plots but chosen by a random lottery the plots are…
BRA expands green project – Project encourages Triple Decker owners to go green
In the Northeast, specifically Boston and neighborhoods like East Boston, South Boston and Dorchester the phenomenon of triple decker construction in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s served to house the large immigrant families that were moving here from Ireland…
Finding (and saving) Nemo
I think we can all agree that East Boston is not short of weird stories but this one takes the cake. A massive effort was recently undertaken to save an animal off the shores of Eastie. No it wasn’t a…
Belle Isle Bridge slated for much-needed repairs
Fourteen years ago when Jim Costin bought Belle Isle Seafood on the East Boston side of the Belle Isle/Winthrop Bridge he was nervous. “There were rumblings and talk about re-doing the bridge back then but nothing ever happened,” said Costin.…
Shhhhhh! – Library meeting is long on talk, short on news
Residents went to the Meridian Street Branch of the Boston Public Library expecting to hear a major announcement about the future of the library branches in East Boston and the construction of brand new state-of-the-art facility. However, they were met…
Lynn man sentenced to 15 years for shooting spree outside an East Boston restaurant
The Lynn man who went on a shooting rampage on Thanksgiving morning back in 2008 outside an East Boston restaurant was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison this week. The shooting seriously injuring three people and left one…
Baker packs ’em in at Ecco
If you asked the 100 or so East Bostonians that packed Ecco Restaurant on Monday night to catch a glimpse of Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Baker who was going to win the Massachusetts Governorship, the answer unequivocally would be Baker. It’s…
Abandoned baby found, unharmed, on Saratoga St.
Less than a hundred yards from where a infant baby boy was abandoned in an alley on Saratoga Street early Monday morning, City Councilor Sal LaMattina, Representative Carlo Basile and members of Baby Safe Haven held a press conference to…
ISD cracks down on code violations
On Monday, outside an abandoned property on Webster Street, Inspectors from the City of Boston, Fire Marshals and a special unit from the Boston Police examined the outside of the dilapidated home. Immediately they noticed the home was not properly…