The staff and students at the Donald McKay School in East Boston were finalists last year for the prestigious EdVestors Thomas W. Payzant School on the Move Prize, but they fell short. “We were one of the top three finalists…
Mass Maritime Donates Racing Boats to Piers Park Sailing
There has been a longstanding connection between the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and the Piers Park Sailing Center (PPSC) in East Boston. In fact, the PPSC Board Chairman Mike Bruno is not only a former PPSC sailor but also a graduate…
Social Centers to Honor Robert Lewis Jr With Inaugural Award Tonight
Robert Lewis Jr.. a former Eastie resident, East Boston High School graduate knows firsthand of the impacts the East Boston Social Centers have on the lives of youth and families. Growing up in the Maverick projects Lewis had a support…
Residents Want MassDot to Admit Defeat on the Toll Plaza Design
For two years, it has been painfully obvious that MassDOT’s project to reconfigure the former Sumner Tunnel has been a failure and residents want the department to admit defeat. The project to replace the former toll booths at the mouth…
Community News
East Boston Tech Meetup The purpose of the East Boston Tech Meetup is to build a community of people currently working in tech or those aspiring to move into a tech career who live or work in East Boston. These…
KO Pies Owner Sam Jackson Wants to Sell the Business by the End of Next Year
On Saturday inside KO Pies’ kitchen at the Boston Shipyard and Marina in East Boston KO’s owner Sam Jackson is adding cream to mashpatoes, stirring, flipping fried chicken breasts for sandwiches and pouring gravy on an order of Aussie meat…