The East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) held its first in a series of community meetings last week in Eagle Hill since being picked by the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) as the designated developer of a city-owned parcel…
Author: John Lynds
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s Let’s Get Movin’ Program Kicks Off Community-Supported Agriculture Program
The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s (EBNHC) Let’s Get Movin’ program is teaming up with local farms again this year to bring the Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program to Eastie. At last week’s Eagle Hill Civic Association (EHCA) meeting EBNHC’s Gabrielle…
Constitution Beach Receives High Marks on Water Quality Report
With the unofficial start of summer kicking off this past Memorial Day weekend, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual report on the water quality at East Boston’s Constitution Beach. According to Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Annual Beach…
Trinity Financial Holds Community Meeting on Heights Development
At last Wednesday’s community meeting regarding the Orient Heights Housing Development rehab, Trinity Financial’s Patrick Lee said while he could make half the room happy with some of Phase II’s construction plans the other half of the room might be…
Edward Brooke Founding Principal,Molly Cole, Receives 2018 Ryan Award
Molly Cole, founding principal of the Edward Brooke Charter School in East Boston was honored with the 2018 Ryan Award for Exceptional School Leadership in a surprise ceremony at the school last Thursday. The Ryan Award is a national award…
Mayor, Trustees and TD Bank Aim to Spruce Up Eagle Hill’s Community Garden
Eagle Hill’s community garden between Meridian and Border Streets will get some extra attention through a partnership between the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, The Trustees, and TD Bank. The three year partnership will aim to expand the reach…
ICA’s Watershed Slated to Officially Open July 4 in Eastie
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) announced it will officially open its new Watershed to the public on July 4 inside a former copper pipe factory at Boston Shipyard and Marina on Marginal Street. While the official opening will be…
A Reality:Gov Baker, Mayor Walsh, East Boston CDC Mark Opening of Boston East
East Boston Community Development Corporation (CDC) Executive Director Al Caldarelli joked Monday that he would be collecting on a few bets he made with naysayers who were convinced the CDC and Trinity Financial’s Boston East project on Border Street would…
Friends of the Library Celebrate Preservation Month
With May being Historic Preservation Month, the East Boston Friends of the Library (FOL) held a special event that included music, an auction and an unveiling of the next Frederick Leonard King painting scheduled to be restored. The painting, part…
BPDA Gives Nod to Two Eastie Projects
At last Thursday’s Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) meeting the BPDA approved two East Boston residential development projects that will add 61 units of housing to the neighborhood, eight of which will be set aside as affordable units. The…