By John Lynds Representatives from East Boston’s Chanel Fish and Eversource squared off again at Monday night’s Orient Heights Neighborhood Council meeting. Again both parties presented the pros and cons of Eversource’s plans to build a substation City Yards directly…
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Pedestrian Death Prompts Officials to Look at Traffic Calming Measures
By John Lynds He was known simply as ‘Mr. Kim” to residents and neighbors in Orient Heights Square. The gentle soul who ran Orient Heights Cafe, a small but popular Korean Food Restaurant in Orient Heights Square, was killed Saturday,…
Celebrating Boston Day
Armando Reyes-Cruz, Santiago Gutierrez, Edwin Guevara and Christian Hercules read “One Brave” with the fourth grade class at the Hugh O’Donnell School on Boston Day last Friday, April 15. Students all over the neighborhood pitched in on Boston Day to…
Angela’s Cafe’s Second Location Receives Beer, Wine, and Cordials License
By John Lynds The drinks are flowing at Angela’s Cafe’s second location in East Boston at the former El Paisa Restaurant located at 1012 Bennington Street. Angela’s recently received a beer, wine and cordials license and is now open for…
Democrats Rally Around Senate Nominee Joe Boncore
By John Lynds First Suffolk and Middlesex State Senate nominee Joe Boncore and five other candidates that ran for the seat during Tuesday, April 12 special election put aside their differences and broke bread at Donna’s Restaurant last Thursday morning.…
Pedestrian Killed Saturday Night on Bennington Street
By John Lynds A man was struck and killed Saturday night while trying to cross Bennington Street near Orient Heights Square. The incident occurred 10:15 p.m. when the adult man was trying to cross the large and busy intersection where…
Phase Two:New Renderings Released of Construction at Pier I
By John Lynds The developer of one of Eastie’s first large waterfront development project released new renderings of the Phase II of the project that began in January. Roseland, the developer of Portisde at Pier One, began driving the new…
Representative Adrian Madaro Approves Drug Offender Bill
East Boston Representative Adrian Madaro joined his colleagues in the House to approve final passage of a new bill that would give back revoked licenses to drug offenders. An Act relative to motor vehicle license suspension repeals the current law…
Boncore Wins State Senate Primary:First Senator Nominated in History from Town of Winthrop
By Cary Shuman Attorney Joseph Boncore won in his hometown of Winthrop by a decisive margin and showed strength across the First Suffolk and Middlesex District on his way to topping the ticket in the Massachusetts State Senate Democratic Primary…
Nobel Prize Winner Visits EBNHC
By John Lynds Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, paid a visit to East Boston Neighborhood Health Center last Wednesday afternoon to gain insight on how the Health Center’s programs benefit the community while staying true to its mission…