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Suffolk Downs to host first food truck festival
East Boston, already a neighborhood known for the quality and variety of its food, will see its eating options temporarily increase this weekend, as Suffolk Downs hosts its first-ever food truck festival.
Boston Globe, 9:23 a.m.
Workers for Logan contractors demand better pay, more respect
Workers from Logan International Airport described long hours, low pay, and hostile work environments at a public forum Tuesday organized by a coalition of labor unions and community organizations.
Boston Globe, 10/21/2011
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1904 plaque returns to Blue Line station
This week workers for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority reinstalled a century-old plaque marking the completion of the first subway tunnel in the world to run beneath an area of ocean.
Boston Globe, 10/20/11
TD Bank adds 50 trees to East Boston Greenway
The East Boston Greenway gained some greenery recently, as volunteers planted 50 new trees at the Gove Street entrance to the neighborhood-spanning pathway.
Boston Globe, 10/20/11
Meet the at-large candidates for
Boston City Council
Seven candidates are vying for the four at-large seats on the Boston City Council in the general election Nov. 8. Meet the candidates:
Boston Globe, 10/19/11
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MBTA, other public agencies vow to improve snow removal this winter
The MBTA vowed Tuesday to improve snow removal at its 8,500 bus stops statewide, and other state and city agencies promised to communicate better with one another in order to clear roads and pedestrian paths as soon as possible.
Boston Globe, 10/18/11
Safety of Eastie property unclear
City inspectors are still determining the fate of several evacuated apartment buildings in East Boston on a block shaken by the collapse of a condemned apartment house late last week.
Boston Globe, 10/18/11
Police probe stabbing in E. Boston park
A person was stabbed in East Boston Monday afternoon in what State Police believe may be gang-related violence, officials said.
Boston Globe, 10/17/11
Excel Academy Charter School buys St. Mary's school building
The Excel Academy Charter School announced this week its purchase of a shuttered East Boston school building from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.
Boston Globe, 10/6/11
Woman charged with arson in East Boston fire
A woman living with her former boyfriend has pleaded not guilty to charges of setting a fire that badly damaged his apartment in East Boston and injured four firefighters, prosecutors said. Boston Globe, 10/13/11
Underground cell service to reach T's Green, Blue lines by year's end
Cell phone service is expected to be available in underground areas of the MBTA’s Blue Line and nearly all of the Green Line by the end of the year and will extend to all below-ground areas of the nation’s oldest subway system by the end of 2012, officials said.
Boston Globe, 10/5/11
MBTA board OK’s millions for station improvements
The MBTA board approved a $27 million construction contract Wednesday to rebuild one of the last outdated stations on the Blue Line, part of a two-decade, $700 million campaign. The total budget for that East Boston project, including design, engineering, inspection, and other costs, is $51 million. Boston Globe, 10/6/11
School playground arsonist ‘outrages’ Eastie
Parents and teachers at an East Boston school are outraged after cold-hearted vandals set fire to their playground, leaving students with no place to play and the community at a loss.
Boston Herald, 10/4/11
StopWatch program helps T police defuse tense interactions with young riders
By 2004, the youth arrests figure had fallen to around 250. That year more than 180 MBTA police began to receive intensive training to understand teen psychology in order to improve how officers dealt with youth in the field. Two years ago, just 84 youth arrests were made.
Boston Globe, 10/4/11
Top schools for 2011 10th-grade MCAS
The state released the scores for the 2011 MCAS standardized test for Mass. students. Here are the schools (in alphabetical order) who had an average score of 100 in English or math for 10th graders who took the test last spring.
9/20/11
Harbor City School opens in East Boston
After a period of delays while awaiting city approvals, the cooperative Harbor City School has opened on Putnam Street in East Boston.
Boston Globe, 9/22/11
East Boston soccer coach Lorenzo Dibenedetto earns 200th win
East Boston High School’s head soccer coach Lorenzo Dibenedetto earned his 200th career coaching victory as his Jets thrashed Boston International, 6-3, Thursday at Memorial Stadium in East Boston.
Boston Globe, 9/16/11
Woman attacked in East Boston
A woman was found beaten in East Boston early this morning, Boston police said.
The victim was found about 7 a.m. outside at 228 Webster St., Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said. Boston Globe, 9/21/11
Transformation taking root in Maverick Square
East Boston’s Maverick Square is undergoing a construction boom that’s revitalizing a neighborhood known only a few years as ago as having its share of urban problems.
Boston Globe, 9/19/11
East Boston celebrates 23rd annual Eastie Pride Day
East Boston residents will celebrate the 23rd annual Eastie Pride Day on Saturday with live music, dancing, children’s activities, and a variety of food and drink.
Boston Globe, 9/12/11
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