Mayor Martin Walsh joined Lendlease and East Boston elected officials Tuesday to cut the ribbon on one of the neighborhood’s most highly anticipated waterfront development projects. Clippership Wharf is a $300 million, 478-unit mixed-use waterfront project with climate resilient features…
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Wrapping Up: Orient Heights Development on Track, Residents Should be Moving Back in Spring 2020
In an interview with Eva Erlich the vice president of development for Trinity Financial said Phase II to redevelop the entire Orient Heights Public Housing Development remains on track and construction should wrap up in the first quarter of 2020.…
Gladys Oliveros Annnounced as New East Boston Main Streets Director
Gladys Oliveros, who has been a fixture in East Boston since immigrating from Colombia 35 years ago, was announced as the new executive director of East Boston Main Streets. Oliveros replaces longtime director, Max Gruner, who left his post last…
Seeing Firsthand: Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius Tours East Boston High School
On Friday morning new Boston Public School Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius toured East Boston High School. The Superintendent was met by EBHS Headmaster Phil Brangiforte, a group of students, coaches, parents and other members of the high school’s staff. The…
BPDA Hosts Meeting on Coleridge Street Project
Changing the size, scope and design of the project on Coleridge Street that has been dubbed “The Residences at Coleridge Coast” has not seemed to move the needle in terms of community support. Last week the developer of Coleridge Street…
Community News
Lizzie Borden and the 40 Whacks The Delvena Theatre Company will be presenting Lizzie Borden and the 40 Whacks at the Boston Public Library, East Boston Branch, 365 Bremen Street, Boston, MA on Thursday, October 3, at 6 p.m.. On…
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.…
OHNC Votes Down Leyden Street Project
Despite several changes to the project at 115 Leyden St., Orient Heights Neighborhood Council members voted 33 to 7 against the project Monday night at the group’s September meeting. The plan is to erect am 8-unit dwelling with 9 off-street…
East Boston Non-profits Receive Grants
Two East Boston nonprofits will share in $2.2 million that was awarded to 51 organizations this week that promote economic mobility for low-income residents. Last week Mayor Martin Walsh and the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) announced the latest…
Sen. Boncore Endorses Halbert for Boston City Council
State Sen. Joseph Boncore (1st Suffolk and Middlesex) has announced his endorsement of former East Boston resident and community leader David Halbert for Boston City Councilor At-large. “I am proud to announce my endorsement of David Halbert, candidate for Boston…