By John Lynds With a good amount of the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s staff hailing from Puerto Rico, it came as no surprise after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. Caribbean Island staffers at the health center felt powerless and…
Author: Times Staff
Four-Alarm Fire Rips Through Eastie Warehouse
By John Lynds A four-alarm blaze ripped through an old warehouse just outside of Central Square on Border Street Saturday night, injuring one firefighter. The fire began at 6 p.m. when the Boston Fire Department responded to smoke and flames…
A Look at Lydia Edwards District 1 City Council Win
By John Lynds At Kelley Square Pub in East Boston on election night last Tuesday, Lydia Edwards stood on a chair in the middle of the dinning room and declared her historic win as the first woman of color to…
ICA Watershed in Eastie Announces Inaugural Exhibition
By John Lynds It may be a ways away but there’s already excitement and buzz surrounding the ICA’s (Institute of Contemporary Art) first exhibition at the institute’s planned second location on East Boston’s waterfront. The ICA will take a formerly…
HYM Files Letter of Intent with BPDA
By John Lynds At Monday night’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association meeting HYM Investment Group LLC’s principal Thomas O’Brien announced that his group, which purchased the 161-acre Suffolk Downs Racetrack site in the spring, has filed its Letter of Intent with…
JPNA Votes Down Bar Proposal
By John Lynds There was audible gasp from the crowd when the vote against a new bar and restaurant proposed for the former East Boston Kitchen (EBK) on Sumner Street was read at Monday night’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association meeting.…
Police Briefs 11-15-2017
District Seven Police Report November 4, 2017 No Arrest. November 5, 2017 Around 4:00pm in the area of Monmouth Street East Boston, a white Hispanic male from East Boston was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct. Around 5:30pm District…
We Can Make It Less Profitable to Traffic Opioids
By John A. Cassara and Nathan Proctor The president will now declare what many of us experience first hand, the opioid epidemic is a national emergency. Frankly, with as many as 59,000 deaths in 2016, there doesn’t seem to be any other…
The Holiday Season is Approaching — Remember to Help Those in Need
For the vast majority of Americans, the approaching holiday season is a joyous time when the abundance that life offers is most apparent in a wealthy nation such as ours. But the sad reality for many of our fellow citizens…
Thank You East Boston Chamber and Congratulations to The Recipients
Living in an urban community is never easy. The traffic, noise, the lack of large areas of green space, the living on top of your neighbors and the crime are never easy to take. Indeed, for many the grass does…