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.
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Orient Heights
By adamg - 12/5/22 - 10:06 am
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.
By adamg - 10/3/22 - 10:59 pm
The MBTA reports trains are delayed due to one train with "a mechanical problem" outbound at Orient Heights.
By adamg - 1/24/22 - 9:13 am
Live Boston reports a man was shot on Saratoga Street at Wordsworth Street in East Boston around 8:20 p.m. on Sunday. The homicide squad was called in due to the severity of the vicitm's injuries.
By adamg - 10/7/21 - 10:28 am
The Boston Licensing Board today gave restaurants in East Boston and on Beacon Hill permission to expand their beer and wine offerings to include liqueurs and the mixed drinks that can be made with them. Read more.
By adamg - 7/16/21 - 11:05 am
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that a man who was present when an East Boston resident had his eye and brain pierced by a knife tossed from a third-floor landing during a loud argument in 1984 has to provide a DNA sample so his uncle, who was convicted of first-degree murder for the death, can try again to win his release. Read more.
By adamg - 6/29/21 - 11:27 am
Note: Because the reporter misunderstood what happened, the story has been corrected to reflect that the building can be occupied - as executive suites.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a developer's proposal to change the classification of an essentially completed nine-unit building at 119 Addison St. in East Boston from executive suites to condos, which means the developer can rent the units out to Boston visitors, but not sell them as condos. Read more.
By adamg - 4/28/21 - 10:11 am
The driver of a 713 bus diverted his bus to a Winthrop beach where he wouldn't let the sole passenger on board exit as he ate his dinner and then tried to rape her Saturday evening, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office charges. Read more.
By adamg - 8/20/20 - 4:07 pm
Boston Pedestrian shows us the absence of social distancing this afternoon on a shuttle bus brought in to ferry Blue Line riders between Wonderland and Orient Heights after signals came down with Covid-19 or something and stopped working.
By adamg - 8/17/20 - 3:06 pm
The Zoning Board of Appeals last week was scheduled to hear requests from different developers to put up the same basic sort of building at four locations in East Boston: Condo buildings with four floors and nine condos - all with nine parking spaces, although developers differed on whether they'd put the spaces on the ground floor or in a basement garage. Read more.
By adamg - 7/8/19 - 2:10 pm
Renegade's Pub, 1004 Bennington St., reports it's been burglarized twice in the past week. According to police records, the first time was sometime overnight before an employee opened up around 11 a.m. on July 1 and the second in the same time period on July 5.
By adamg - 5/21/19 - 4:50 pm
Mike Freedberg reports that developers have bought single-family homes on Gladstone and Leyden streets and plan to replace them with multi-unit condo buildings.
By adamg - 3/17/19 - 11:05 pm
The MBTA says it hopes to resume Blue Line service through the waterlogged Orient Heights station with the start of service Monday morning. Still, just in case, the T advises riders to allow some extra time. Read more.
By adamg - 3/16/19 - 10:44 am
Boston firefighters remained at what was left of the New England Casket Co. this morning, continuing to hit hot spots with water to prevent any flareups of the nine-alarm fire that broke out around 3 p.m. yesterday, sending fire out windows and the roof well into the evening. Read more.
By adamg - 2/5/19 - 2:14 pm
Architect's rendering.
MG2 Group, which has a number of East Boston projects under way, is proposing to replace the garage at the rotary in Orient Heights with a four-story, 27-unit residential building with room for ground-floor retail. Read more.
By adamg - 12/3/18 - 10:35 am
The MBTA is reporting delays on the Blue Line due to, once again, signal problems at Orient Heights.
By adamg - 11/28/18 - 3:17 pm
The T reports Blue Line delays of up to 15 minutes due to those signal issues.
By adamg - 5/7/18 - 2:49 pm
The Hyundai Santa Fe he was in recovered in Everett as well. Police are now looking for the guy they think took both in Orient Heights yesterday - he has a history of attacking cops. Jim Morelli reports Chief is in good shape. He is back with his owner.
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