Over the past two years Saratoga Street resident Mike McCormack emerged as the most vocal critic of plans to develop a large vacant lot on his street. McCormack thought earlier blueprints of the planned development at 656 Saratoga St. were…
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East Boston High School is on the Rise
Sitting in his office on a sunny fall morning East Boston High School Headmaster Phil Brangiforte can’t help but gloat about his school, his staff, his students and the entire EBHS community. Over the summer the New England Association of…
EHCA Rejects Four Projects Last Week
Members of the Eagle Hill Civic Association voted down four development projects at the group’s November meeting. Perhaps the most controversial project was at 247 Saratoga St., where the plan was to raze the existing one-family home and erect a…
MS-13 Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Constitution Beach, Falcon Street Murders
Labor Day weekend in 2015 marked the end of the summer and teens all over East Boston spent their last days of freedom hanging out with friends before school started that Tuesday. Tragically, 15-year-old Wilson Martinez would never make it…
City Councilor Michelle Wu Releases Report on Youth Transportation Challenges
Boston City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu announced the results of a grassroots research initiative conducted by her office this past summer to survey hundreds of Boston students about their transportation needs and preferences. The Boston Youth Transportation Project research was…
State Fire Marshal Issues Holiday Decorating Safety Tips
“The best way to prevent a Christmas tree fire is to water it every day, place it well away from heat sources, and dispose of it soon after the holiday,” said State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey. “Although Christmas tree…
Community News
Eastie Mayor’s Enchanted Trolley Mayor Martin J. Walsh recently announced the schedule for the 2018 Enchanted Trolley Tour, a Boston holiday tradition of lighting holiday trees throughout the City. This year, the Mayor’s Enchanted Trolley Tour will start on Friday,…
Robert Lewis Jr Stops by His Old Stomping Grounds
Robert Lewis Jr.. Lewis, a former Eastie resident and East Boston High graduate is someone who always talks fondly about the impact growing up in Maverick’s public housing development has had on his life. Growing up in the Maverick Landing…
Traffic Nightmare Continues, Residents Vow Action
One week it was a broken-down bus. Another week it was a stuck semi-truck. Then on Monday it was a car accident in the Sumner Tunnel and MassDOT road crews forgetting to install the cones to form the ‘swing lane’…
New East Boston District Court Chief Probation Officer Sworn In
Matthew McDonough, who had been serving as the Chief Probation Officer at West Roxbury District Court before being tapped to head the probation department at East Boston District Court, was officially sworn in last Wednesday evening. McDonough, a Dorchester native,…