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…
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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…
‘Hyphen’
As a first-generation Salvadorian American growing up in East Boston, Maria Servellón tried to distinguish where her Salvadorian and American sides began and ended. She remembers speaking English inside and outside of school; but at home, the only child spoke…
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.…
Edwards Wins District 1 City Council Seat:Walsh Cruises to Victory Over Tito Jackson
By John Lynds East Boston’s Lydia Edwards was elected as the District 1 Boston City Councilor over the North End’s Stephen Passacantilli after a hotly contested race for the seat left vacant by City Councilor Sal LaMattina who did not…
Anthony Costanzo Retires from Santarpio’s Pizza after Three Decades of Service
By John Lynds With his humor, good nature and apron filled with buttons, gifts from the thousands of customers he has served from all across the globe, Tony Costanzo has been one of the most recognizable faces inside the famed…
MassDOT Working On New Toll Plaza Reconfiguration
By John Lynds It’s no secret in the neighborhood that traffic here has gotten worse, not better as a result of MassDOT’s All Electronic Tolling (AET) program that removed the toll booths from the mouth of the Sumner Tunnel. The…
Blue-Line/Red-Line Connector Back on MBTA’s Radar?
By John Lynds Significant development in East Boston, Revere and along the MBTA Blue Line corridor has the MBTA re-examining the stalled Blue-Line/Red-Line Connector. At an October 30 MBTA board meeting, board chairman Joseph Aiello asked agency staff for an…
Probe Into Russian-Backed Facebook Ads Hits Home
By John Lynds A Congressional probe into Russian meddling during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election has uncovered pro-Trump ads that were allegedly purchased by the Russians on social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter. One Facebook ad released by Congress…
Kiwanis Kicks Off Annual Holiday Food Drive for Grace Church
By John Lynds Each year East Boston Kiwanis Club members and volunteers kick off the holiday season by teaming up with East Boston Savings Bank and Shaw’s Supermarket shoppers to collect canned goods for Eastie’s most vulnerable residents. On November…