Focusing on the Boston and state-wide opioid-related overdose and death epidemic and the 400% increase in deaths from 2000-2015, Margaret Farmer, Candidate for Boston City Council, has called for creating a Boston version of the Angel program, pioneered and already…
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Square and Park Officially Reopen During Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
By John Lynds Business owners, residents, and East Boston drivers all breathed a collective sigh of relief this week when the Central Square rehab project wrapped up. After two years of disruptions to traffic patterns, parking and the square’s central…
Latinos Show Support for Mayor Walsh in Eastie
By John Lynds He’s taken a tough stance against President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against immigrants, challenged Trump’s travel bans, and recently stood up against the president’s removal of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) or DREAMers program that hundreds…
Developer Lowers Height of Millennium Tower in Boston
By John Lynds It may be one of those rare historic occasions when the community, elected officials and Massport are all on the same page and fighting for the same cause. There was near panic last week when reports showed…
175 McClellan Highway Developer Addresses HVNA Members
By John Lynds Gate Residential Properties, LLC and Bulgroup Colorado, LLC’s Damien Szary appeared before the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) Monday night at the group’s September meeting to talk about plans to develop the 143,139 sq. ft. parcel at…
Ward I Democratic Committee Endorses Mayor Walsh, Passacantilli and At-Large Candidates
By John Lynds The East Boston Ward I Democratic Committee last Wednesday held an endorsement meeting at the Paris Street Community Center to pick candidates that the group would support in the upcoming municipal elections. Following presentations by the candidates…
Backpacks for East Boston Students
Twenty children served by East Boston’s Crossroads Family Center started the school year with a new backpack full of school supplies and new clothes provided by Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport). This is the 10th year that Massport has partnered with…
Excel Lays Out Plans for Expansion of High School
By John Lynds At a recent community meeting Excel Academy Charter School Executive Director Owen Stearns laid out the school’s plans to add a small addition onto Excel High School on Bremen Street. The addition, according to Stearns, will not…
Excel Students Detained by Border Patrol
By John Lynds Two Excel Academy Charter School students were among the 14 people detained as part of U.S. Border Patrol operation a week ago in Lincoln, N.H. Border Patrol officers established the checkpoint with the support of the Woodstock…
Reconfiguring:MassDot Officials Listen to Residents’ Frustration Over Toll Plaza Project
By John Lynds MassDOT is once again planning on reconfiguring the Sumner Tunnel Toll plaza after months of daily gridlock and complaints from residents and elected officials. At last Wednesday’s meeting at East Boston High School one thing became abundantly…