The Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) held its August meeting Monday night at the Edward Brooke’s Charter School. At the meeting no votes were taken, but members were updated on several development projects that are in the works. First up…
Author: John Lynds
Sammy Carlo’s Catering Honored by Walsh and Boston Main Streets
Where the Salesians Boys & Girls Club parking lot is today on Bennington Street once stood Sammy Carlo’s corner store. It was there, in the 1950s that a family business started that would, after seven decades and two locations, become…
Eastie Farms’ Thiruvengadam Named ‘Volunteer of the Year’
At last Tuesday’s Mayor on Main Streets event outside Sammy Carlo’s Deli, Eastie Farms founder and director Kannan Thiruvengadam was honored as the Boston Main Streets Volunteer of the Year. “As I’ve mentioned before what is really important to the…
Artist Andres Amador Returns to Constitution Beach
San Francisco-based artist Andres Amador returned to Constitution Beach last Friday to turn the wet sand at low-tide into a temporary piece of visual art with the help of the community. For the past six years, Save the Harbor/Save the…
Italian Express Remembers Cancer Victim
Seventeen-year-old Harris Halperin was a huge fan of Guy Fieri’s Food Network show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” A year ago Harris was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma cancer. During his treatments, and unknown to his family, Harris made…
Madaro, Walsh Testify On Raising TNC Fees
Last week, Rep. Adrian Madaro and Mayor Martin Walsh testified at the State House urging lawmakers to adopt legislation filed by Walsh and sponsored by Madaro that better aligns transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Uber and Lyft, with the…
GSCA Updated on Maverick Street Project
Last year the Gove Street Citizens Association (GSCA) voted 18 to 3 in favor of a complete historical rehab and condo project at the former DeAngelis Bakery building on the corner of Maverick and Orleans Streets. Developers of the project…
Crime Is Down 25 Percent in Eastie So Far This Year
Reaching the halfway point in the year, East Boston has experienced a decrease in Part One Crime so far in 2019, according to statistics released by the Boston Police Department earlier this month. According to statistics released by the Boston…
Friends and Family Pay Tribute to Eastie’s Joe Harvard at the Middle East
In the 1980s an East Boston guy had an idea to create a Boston recording studio that would authentically capture the emerging alternative Boston music scene. Fort Apache in Roxbury was born and artists like The Pixies, The Lemonheads, Dinosaur…
Piers Park Sailing’s Summer Programs off to a Good Start
It’s almost halfway through the summer and kids from East Boston and surrounding communities have been having the time of their lives at Piers Park Sailing Center’s (PPSC) summer programs. “In total we will have over 850 kids come through…