The Massachusetts Trustees of Reservation have submitted the only bid to Massport’s call for a private/public partner to come forward and help fund the design and construction of Piers Park Phase III. The dilapidated pier adjacent to Massport’s award winning…
Month: September 2018
Back to School
Dear Students, September is one of my favorite months. The weather is getting cooler, football is back in season, and students like yourselves are heading back to school. You might not know it, but it takes a village to prepare…
Hot, Hot, Hot
News reports about the hot weather and all of the records for high and highest-low temperatures that have been set this month in our region have become so commonplace that it is all-too-easy to read the headlines and move on…
Sports 09-05-2018
Jets open the season this Friday The East Boston High School football team will kick off the season this Friday evening up in Lowell, taking on Lowell Catholic High School at the McCarthy Middle School field. Headcoach John Parziale begins…
Obituaries 09-05-2018
Carmela Albaro Of East Boston Carmela Albaro of East Boston passed away unexpectedly on August 29. She was the cherished sister of Joseph Albaro of Bedford, Mary DiMare of Lynnfield, and the late Antonetta DiNardo and Virginia Caltabellotta and is also…
Pressley unseats Capuano – Rollins wins D.A. primary, Galvin knocks off challenger Zakim
Pressley beats Capuano Ten term U.S. Congressman Michael Capuano of the 7th Congressional District was unseated during Tuesday night’s primary by Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley in perhaps one of the biggest political upsets in recent memory. Pressley finished election…
Greenlighted:BPDA Approves Notice of Project Change for Condor Street Project
Last week, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) greenlighted changes filed with the agency concerning the 187-191 and 211 Condor Street project. The condominium project was originally approved in 2017, but the developers filed a Notice of Project Change…
Coppersmith Village Nears Completion
The East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) Executive Director Phil Giffee announced this week that the Coppersmith Village Project is nearing completion with a ribbon-cutting scheduled for October. “Coppersmith will finally be ready for occupancy this fall,” said Giffee.…
HarborArts to Host Interactive Outdoor Installation on Thursday and Friday
Since their last community event at the Boston Shipyard and Marina in 2015, East Boston HarborArts has slowed down a bit. “We haven’t been doing a lot of big art events like the HarborArts Festival,” said HarborArts Director Matthew Pollack.…
NOAH Teams up with Mass Save to Streamline Home Energy Savings
Mass Save home energy audits, free energy-saving products and rebates and incentives to lower a consumer’s energy bills has been around for years, but very few in East Boston have taken advantage of the program. If one looks closely at…