In recognition of National Philanthropy Day. the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank (PUB) provided East Boston’s Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) with a grant to help NOAH’s home buying and foreclosure prevention programs. NOAH will share in $197,500 in…
Author: John Lynds
ZBA Approves Scaled Down Coleridge Street Project
The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) voted in favor of a scaled down version of a proposed residential development project at 181 Coleridge Street earlier this month. Dubbed “The Residences at Coleridge Coast” by developer Ryan Acone, who told…
OHNC Members Receive Info on Two Projects
Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) members did not vote on any development projects at their November meeting that was held last Monday night at the Ashley Street YMCA. Instead, members received a briefing from zoning attorneys on two different projects…
Salesian Boys & Girls Club to Host Annual Pasta Dinner Friday
On Friday, Nov. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. the Salesian Boys & Girls Club will host its Annual Pasta Dinner fundraiser at the club located at 150 Byron Street. Salesian Director Michael Triant said tickets to the event are…
All Eastie Elementary Schools Will Become K-6 Schools Next Year
Last week Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius announced that all of East Boston’s elementary schools will go from K-5 schools to K-6 schools beginning next school year. The Samuel Adams Elementary, Manassah E. Bradley Elementary, Curtis Guild…
U.S. Senate Candidate Congressman Kennedy Calls for State to Reconsider Eastie Substation
For years, environmentalists, activists, residents and elected officials on both sides of the Chelsea Creek have been standing in solidarity in firm opposition against Eversource’s plan to place a substation at the City Yards in East Boston along the Chelsea…
Former Eastie Native Found Guilty in His Wife’s Murder
A Suffolk Superior Court jury found former East Boston resident Andrew MacCormack, 31, guilty in the killing of his wife, Vanessa Masucci, inside the couples Revere home that they shared since 2015. Sentencing will be on December 2. Masucci, a…
Eastie Mother Testifies at Statehouse in Support of the Future Act
Last week an East Boston mother and head of the Eastie’s chapter of Mothers Out Front testified at a natural gas hearing held by the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (TUE) at the Massachusetts Statehouse. Eastie’s Sonja Tengblad…
EBNHC’s Joanna Cataldo Named ABCD Community Hero
East Boston native and longtime East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) employee Joanna Cataldo was recently honored at ABCD’s (Action for Boston Community Development) annual Community Heroes Celebration. Cataldo and others from Boston’s neighborhoods were honored for their work in…
BPDA Approves Change of Ownership for an Already Approved Project
At the Boston Planning and Development (BPDA) November board meeting last Thursday, the BPDA board approved a request to transfer ownership from one developer to another for the 425 Border St. project. Under BPDA rules the board had to authorization…