Although East Boston voters overwelmingly rejected building a resort-style casino in the neighborhood’s backyard at Suffolk Downs in 2013, Encore Boston Harbor will make it easier for residents wishing to visit the casino in Everett. Encore announced last week that…
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Developer Goes back to Drawing Board on Coleridge Street Project
Following a contentious Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) meeting last month the developers of the project on a vacant waterfront lot at 181 Coleridge St. went back to the drawing board and unveiled a new plan Monday night. At…
Community News
Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association Meeting Agenda Below please find the agenda for the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association scheduled monthly meeting for November 2019. The meeting will be held at the Jeffries Yacht Club located at 565 Sumner Street in East…
‘Dance for Dana’ Dance-A-Thon Set for Nov. 24
On Sunday, Nov. 24, local dancing schools and teams will join together to host the Third Annual “Dance for Dana” Dance-A-Thon at the Rumney Marsh Academy Gymnasium to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Nicole Paolo founded the event in 2017 in…
Community Calendar
Harbor View Neighborhood Association First Monday of every month 6:30 p.m. at the Edward Brooke Charter School, 145 Byron St. Kiwanis Club of East Boston First and Third Tuesday of every month 6 p.m. at Spinelli’s Restaurant in Day Square.…
Our Lady of the Assumption Church in East Boston Celebrates 150 Years
It was a special Mass on Sunday for parishioners and clergy at Our Lady of the Assumption Church on Sumner Street in East Boston. The church, which stood the test of time in Jeffries Point, turned 150 years old Sunday.…
Massport Unveils New Ride App Area in Central Garage
Trips by Transportation Network Companies (TNC) like Uber and Lyft to and from Logan International Airport has exploded with 12 million trips annually–accounting for roughly 40 percent of all traffic in and out of the airport. However, studies have shown…
Community Gathers to Officially Name Greenway After the Late Mary Ellen Welch
The godmother of East Boston community activism, the late Mary Ellen Welch, was not much for adulations, awards or honors. Instead, Welch prefered to quietly go about her daily commitment to improving the lives of all who called Eastie home…
Bradley School in the Running for Prestigious EdVestor Prize
For the past 13 years, EdVestors, a school improvement organization in Boston, has awarded its $100,000 Thomas W. Payzant School on the Move Prize to recognize rapidly improving schools that have made exemplary progress in advancing the academic achievement of…
Suffolk Downs Developer Announces New Community Investments
The HYM Investment Group recently announced it was committed to extending the East Boston Greenway and making additional contributions to its partnership with the East Boston Social Centers (EBSC) to create a more interconnected, community-oriented neighborhood HYM, the development team…