City Councilor Lydia Edwards
District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards Maiden Speech: “A home for all Bostonians” (January 2018)
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The City of Boston is at a watershed moment as we find ourselves with the exciting opportunity to define our neighborhoods future for generations to come.
While I am incredibly hopeful for the future of this city, I am keenly aware of the challenges that face so many Bostonians on their own pathways. Many of those challenges begin with the basic...
BOSTON, MA – Representative Adrian C. Madaro to file legislation requiring Massport to house its own ambulance at Logan Airport.
"Those of us who live in East Boston are well aware of the need for additional EMS services for our neighborhood," he said.
A recent Boston Globe article noted that while the average wait time for an ambulance in the City...
East Boston Republicans will gather Tuesday evening, February 13th at 6:00 p. m. to elect nine delegates to the Massachusetts Republican Convention. This meeting will be in the East Boston YMCA community meeting room at 215 Bremen Street in East Boston. All East Boston voters who are registered as Republicans are strongly encouraged to attend. Unenrolled voters are invited...
Housing
Statement from City Councilor Lydia Edwards on the mayor’s ordinance regulating short-term rentals
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"The Mayor's decision to regulate short-term rentals in Boston is a welcomed start to a necessary discussion about protecting our housing stock. The devastating impact of short-term rentals can be seen city-wide and is exasperated by absentee landlords and multi-unit owners.
I hope we get a balanced approach that returns the short-term rental market back to its original intent of...
East Boston Main Streets
22nd Taste of Eastie on Thursday, January 25th, 2018: List of Vendors
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East Boston, MA (January 21, 2018) – East Boston Main Streets Proudly Presents the 22nd Annual Taste of Eastie on Thursday, January 25th, 2018.
East Boston Main Streets invites the public to the 22nd Annual Taste of Eastie at the Hilton Boston Logan Airport Hotel on Thursday, January 25th, 2018 from 6:00-9:00pm.
Food and fun highlight this wonderful evening including raffles...
Pirandello Lyceum
Pirandello Lyceum with Author Anthony Amore on the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist
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When: February 12, 2018
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Where: East Boston Public Library
365 Bremen Street
East Boston, MA 02128
As part of its ongoing effort to provide interesting cultural events to members and friends, the Pirandello Lyceum will present Author Anthony M. Amore at its annual Author’s...
Friends of East Boston Greenway
Friends of the East Boston Greenway: Flooding to be discussed at January 25, 2018 meeting
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Thursday, January 25, 2018
6:30-8pm
Anna DeFronzo Center
395 Maverick Street, East Boston, MA
AGENDA
Police Report
Discussion of recent flooding. who experienced what, where? Greenway impacts.
Recap of December mural grand opening event
Announcement & discussion of Barr Foundation Waterfront Initiative grant. Friends of East Boston Greenway in partnership with the Mystic River Watershed Association and Boston Society of Landscape Architects
New...
Ward 1 Democrats
March 3, 2018: Boston Ward 1 Committee to elect delegates to Democratic State Convention
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Registered Democrats in Boston Ward 1 will hold a caucus on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the BCYF Paris Street Community Center, 112 Paris Street, to elect delegates and alternates to the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention.
This year’s state convention will be held June 1-2 at the DCU Center in Worcester, where thousands of Democrats from across the state...
Gove Street Citizens Association
Gove Street Citizens Association to meet on 1/22/18
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The Gove Street Citizens Association monthly meeting agenda:
GSCA Executive Board Election - Any GSCA voting member may nominate themselves, or any other eligible voting member, or members, for election to any of the following Offices for a two-year term: Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, and Director-At-Large.
Update on status of GSCA area projects.
23 Everett Street - A proposal to...
Crime News
Suffolk County DA: Alleged Assailant Indicted, Apprehended in 2016 Belle Isle Marsh Homicide
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BOSTON, Jan. 16, 2018—A man previously convicted of attacking a man in the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation has been charged with an earlier assault in the same location that claimed the life of 83-year-old East Boston resident Daniel Pepe, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.
The Suffolk County Grand Jury on Dec. 20 returned indictments charging MICHAEL BRUZZESE...
BOSTON - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced today that the City of Boston has received more than $26.3 million in federal funding in support of Boston's homelessness programs. Boston was awarded the funding as the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the results of its annual McKinney Homeless Continuum of Care...
Arts and Culture in East Boston
ART BASIL: a cutting-edge group show at Atlantic Works Gallery on Border Street (January 2018)
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ART BASIL: a cutting-edge group show at Atlantic Works Gallery
January 12-27, 2018
Opening Reception, Thursday, January 18, 6-9pm
(EAST BOSTON, January 3, 2018) Atlantic Works Gallery has a history of staging offbeat group shows to satisfy the personalities and talents of our eclectic artist members...
...so, this past summer, when one of our members climbed up a ladder to get basil from...
BOSTON (10 January 2018) - Newly-inaugurated Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards announced a district-wide initiative aimed to serve our most vulnerable neighbors during the winter months and connect residents through community service.
The “Snow Angels” program will connect elderly and disabled residents unable to shovel in front of their homes to on-call, neighborhood volunteers ready to alleviate the burden shoveling...