By John Lynds For six days in July the spotlight will be on East Boston, as several non-profits team up for a neighborhood-wide celebration to showcase all the neighborhood has to offer. Dubbed ‘Eastie Week’ the celebration will kick off…
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Dough East Boston,Veronica Robles,Among Main Streets Honorees
By John Lynds On Tuesday, Mayor Martin Walsh joined with the Department of Neighborhood Development to honor Boston Main Streets volunteers and businesses during the 20th Annual Boston Main Streets Awards. Eastie’s Veronica Robles of the Veronica Robles Cultural Center…
Community Asks Archdiocese to Keep Father Wayne Here
By John Lynds At an emergency meeting called by the Sacred Heart Parish Council last Tuesday night, Chief of Probation Thomas Tassinari made an emotional plea to keep Father Wayne Belschner in East Boston to continue the important work that…
Hubway Holds Community Workshop
By John Lynds With the city planning to bring up to 10 new Hubway stations to Eastie by the fall, Boston Transportation Department’s Kim Foltz led a community workshop last Thursday at the East Boston Branch Library to begin getting…
Work Begins on Eastie Electronic Tolling
By John Lynds MassDOT has begun work on infrastructure for two vertical gantry supports on the East Boston sides of the Sumner and Callahan Tunnels as the state transportation agency moves to implement All Electronic Tolling (AET). Work began last…
Mosquito Spraying Planned for the Orient Heights Area in East Boston
Part of an effort to reduce the risk of mosquito-borne illness as warm weather returns The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) would like to advise residents and community members in East Boston of an upcoming spraying to help control the…
Father Belschner Being Relocated by the Archdiocese:Community Fights to Keep Him in Eastie
By John Lynds The Boston Archdiocese announced last weekend that one of East Boston’s most popular parish priests would be relocated to Dedham, causing an uproar throughout the community. Father Wayne Belschner, the head priest at Sacred Heart Parish, has…
East Boston Farmers Market to Kick Off July 6
By John Lynds Next Wednesday the East Boston Farmers Market returns for its ninth season with more fresh, locally grown produce than ever before. The booths will be at the Maverick MBTA station (Lewis Mall side) selling fruits and vegetables…
Community Residents Organize to Clean Eastie’s Shores
By John Lynds A group of residents have gotten together to form a new advocacy group, The Harborkeepers, and begin cleaning East Boston’s shoreline. On a recent Saturday the group was joined by the Friends of the Boston Harborwalk and…
Jackie Anthony,Longtime Breast Cancer Awareness Crusader,Dies at 66
By John Lynds Jacalyn “Jackie” Anthony, a longtime East Boston resident who fought for nearly two decades to raise awareness for breast cancer, other cancers and women’s health in the neighborhood and beyond, has died. Mrs. Anthony succumbed to cancer…