On Tuesday, November 10. City Councilor Lydia Edwards and the Edwards Empowerment Fund hosted a virtual East Boston Trivia and Comedy Night to honor this year’s recipients of the Maverick Street Mothers Scholarship. At the event Diana Cifuentes, Alejandra De…
Author: John Lynds
Ward 1 Democratic Committee Takes Offense to Gov. Baker’s COVID Statements
Gov. Charlie Baker’s tour of public schools in the affluent suburb of Carlisle and subsequent comment that “the best defense against this insidious disease (COVID) comes down to personal responsibility” was met with contempt and deemed extremely tone deaf by…
Councilor Edwards, Mayor Walsh Partner to Help Save Restaurant Industry
It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed many casualties in the area’s restaurant industry. Just last week, Eastie’s famed Jeveli’s Restaurant, a neighborhood institution for nearly a century, announced it was shutting its doors for the winter because…
Brazilian National Faces Federal Charges for Lanzilli’s Gas Station Robbery
The Brazilian National that terrorized store clerks across East Boston for months prior to his arrest in April will face serious federal charges for one of his numerous heists. Diego Evangelista DaSilva, 33, was charged on Friday, Nov. 13 with…
Eastie’s Veronica Robles to Participate in Global Roots Series
East Boston’s own Veronica Robles, a celebrated Mariachi singer and founder of the Veronica Robles Cultural Center on Meridian Street, will be performing virtually as part of the Global Roots Series hosted by Club Passim. Robles, and her All Female Mariachi…
East Boston Social Centers Receives $1 Million from State to Create New Early Learning Facility
Gov. Charlie Baker announced last week that the East Boston Social Centers (EBSC) will share in $6.5 million in Early Education and Out-of-School Time (EEOST) grant funding awarded to seven organizations to help them renovate childcare facilities that serve low-income…
Jeveli’s Will Close for the Winter
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the local restaurant industry over the past eight months. At the beginning, restaurants switched to a delivery or take out only model until their dining rooms could reopen. That process was slow going…
Eastie’s Positive Test Rate Up 23 Percent
Eastie experienced a 23 percent increase in COVID-19 positive test rates last week according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) and is once again above 10 percent. Last Friday the BPHC reported that of…
Crime in Eastie: Car Breaks Continue to Skew Overall Stats in the Neighborhood
In what will be the last Boston Police Department’s crime statistics report before the end of the year, the recently released report shows larceny from motor vehicles, or car breaks, in East Boston continue to skew the overall crime stats…
COVID Scare Temporarily Closes Two Eastie Restaurants
With the continuing spike in COVID-19 cases in East Boston and a positive test rate hovering at 11 percent, two popular neighborhood restaurants a few blocks from one another have closed temporarily due to a COVID scare. On Monday morning,…