As East Boston slowly creeps to our “new normal’’ in the neighborhood some restaurants have been able to reopen with limited capacity or outdoor seating, retail stores that have closed are reopening and residents feel a little safer being out…
Author: John Lynds
City Council Passes Mayor’s Budget, Edwards Breaks Ranks with Uber Progressives
With the ongoing racial tension sweeping across the nation and calls for police reform in almost every major U.S. city there was an emotional debate last week in the City Council over Mayor Martin Walsh proposed budget. Since the killing…
Eastie COVID-19 Updates
Those testing positive for COVID-19 in Eastie dropped once again last week and the infection rate in the neighborhood continues to slow. Since the pandemic began in March Eastie has been a COVID ‘hot spot’ with some of the highest…
EBHS Holds Special Diploma Pick Up Day for Seniors
It wasn’t the graduation East Boston High School (EBHS) seniors who worked so hard for four years expected or deserved, but the staff at East Boston High School held a special event over the weekend for the Class of 2020.…
EBNHC Farmers Market to Kick off this Afternoon
As East Boston slowly creeps to the “new normal’’, in the neighborhood some restaurants have been able to reopen with limited capacity or outdoor seating, retail stores that have closed are reopening and residents feel a little safer being out…
Eastie’s Nina Gaeta Coletta and Magdelena LaBattaglia Picked as ‘Commonwealth Heroine’s’
Two East Boston women that have made a huge impact on the quality of life for countless fellow residents were picked as 2020 Commonwealth Heroines. Nina Gaeta Coletta and Magdelena LaBattaglia were honored last week as members of the Massachusetts…
NOAH Receives Boston Resiliency Funding
Eastie’s Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) that has focused on helping residents during the COVID-19 pandemic received additional grant money from the Boston Resiliency Fund this week. Mayor Martin Walsh announced the fund’s Steering Committee distributed $500,000 in funding to…
Five Eastie Schools Get Art Expansion Grants from EdVestors
With the fear looming that state budget cuts will impact education programs due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, EdVestors is stepping up to the plate to ensure art remains a vital part of student learning in…
Last Year’s Library Art Installation up for an Award
Last April, the community joined together at the East Boston Branch Library to unveil an art installation outside the library on the East Boston Greenway that brings attention to sea-level rise and climate change. Science has told us that Boston…
New District A-7 Police Station Coming Along
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 year, Mayor Martin Walsh and Police…