After seven months in dry dock while undergoing extensive restorations and maintenance the Nantucket Lightship, has returned to its home port along East Boston’s Waterfront near Piers Park. Since 2009, Eastie has played host to this national treasure and now…
Author: John Lynds
Eastie’s Corner Stalk Farm Seeking Cannabis Grow License
For the past eight years, Shawn Cooney of Corner Stalk Farms has been quietly growing fresh green-leaf vegetables inside old shipping containers that have been repurposed to grow year round crops down on Condor Street along Chelsea Creek. At last…
First Design of Future Piers Park III Released
At a recent community meeting, the Trustees of Reservations unveiled a landscape architect firm’s first draft of the future Piers Park III park design. This initial design was created by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc (MVVA) using input from the…
MBTA Bus Driver Charged With Sexual Assault and Kidnapping
A MBTA bus driver that was working the route between Orient Heights MBTA Station in East Boston and Winthrop has been arrested and arragined on charges of kidnapping, assault to rape, and indecent assault and battery. Ali Ennab, 45, of…
MassDOT to Close Sumner Tunnel for Four Months in Summer 2023
If the past is prologue, residents in East Boston are preparing themselves for another traffic nightmare in 2023. At back to back informational meetings last week, MassDOT announced it will close the Sumner Tunnel for a full four months during…
Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Drops in Eastie
East Boston’s weekly COVID 19 positive test rate decreased for a second week in a row after experiencing increases week over week throughout April. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), last week 1,398…
Merger: Rockland Trust Will Acquire East Boston Savings Bank
Officials from East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) and Rockland Trust announced last week that the two banks have inked a merger agreement for Rockland to acquire EBSB’s parent company, Meridian Bancorp., thus acquiring EBSB in a $1.15 billion deal. Under…
StoryWalk Series Comes to Eastie
A family-friendly outdoor multilingual program that combines reading with the outdoors kicked off last week and will run through May 10 at American Legion Playground as well as the East Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library on Bremen Street. …
City Recycle Bins Made from Ocean Waste Delights
East Boston resident Magdalena Ayed founded The Harborkeepers. The goal of the organization is to improve environmental justice, harbor stewardship and access to the neighborhood’s 15 miles of coastline. “Our mission is building coastal community resiliency and environmental advocacy in…
EBNHC to Receive City Vaccine Equity Grant
The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) was one of 11 community-based organizations to receive grant money as part of the Boston’s new Vaccine Equity Grant Initiative. Acting Mayor Kim Janey, the Boston Public Health Commission and the Office of…