The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced more than $2.3 million in new funding to expand ferry and water transportation services on the Boston Harbor last week. The grants will support six projects that make water-based transit a faster, more affordable, and more…
Month: August 2025
Proposed Marginal Street project presented at JPNA meeting
Plans for a proposed project at 210 Marginal Street were presented at the latest Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) Planning and Zoning meeting last week. The proposal, as explained by Attorney Richard Lynds, is to preserve the existing three-unit building…
Piers Park Sailing Center celebrates record-breaking 5th Quarter of Learning
Local legislators and state education leaders, including Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler, visited Piers Park Sailing Center on August 19 in celebration of its record-breaking enrollment of over 700 children, with 140 teenagers having been hired as instructors. “It’s the…
Obituaries 8-27-2025
June Ellen RobertsRecipient of the prestigious Carnegie Medal June Ellen (McNamara) Roberts, a lifelong resident of East Boston, passed away on August 18, 2025, at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was 89 years old. Born in Boston on July 14, 1936…
Art in the Park Comes to the Greenway This September
On Saturday, September 6, the Friends of the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway in partnership with the Trustees One Waterfront and the East Boston Artists Group (EBAG), present Art in the Park — a free, outdoor art show happening from 12:00…
MBTA announces September service changes
The MBTA today announced service changes in September on the Green, Orange, Blue, and Fitchburg lines. Riders can find more information on service changes through in-station signage, in-station public announcements, and at mbta.com/PlannedWork. Transit Ambassadors and MBTA staff will be…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Jonathan Casavant of Boston named to Deans’ List Jonathan Casavant of East Boston has been named to the Deans’ List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the spring semester of the 2024-25 academic year. Casavant, a graduate student working toward…
MBTA to begin fare checks: Warnings followed by citations beginning Sept. 8
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced that fare checks as the part of its Fare Engagement Program will soon begin within the subway system. Beginning September 8, Fare Engagement Representatives will begin issuing formal warnings and citations to riders…
36th Annual Eastie Pride Day
Kraft Visits JPNA at Monthly Meeting
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Josh Kraft, a candidate for mayor, joined the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) at its latest monthly meeting last week to discuss his candidacy and take questions. “Thirty-five years ago, I made a decision not to…