Boston Mayoral Candidate John Barros stopped by Monday night’s Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) meeting to introduce himself to the members and discuss the pressing issues facing Eastie and Boston residents. Barros, who served in the Walsh Administration Cabinet as…
Author: John Lynds
Janey and Eastie Farm Celebrate Growing Food and Building Community
There was a lot to celebrate at Eastie Farm last week. Acting Mayor Kim Janey and City Councilor Lydia Edwards joined Eastie Farm Founder and Director Kannan Thiruvengadam and a whole host of volunteers and residents that have benefited from…
ABCD/APAC Tax Program Returns $6 Million to Residents
Over the course of a tax season, an army of East Boston APAC and ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development) staff and volunteers provided virtual, drop-off tax assistance during the pandemic to ensure that residents were included in the Earned…
Councilor Edwards Seeking Nominations for East Boston Housing Stabilization Fund Trustees
When City Councilor Lydia Edwards was negotiating Suffolk Downs mitigation for East Boston she not only ensured that HYM would up the affordable component from 13 percent to 20 percent and construct more family-sized units she also helped create the…
Eastie Pride Day to Return August 21
Last summer, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, city officials canceled all city-permitted parades and festivals taking place outdoors through Labor Day 2020. The move was aimed at curbing the gathering of large crowds and keeping up social distancing…
Eastie’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Spikes
For two straight weeks at the end of June and the beginning of July, no East Boston residents tested positive for COVID. However, two weeks ago the local weekly COVID positive test rate increased to 0.07. Last week, Eastie’s weekly…
Flaherty Hosts Community Cookout at the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen
Last Tuesday afternoon At-Large City Councilor Michael Flaherty hosted a community cookout with help from the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen (EBCSK) that operates out of the Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in East Boston. For several years, the EBCSK has…
Eastie’s Constitution Beach Scores High Marks on Water Quality Report Card
With summer in full swing and beach goers enjoying sun, surf and sand Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual report on the water quality at Constitution Beach in East Boston. According to Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Annual…
Nine East Boston Residents to Participate in Pan-Mass Challenge
East Boston resident Nicole Azero said she signs up each year for the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) bike-a-thon because she knows she’s part of an event that has one of the largest impacts on the cancer research community in the world…
Update on the Ohabei Shalom Cemetery Restoration
At a community meeting last month Lisa Berenson, Director of Development for Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts (JCAM) Charitable Foundation said the foundation is continuing to restore the historic Ohabei Shalom Chapel on Wordsworth Street with several projects in the…