Those testing positive for COVID-19 in East Boston dropped by almost two percent last week, and the infection rate in the neighborhood remains steady according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) on Friday. According…
Author: John Lynds
NOAH Holds Ground Breaking on Phase I of Condor Street Project
With the COVID-19 pandemic putting a halt to all construction projects until recently, the East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable (NOAH) was excited to announce that it had broken ground last week on Phase I of its Condor Street project. The…
Kennedy Makes Campaign Stop in Eastie
U.S. Congressman and Massachusetts Senatorial candidate Joseph Kennedy III was back in Eastie Sunday, the place he chose to kick off his senate campaign against incumbent Ed Markey, to meet with businesses owners and residents during a daylong tour. .…
Residents Express Concerns Over Building Project Height
At several East Boston virtual community group meetings, residents and community leaders have expressed their opposition to the Davis Companies first architectural drawings and proposal for a large scale development along the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway. The Davis Company and…
Project Bread Is a Recepient of Boston Resiliency Fund Grant
East Boston-based Project Bread was recently awarded a grant from the Boston Resiliency Fund that will focus on enrolling more food insecure families into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Project Bread will develop and implement a public awareness campaign…
Planet Fitness Reopens in Boston under Phase Iii This Week
Boston was a week behind the rest of the state when it came to Governor Charlie Baker’s Phase III of Massachusetts’s phased COVID-19 reopening strategy. In Boston, businesses that were eligible to reopen in Step One of Phase III but…
Angela Atenco Lopez, Longtime Restaurateur, Passes Away at 76
Angela Atenco Lopez, whose recipes from her native Puebla, Mexico wowed residents, food critics and celebrity chefs far and wide, has died. Mrs. Lopez, the namesake of Angela’s Cafe’s two locations in East Boston, had been bravely battling cancer for…
Gov. Baker and DESE Releases School Reopening Guidelines For the Fall
Last week Governor Charles Baker’s office and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released their initial guidance about reopening schools this fall. According to Baker’s office and DESE, current medical research supports a safe in-person return to school…
Edwards Calls for the Council to Have More Budgetary Powers
Historically Boston has followed a ‘Strong-Mayor’ form of government as opposed to a “Weak Mayor” system practiced by small or mid-sized cities and towns across the country. In the Strong Mayor system Mayor Martin Walsh is given almost total administrative…
Community Soup Kitchen Adjusts to Phased Reopening
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen (EBCSK) was forced to stop serving hot meals on Tuesdays from the basement of the Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Paris Street. Instead, staff handed out grocery…