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Azinga Ming and Eastie’s Innovative Scenic Bike Rental Spot

Written by DIG STAFF Posted June 13, 2022 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

“A four-mile car-free bike path that winds its way through parks, beaches, and under bridges”

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: bikes, cycles, cycling, east boston, Life, Lifestyle

EVERSOURCE’S EAST BOSTON SUBSTATION: “THIS IS A POWER PLAY”

Written by JON LAMSON Posted March 21, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

City councilor and state Sen. Lydia Edwards on the planned electrical substation in East Boston and the proposal to halt its construction

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, City Council, east boston, Eversource

EAST BOSTON STREET ART TOUR AND MURAL WALK

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted November 25, 2021 Filed Under: A+E

A guided eco street art tour that will teach you about public artworks in the East Boston neighborhood

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: Art, culture, east boston, mural, public

SPEAK OUT WITH EAST BOSTON FAMILIES FIGHTING EVICTION

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted September 26, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Send ZBA comments in opposition to 168 Gove Street building proposal

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: City Life, east boston, eviction, Housing

EAST BOSTON FAMILIES HOLD VIGIL TO STOP REDEVELOPMENT OF HOMES

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted June 18, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The gathering is being held by families at 168 Gove Street, in response to a luxury developer's plan to build condos.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: City Life, development, east boston, gentrification, vigil

JANEY CALLS ON EVERSOURE TO CANCEL A SUBSTATION IN EAST BOSTON

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted May 8, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The proposal would make an already at risk community environmentally unsafe.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: east boston, Environment, Eversource, Kim Janey

BERKSHIRE ROOTS, EASTIE LOCATION: THIS IS WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD DISPENSARY LOOKS LIKE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 15, 2020 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

Berkshire Roots

“It’s exactly what pot advocates knew would happen, and what every would-be pot shop operator told the aldermen and city councilors across the state—namely, that these operations are outstanding boosters for neighboring business, especially ones that serve food and booze.”

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Berkshire Roots, cannabis, east boston, Talking Joints Memo

BIG WORLDS: ZUMIX SERIES REFLECTS JUST HOW FAR EAST BOSTON YOUTH MUSIC NONPROFIT HAS COME

Written by DIG STAFF Posted February 4, 2020 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

"Big Worlds is a different type of gap bridging than our day-to-day programs because it puts our young people on stage next to artists they look up to in front of relatively large audiences."

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Big Worlds, Black Cotton Club, east boston, Jaw Gems, live music, Loop Lab, nonprofit, youth music, Zumix

EASTBOUND AND GOWN: AS STUDENTS DISPLACE LONGTIME EAST BOSTONIANS, A COMMUNITY WELCOMES NEWCOMERS BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME CONCERNS

Written by Posted September 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“We will lose the connection, the tight community we have in our neighborhood,” she said of more transient renters. “We won’t get to know our neighbors.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston East, City Life, condos, development, displacement, east boston, eastie, gentrification, Housing, housing costs, immigration, Lydia Edwards, Maverick Square, rent control, Vida Urbana

BOSTON FIDDLES WHILE THE WORLD BURNS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

City government continues issuing reports while UN calls for immediate action

 

When writing about human-induced global warming on a regular basis, it’s a good idea to pace oneself. Because it’s such a relentlessly depressing topic that highlighting it too often can backfire. Faced with an existential threat of such magnitude that ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, carbon dioxide, chelsea, Climate Change, coal, Columbia Gas, Column, east boston, ecology, economy, electricity, Environment, Eversource Energy, fossil fuel, global warming, greenhouse gas, GreenRoots, IPCC, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, National Grid, natural gas, news, NiSource, oil, Politics, regulation, united nations, utility

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