The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved two separate projects on Border Street at agency’s October meeting that will result in 34 units of housing and financial contributions to the East Boston Social Centers and East Boston Greenway as…
Author: John Lynds
Coyotes Sightings on the Rise in Eastie
Orient Heights resident Lou Scapicchio was heading into work one morning and while driving down St. Andrews Road noticed what looked like a stray dog casually walking down the street. However, what he thought was a German Shepard at first…
East Boston YMCA’s Ashley Street Gym gets Facelift Thanks to Celtics, Sun Life
The Boston Celtics and Sun Life Financial were in East Boston last Tuesday to unveil a newly revamped gymnasium to local youth members of the East Boston YMCA. Celtics All-Star forward Al Horford joined Sun Life CFO Neil Haynes and…
Pastor Searles Celebrates 25 Years at Central Assembly of God
After Mass on Sunday in the basement hall of Central Assembly of God (CAG) on Bennington Street, members of the church joined to celebrate Pastor David Searles’s twenty five years of service as head of the church. Throughout the luncheon…
NOAH Celebrates 30 Years in the Community
Last Thursday morning at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel, the East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) celebrated 30 years in the neighborhood. This important nonprofit agency began in the basement of Our Savior’s American Lutheran Church on Paris Street in…
Developer Delays Vote on 144 Addison Street Project
The developer of the project at 144 Addison Street that plans to take the large parcel of land currently used as a 900 car parking lot and replace it with a 270 unit development with 179 off street parking spaces…
Helping Hand:EBNHC Receives U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Opioid Grant
The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help the Health Center expand patient access to quality substance use disorder and mental health services. EBNHC will share…
Retail Marijuana Shop Pitched for Meridian Street
The largest grower of cannabis in Western Massachusetts wants to plant its retail marijuana flag in Eastie. Berkshire Roots, Inc. is the largest grower of cannabis in the Berkshires and was the first medical marijuana dispensary to open in Pittsfield,…
OHNC Votes on Several Projects
When the results of the voting for three development projects were read at Monday night’s Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) meeting, the council’s new president, Joseph Ruggiero III let out a sigh. While one of the two projects being pitched…
Tweaking the Design:HYM Makes Changes Suggested by IAG for Suffolk Downs
Following a series of community Impact Advisory Group (AIG) meetings HYM Investment Group’s Managing Partner Thomas O’Brien said his group has made some design changes to the Suffolk Downs proposal as it pertains to his group’s vision for a ‘gateway’…