SEE PAGE 6 FOR A LIST OF EAST BOSTON’S MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES BOOK YOUR POST IT Call Your Advertising Rep T IMES -F REE P RESS (781)485-0588 East BostonWednesday, May 22, 2019 Developer BIKE SAFETY DAY BPS to reconfigure files PNF with BPDA to build schools by 2021 By John Lynds School that may turn to a 7-12 165 units on model like Boston Latin and Boston Public Schools Boston Latin Academy. BPS (BPS) Interim Superintendent will maintain middle school Bremen Street Laura Perille announced the options at the Umana and beginning of a community McKay K-8 schools. By John Lynds planning and engagement BPS also purchased the process around significant property at 189 Paris St. on A local developer, Bremen updates to BuildBPS, the dis- May 15 to construct a new Acquisitions, LLC, is plan- trict’s 10-year education and school building to serve ele- ning to transform a former facilities master plan, which mentary grades. auto-repair shop and sur- calls for additional school According to BPS, the pro- rounding parcels into a large grade reconfigurations and posals for schools in Eastie, mixed-use development. expansions, and construction as well as similar changes Last week Bremen Acqui- of new school buildings. made in Charlestown, would sitions filed its Project Noti- In East Boston, Perille an- directly address issues facing fication Form with the Boston Members of the District A-7 Police Station in East Boston during Saturday’s Annual Bike Safety Day nounced that BPS will recon- both communities, whose Planning and Development at the Salesian Boys & Girls Club. The event is a collaboration between the Boston Police, the East figure six Eastie schools, the school enrollment patterns are Agency (BPDA) last week. Boston Kiwanis Club and the Boys & Girls Club to promote bike safety. See photos on page 16. Adams, Bradley, Guild, Otis, intertwined. Currently there is According to its filing with P.J. Kennedy, and O’Donnell a lack of pre-K and elementa- the Boston Planning and De- from the K-5 model to a K-6 ry seats in Charlestown, and a velopment Agency, Bremen model by September 2021. lack of elementary- and mid- Acquisitions seeks to revi- The plan also includes ex- dle-grade seats in Eastie. talize a non-conforming and Excel Academy student panding middle-grade seat ca- “Modernizing our school outdated industrial use cur- pacity in Eastie by exploring facilities and updating our rently housing Gino’s Auto expansions of middle-grade grade configurations in a way Body on Bremen Street into De Leon receives scholarship seats at East Boston High a development that includes a See SCHOOLS Page 11 mix of residential housing and By John Lynds the helm of helping develop engineering firms, De Leon ground-floor retail space. future talent in those indus- participated in a five-month “The proposed project will With development in the tries. design project and construct include approximately 165 City of Boston at an all-time Eduardo De Leon, a stu- a hypothetical project in order Achievements high, the need for profession- dent at Excel Academy Char- to learn about each discipline. See BPDA Page 2 als in the architecture, con- ter High School, is one of the “We are so proud of Eddy Rep. Adrian Madaro, his former Chief of struction, and engineering 24 impressive high school and the work he did as part Staff Liana LaMattina graduate Law School fields is greater than ever. students from a community in of ACE this year,” said Ex- ACE Mentor Program of and around Boston to receive cel Executive Director Owen BPDA arrpoves By John Lynds ager and chief of staff, Liana Greater Boston, the non-profit a scholarship this year. Stearns. “The hands-on expe- LaMattina, grew up in East Geneva Street organization which introduc- With professional guid- riences of this program were Life has come full circle Boston together, took karate es high school students to the ance by industry mentors the perfect complement to the for two lifelong friends with classes together when they residential project architecture, construction, and who are full-time employees a monumental life achieve- were kids and attended Bos- engineering industries, is at of construction, design and See EXCEL Page 11 ments over the weekend. ton Latin School together as By John Lynds Rep. Adrian Madaro and teens. his former campaign man- See MADARO Page 2 At its May board meet- Cape Air set to take flight with ing last Thursday the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved a seaplanes off Eastie’s shores 26-unit residential project on Geneva Street. By John Lynds ago, launching a scheduled dream becoming a reality,” In its ruling the BPDA seaplane service has been a said Wolf. board wrote that, “28-30 Ge- Ever since Cape Air’s CEO dream. Starting this summer Cape neva Street advances con- Dan Wolf was doing seaplane “Ongoing collaboration Air, one of the busiest air car- sistent with the priorities flight instruction on Cape with our communities and riers at Logan International outlined in ongoing PLAN: Cod’s ponds over 35 years officials has been key to that Airport with 11 destinations East Boston initiative”. The out of Boston, will expand its PLAN: East Boston initiative operations in a unique way. See GENEVA Page 2 Wolf said his company will begin landing seaplanes on the Boston Harbor in order to connect Boston to New York City. TRASH The idea involves flying seaplanes in and out of Bos- NOTICE ton Harbor. Wolf explained Due to the Memorial Day that a lot of major cities like Holiday, on Monday, May Seattle, San Francisco and 27th, Trash will be delayed Vancouver having been doing this for years now so it’s not a Rep. Adrian Madaro (center) received his law degree from Suf- by one day. folk University School of Law on Sunday. Madaro with keynote Capitol Waste Services, Inc. Cape Air will begin landing seaplanes on the Boston Harbor in speaker Congressman Joseph Kennedy III and Suffolk Universi- order to connect Boston to New York City this summer. See SEAPLANES Page 11 ty Vice President John Nucci. 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To cluding pedestrian and vehic- and LaMattina crossed the Liana LaMattina also received my fiance, Angel, thank you ular access, landscaping and stage at the Rockland Trust her law degree on Sunday. for your love and support. I streetscape design,” wrote the Bank Pavilion at the Seaport LaMattina with East Boston couldn’t have done it without developer’s attorney Joseph to accept their Law Degrees resident and Suffolk Universi- you. To my friends and fami- Hanley. “The scope and scale from Suffolk University ty Vice President John Nucci. ly, thank you for your constant of the Proponent’s residential An artist rendering of the proposed project on Bremen Street. School of Law. support and encouragement. A program is also intended to Madaro graduated from school part time.