After a week of promoting the restaurant that has replaced Ecco, which closed last year, owner of Craft Table & Bar on Porter Street couldn’t have been more happy with the turnout Friday during the new restaurant’s grand opening. Frank…
Author: John Lynds
Appreciation:Gerald ‘Sully’ Sullivan, Longtime Savio Prep Teacher, Dies at 69
Incoming freshman entering Gerald Sullivan’s English Class at Savio Prep in East Boston were met with a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson written on the blackboard. The poem, Richard Cory, told a narrative of a very successful man that had…
Police Arrest Man in Connection with Armed Robbery, Indecent Exposure
At a community meeting Monday evening District 7 Community Officer Dan Simons and Sergeant Jimmy Martin announced that police have arrested a man they believe was responsible for the armed robbery and indecent exposure incident involving a mother and her…
Massport Sends Out RFP for Piers Park Phase III
The dilapidated pier adjacent to Piers Park, and also the future Piers Park II is being eyed by Massport as the future site of a third waterfront park. Last week Massport announced it has sent out a Request for Proposals…
These Days a Simple Lot Subdivision Becomes a Controversial Project
The fear and panic of overdevelopment among East Boston’s older residents, and increasingly more and more newcomers, has become involved in so much red tape that a simple subdivision of a lot takes five community meetings, abutters meetings and a…
City Grant to Support Zumix Concert Series, Events at Zumix Firehouse
Last week Mayor Martin Walsh and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture in collaboration with the Boston Cultural Council (BCC) and the Mass Cultural Council announced Zumix will be one of 181 Boston arts organizations that will share $472,955…
EHCA Votes on Several Items Last Wednesday
Last Wednesday night, members of the Eagle Hill Civic Association voted on several agenda at the groups January meeting. First up, members voted 20 to 1 in favor of Jennifer Coppenrath’s plan to legalize the existing occupancy at 512-514 Saratoga…
St Joseph-St Lazarus Parish Partners with American Red Cross to Host Blood Drive
At this time of year severe winter weather and seasonal illnesses like the flu can prevent regular donors from giving blood to the American Red Cross. Last Wednesday parishioners from St. Joseph-St, Lazarus Church joined forces with the American Red…
Baker Calls for Another Increase to EITC Program
For many working people in East Boston there’s some relief from the confusing process of figuring out taxes year after year. East Boston APAC, in partnership with the City of Boston, runs an annual Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program…
Possibility of Seaplanes in Harbor Being Touted as Part of Amazon Bid
There was a small paragraph in Boston’s bid to bring Seattle-based Amazon’s second North American headquarters (HQ2) to Suffolk Downs in East Boston calling for the establishment of seaplane operations in the city that was overlooked by many. The paragraph…