At last week’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) monthly meeting Sen. Joseph Boncore briefed residents on some of the legislative accomplishments over the past year that directly benefited the neighborhood. “It was a good year fiscally for the state and…
Letter to the Editor
Looking at housing prices To the Editor, Here I live over on the other side of the city still trying to come back to East Boston, so I know all about affordability in Boston’s neighborhoods. You can barely find it…
Winter: So far, so good (and not so good)
The winter season thus far has been fairly easy to take for those of us who have lived in New England for all of our lives. The warmer-than-normal temperatures, highlighted by the record-breaking highs in the 70s two weekends ago, have been…
Liberty Mutual Insurance announces 19 East Boston community grants
East Boston APAC’s parent agency, Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD), has received a grant from Liberty Mutual Insurance to address youth homelessness in Eastie and across Boston ABCD will be part of a $5 million effort by Liberty to…
Semi-trucks still getting stuck in tunnel
Community calls on MassDOT for better tunnel signage Unlike Storrow Drive or other roadways in and around Boston that have a system of signs and other fail safes to keep overheight trucks from getting stuck in tunnels or under bridges…
EBECC moves into former Meridian Street Library
The East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC), one of East Boston’s oldest social service agencies, announced last week that the nonprofit has officially moved into its new office space at the former Meridian Street Library at 282 Meridian St. The…