The Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) voted on several projects at its June meeting on June 3. First HVNA members voted 18 to 3 in favor of a project at 704 Saratoga St. Owner Matt Kramer’s attorney, Richard Lynds, said…
Month: June 2019
GSCA Shoots Down Eight Units on Lubec St.
On June 4, the Gove Street Citizens Association (GSCA) voted five to one against a project pitched for a vacant lot on Lubec Street in East Boston. Attorney Matt Eckel pitched his client’s plans at the meeting to erect an…
Community News
OHNC meeting agenda The next meeting of the Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) will be Monday, June 17, at 6:30 p.m .at the YMCA gym on 58 Ashley St. The agenda is as follows Introductions – Welcome and report from…
Community Calendar
Harbor View Neighborhood Association First Monday of every month 6:30 p.m. at the Edward Brooke Charter School, 145 Byron St. Kiwanis Club of East Boston First and Third Tuesday of every month 6 p.m. at Spinelli’s Restaurant in Day Square.…
Mass. Legislature Approves Chapter 90 Funds
The Massachusetts Legislature passed a bill this week authorizing $200 million for Chapter 90 funding to help municipalities complete road, bridge and infrastructure improvement projects. The bill also facilitates the financing of $1.5 billion for highway projects and $200 million…
Maverick Marketplace Cafe Finally Gets Seating Increase
The long and complicated saga surrounding Maverick Marketplace Cafe’s seating capacity has finally been solved. Last week the City of Boston approved the Cafe’s request to increase the restaurant’s seating capacity from 24 inside to 60 and from 28 outside…
ZUMIX Honored with Creative Economy Award
ZUMIX was honored at The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) Creative Economy Awards on June 7 as part of the New England-wide Creative Communities Exchange held in Montpelier, VT. Three awards were presented along with a $2,500 unrestricted prize to…
Ali Stroker Is an Inspiration for All of Us
At the age of two, Ali Stroker was in a car accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury that paralyzed her from the chest down, leaving her unable to walk and confining her to a wheelchair for the rest…
Speaker Deleo Prepares for the Future
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo this week unveiled the details of the plan he announced last February that will provide $1.3 billion to combat the ever-increasing effects of climate change. Among the major aspects of the plan will be the…
Guest Op-ed: Celebrate Our Rivers in June
By: Julia Blatt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance At long last, a recent weekend presented one of those pristine days that remind us here in Massachusetts why we endure those winters. With warm spring weather finally here, many of us…