By John Lynds City Realty, the developer of a proposed condo project at 181 Cowper St., was back before the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) Monday night with a scaled back version of the plan they presented last month. City…
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Edwards Starts Term as New District 1 City Councilor
By Seth Daniel If Monday’s inauguration is any indicator, don’t expect new East Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards to be all that distracted by the pomp and circumstance of City Hall. A veteran of department-level work in the Hall for…
Walsh Sworn in to Second Term:Plans to Expand East Boston School Lunch Program Citywide
By John Lynds In front of a packed audience at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston, Mayor Martin Walsh took the Oath of Office for the second time as Mayor of Boston and vowed to expand the city’s school lunch…
Fourth Suspect Arraigned in Connection with Ketter’s Death
By John Lynds A fourth suspect has been arraigned in the December 10 shooting death of an East Boston man on the corner of Orleans and Marginal Streets. Duncan Ketter’s lifeless body and that of a female friend were thrown…
How’s The Water? PPSC Executive Director Takes Plunge into Harbor
By John Lynds Most people wouldn’t dream of spending their birthday jumping into the freezing Boston Harbor on one of the coldest days of 2017 but that’s exactly what Piers Park Sailing Center’s Executive Director Alex DeFronzo did last Saturday.…
Trinity Financial Updates Residents on Orient Heights Housing Development
By John Lynds Trinity Financial’s Patrick Lee hosted a community meeting at the Orient Heights Public Housing Development’s community room to update residents of the housing development and community as a whole on the ongoing construction to replace one of…
HYM,BPDA Meeting on Suffolk Downs Phase 1
By John Lynds The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) has set January 10 as the date the public comment period will expire regarding HYM’s Phase I filing with the agency. However, at a BPDA sponsored meeting at Suffolk Downs’s…
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MASSPORT AIRPLANE NOISE COMPLAINT LINE Residents who are being disturbed by airplane noise are encouraged to call the MassPort Noise Hotline 24 hours a day. The phone number is (617) 561-3333. ANNUAL HOMELESS CENSUS On January 31, 2018, volunteers…
East Boston’s Persons of the Year:Lydia Edwards, 2017 Woman of the Year
By John Lynds It was unwise to count out City Councilor-elect Lydia Edwards when she lost her bid for State Senate two years ago. In that race she won East Boston, and it was the shape of things to come…
City Councilor Sal LaMattina , 2017 Man of the Year
By John Lynds In his East Boston High School yearbook City Councilor Sal LaMattina wrote he wanted to Mayor of Boston. At that young age LaMattina already made up his mind that he wanted to dedicate his life to serving…