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Well, this is a bummer.  After a years-long plan to redevelop a rundown pier in Eastie into a new waterfront park, in addition to raising $30 million in pledges toward [...]

At about 5:33 PM, on Monday, July 1st, 2024, A-7 (East Boston) Officers arrested Emanuel Jaramillo Alvarez, 22, of East Boston and Mynor Argueta Garcia, 21, of East Boston on [...]

Go see her! USS Constitution is scheduled to go underway from Charlestown Navy Yard on July 4th at 10:00 a.m. in honor of Independence Day! USS Constitution’s cruise will be [...]

Back in April, a 6-alarm fire raged at 430 Meridian Street, leaving 30 residents displaced, $5M in damages, and two dead, including a 10-year-old girl.   GBH wrote a feature on [...]

Dear Neighbors, I’m excited to let you know about two important programs that help our older residents save more money: The first is the Medicare Savings Program (MSP)—which now offers [...]

East Boston residents and commuters brace themselves for the most disruptive construction project the city has seen in years—the Sumner Tunnel closure. From July 5th - August 5th, the tunnel [...]

When it comes to wildlife, Boston has it all!  Mean turkeys, swimming coyotes, bald eagles, bunnies, chickens, and now a bull.  Yes, a bull.  Earlier this week, a bull escaped from a home in Roslindale [...]

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) today announced the recipient of the annual scholarship honoring the memory of longtime employee Donna Rauseo. The 2024 Donna Rauseo Memorial Scholarship was awarded [...]

This is probably not news to anyone who drives in the city, but a new report by Inrix revealed that Boston’s 2023 traffic has been ranked the fourth worst traffic in the [...]

On Monday, the Mass. Department of Public Health announced that several beaches are closed due to excess levels of bacteria in the water or other contaminants.  One of those beaches [...]