The announcement last year that the Institute of Contemporary Art ( ICA) was expanding to East Boston’s waterfront was huge news for the community. For the past year, the ICA has been rehabbing an old industrial warehouse at the Boston…
Author: John Lynds
MS-13 Leader Pleads Guilty to Ordering the Slaying of Eastie Teen
The story of Wilson Martinez, whose body was found on Constitution Beach the day before school was to start in September 2015, was so tragic that it stunned the tight-knit Eastie community for weeks. Friends, family and classmates all remembered…
NOAH Picked to Develop Condor Street DND Site
The Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) announced this week that it has picked the East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) as the designated developer of a city-owned parcel on Condor Street across from the Hess Site. Following a series…
JPNA Votes Down Webster Street Project at March Meeting
At the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association’s March meeting, members voted down a development proposal to turn a three-family into a five-family on Webster Street. Lifelong Eastie residents James and Patti Sartori, who have lived in the well-maintained Victorian three-family home…
MG2’s Plans for Efficiency Units on Walley Street Voted Down:BPDA Approves Developer’s Other Project Further Down the Street
The Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) voted Monday night 15 to 7 against a developer’s plans to create a row of efficiency units along Walley Street near Bennington Street. Developer MG2, who is already planning a 38-unit development at the…
Ed Deveau Named One of the Top Realtors in Boston
East Boston realtor and resident Ed Deveau recently received the 2017 Centurion Award by Century 21 for being one of the top realtors in the Boston area, as well as one of the top 25 Century 21 realtors in the…
Appreciation:Former East Boston State Representative Michael D’Avolio Dies
For longtime East Boston politicians like John Nucci former State Rep. Michael D’Avolio was a man many aspired to be. “For us growing up in East Boston who got involved in politics at an early age, men like Michael D’Avolio…
Suffolk Downs Project Receives State Waiver
In an effort to make a portion of the 161-acre Suffolk Downs site ‘Amazon Ready’ HYM Investment Group, LLC requested an environmental waiver from the state, which would allow the Phase 1 project to proceed prior to completion of the…
Ward 1 Democratic Committee Elects State Convention Delgates
A group of East Boston progressives attempted to put forth their own slate of nominees at the Ward I Democratic Caucus that was held Saturday at the Salesian Boys & Girls Club to elect delegates to the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic…
Residents Weigh in on 144 Addison St Project
Following several community meetings and a Boston Planning and Development Agency sponsored meeting two weeks ago residents have written several public comment letters to the BPDA raising some concerns over the large development project at 144 Addison St. While the…