A non-profit group that wants to put affordable housing on 7 1/2 acres of East Boston waterfront it owns is suing the state agency that says the land can only be used for marine industries - or yacht storage - even though the land has no docks or access to the harbor's main shipping channel. Read more.
A ferry sits along a snow-covered East Boston waterfront in 1911. Read more.
GBH reports the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center has set up a patient advocate office in response to allegations of poor medical treatment at the facility.
WBZ reports on today's arrests outside the controversial East Eagle Street substation, construction of which began last week.
Rendering by Context of four-unit builidng on Leyden Street approved yesterday.
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved a total of seven new residential units in East Boston while rejecting six. Read more.
Rendering by Context.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans to replace a triple decker at 221 East Eagle St. in East Boston with a new four-story, six-unit condo building with six parking spaces and an elevator. Read more.
Rendering of proposed building by Context.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposed four-story, three-unit residential building at 304 Paris St. in East Boston. Read more.
Rendering by Arrowstreet.
Redgate and the New England Casket Co. have filed plans for a two-building, 220-unit apartment complex at 1141 Bennington St., where the company made caskets until an eight-alarm fire in 2019. Read more.
Boston Police report Santos Moscoso, 47, of East Boston, was arrested at 74 Sumner St. on Thursday on 38 counts of willful and malicious destruction of property over $1,200. Read more.
The T reports Blue Line delays of up to 20 minutes due to a "power issue near Wood Island," which, like many such power issues on the above-ground part of the Blue Line, probably means the overhead power line got ripped down somehow, or the top of a car began sparking.
To make matters worse, one rider reports: "There is a busker tunelessly crooning Christmas carols at State. God save us."
One of three men wanted for stealing purses and luggage at Logan and New York airports was arrested last month, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
A Hyde Park man traveling with a child was arrested at Logan Airport yesterday after he allegedly tried to get a loaded handgun onto a plane - while traveling with a child - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Wave hitting Winthrop Parkway in Revere. Photo by Brian Riccio.
Morrissey Boulevard? Long Wharf? Winthrop Drive? All shut at the morning high tide as wind-whipped waves came ashore. But also Day Boulevard in South Boston. Read more.
A man spent 45 minutes wandering the floor of La Chiva, 259 Bennington St. in East Boston on July night, looking to provoke a fight. He finally succeeded - and promptly got punched out - police and the restaurant's owner told the Boston Licensing Board this morning. Read more.
Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports no injuries after a driver drove into 106 London St. in East Boston shortly before 2 p.m. on Thursday. 16 residents were displaced pending an inspection to ensure no structural damage.
The department did not say if the car already had a parking ticket or if an industrious BTD worker placed it there following the crash.
Rendering of Saratoga Street building by Context.
MG2 Group, which specializes in construction of small and mid-sized residential buildings in East Boston, has filed plans with the BPDA for two new buildings where Ford, Saratoga and Boardman streets meet in a rotary in Orient Heights. Read more.
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