For the past year, teachers and school leaders have been actively lobbying the state legislature and Gov. Chalres Baker to begin taking steps to overhaul the state’s education funding formula to ensure equity for all students, especially those in low-income…
Author: John Lynds
NOAH Receives Grant From Webster Bank
The East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) received a boost for its housing services last week from Webster Bank. NOAH was a recipient of a $5,000 Community Reinvestment Act grant from Webster Bank. The money was part of $59,500…
Eastie’s Tommy Welch to Oversee BPS Elementary Schools in Eastie, the North End, Charlestown and South End
This month Boston Public School Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius announced changes to her leadership team. One key change was moving BPS’s Academic Superintendent Tommy Welch back to overseeing elementary schools in East Boston, the North End, Charlestown and South End.…
Community Breaks Ground on New Police Station
For over two decades the residents and police officers in East Boston have awaited the construction of a new police station at the City Yards in Eagle Square across from American Legion Playground. Last Wednesday Mayor Martin Walsh and Police…
Firelei Baez Named as 2020 ICA/Boston Watershed Artist
Following another successful season that wrapped up this month, the Institute of Contemporary Art’s (ICA) Watershed at the Boston Shipyard and Marinas in East Boston is already gearing up for next year. This week the ICA announced that it has…
Walsh Makes a Surprise Visit to OHNC Meeting
With five controversial development projects on Monday night’s Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) meeting and the community ready for a fight, Mayor Martin Walsh’s surprise visit to the group couldn’t have been more poorly timed. However, Walsh jumped feet-first into…
Developer Plans 100 Room Hotel for Saratoga Street
Developer Patrick Mahoney was at Monday night’s Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) meeting to pitch his plan to build a 100-room hotel behind Belle Isle Liquors on Saratoga Street. Before Patrick’s attorney, Daniel Toscano, could even get the first few…
Body Found in Harbor Identified
The body found floating off Border Street in East Boston last week has been identified as a man wanted in connection with a Lynn homicide earlier this month. Douglas Guevara’s body was fished out of the Harbor last Friday morning…
John Nucci’s Son, John, Runs Chicago Marathon for Polysystic Kidney Disease
In June, John Nucci celebrated his one year anniversary of receiving life-saving kidney transplant surgery. Since his surgery the former Boston City Councilor, Suffolk Clerk of Courts and current Suffolk University senior vice president and his entire family have made…
Community Groups Vote on Several Eastie Projects
Two community groups held meetings in the past week and voted on several projects in the pipeline pitched for East Boston. Last Tuesday, the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) held its October meeting. At the meeting JPNA members 30 to…