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Family Bike Day

On Saturday, August 23, join Boston Bikes for a Family Bike Day in East Boston!

August 23, 2025
Event Date2025-08-23T10:00:00 - 2025-08-23T13:00:00

The event includes on-bike skill-building for children and adults, free bike checks, and a family-friendly bike ride. The event will take place at McKay School and East Boston Memorial Stadium Park in East Boston. The rain date is Sunday, August 24, 2025.

Register

 
Here is the plan for the day:

 

10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Adult Learn-to-Bike workshop | On-bike children's activities | Bike tune-up station

McKay School, 122 Cottage St, East Boston, MA 02128

  • Learn-to-Bike workshop for adults. There is limited space available! We do maintain an active waitlist if the workshop fills up. 
  • On-bike activities for children (ages 3-12). Bikes and helmets provided, or feel free to bring your own! This is a drop-in activity.
  • Bike tune-up station. This is a drop-in activity.

12 - 1 p.m.

Family-Friendly Bike Ride + Group Walk

Start: McKay School | End: East Boston Memorial Stadium Park

  • Join us for a short family-friendly bike ride or walk
  • Limited number of bicycles are available. Register for the ride and request a free bike rental.
  • Anyone joining the ride should check in by 12:00 p.m.
  • If you're not ready to ride, no problem! A staff member will lead a walking group from the McKay School to the East Boston Memorial Stadium Park.

1 p.m.

Light Food (Sponsored by Jeffrey Glassman Injury Lawyers)

East Boston Memorial Stadium

  • Free food provided to participants who register and attend any part of the day’s events.

The rain date for the event is Sunday, August 24, 2025. The event is sponsored by Jeffrey Glassman Injury Lawyers. 

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August 23, 2025
Event Date2025-08-23T10:00:00 - 2025-08-23T13:00:00

Conservation Commission Public Hearing

ATTENTION: This meeting will be held virtually and not in person. You can participate in the meeting by going to our online meeting or calling 929-205-6099 and entering Meeting ID 868 0172 3247 #. Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at cc@boston.gov, LCA@boston.gov, or ...

The public can offer testimony.
  • 10:00PM
  • Posted:
    07/30/2025 - 12:10PM
  • Accessibility Services
    Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please reach out to the contact listed in this Public Notice.

Entertainment Application Hearings

Register for hearing

  • 06:00PM
  • Posted:
    07/29/2025 - 4:52PM
  • Accessibility Services
    Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please reach out to the contact listed in this Public Notice.

USACE Boston Storm Study: East Boston Update - Virtual

Come join the City of Boston and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to get an update on the Boston Storm Study!

September 30, 2025
Event Date2025-09-30T18:00:00 - 2025-09-30T20:00:00

This is the third neighborhood webinar in a series of five scheduled for this summer. This webinar will focus on the study progress in East Boston. Participants can expect to receive:

  • an introduction to the City and Federal teams

  • background from "Climate Ready Boston" in East Boston 

  • report out of USACE study steps and progress

  • an opportunity to ask questions

  • information about how to provide feedback and next steps

For additional information about the USACE partnership, including Frequently Asked Questions, please visit the Project Page.

September 30, 2025
Event Date2025-09-30T18:00:00 - 2025-09-30T20:00:00
Date Change
/
This meeting is being moved to a new date for observance of the Rosh Hashanah holiday.

Learn-to-Bike for Adults: Basic Skills

Do you want to learn or refresh basic skills, such as starting, stopping, and turning? Bikes and helmets provided. This class is open to all genders.

August 23, 2025
  • 10:00am - 12:00pm
  • Donald McKay School - parking lot
    122 Cottage street
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    Boston Bikes
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    East Boston
  • Event Type:
    Outdoor
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-23T10:00:49 - 2025-08-23T12:00:49

a photo of a group of adults learning how to bike

Can't remember the last time you were on a bike? Or never learned to ride? Come to a free learn-to-ride workshop and learn alongside other adults. 

This class is open to all genders, and is appropriate for people who have never ridden a bike before, have not been on a bike for a long time, or can pedal but need to work on basic skills (like stopping, turning, and changing gears). It is taught entirely in a parking lot.

August 23, 2025
  • 10:00am - 12:00pm
  • Donald McKay School - parking lot
    122 Cottage street
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    Boston Bikes
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    East Boston
  • Event Type:
    Outdoor
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-23T10:00:49 - 2025-08-23T12:00:49

Women's Learn-to-Bike: Basic Skills

Our free learn-to-ride classes are led by women and are for any Boston resident who identifies as female or gender-diverse. Registration is required.

August 21, 2025
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Donald McKay School - Parking Lot
    122 Cottage street
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    Boston Bikes
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    East Boston
  • Event Type:
    Outdoor
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-21T18:00:28 - 2025-08-21T20:00:28

a photo of a group of adult women learning to ride a bike

Taught in a parking lot, this two-hour class is for women and gender-diverse adults, who have never learned to ride or who want to work on basic skills. This class is perfect for those who:

  • have never ridden a bike before
  • haven't been on a bike for years, or
  • can ride a little, but need to practice starting, stopping, turning, and controlling the bike.
August 21, 2025
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Donald McKay School - Parking Lot
    122 Cottage street
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    Boston Bikes
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    East Boston
  • Event Type:
    Outdoor
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-21T18:00:28 - 2025-08-21T20:00:28

East Boston: 434 Meridian Street Abutters Meeting

No record of occupancy. Confirm as two-family dwelling and change to four residential units to erect an addition.

July 29, 2025
Event Date2025-07-29T18:00:49

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 879 5163 1929

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

 

July 29, 2025
Event Date2025-07-29T18:00:49

Conservation Commission Public Hearing

ATTENTION: This meeting will be held virtually and not in person. You can participate in the meeting by going to our online meeting or calling 929-205-6099 and entering Meeting ID 868 0172 3247 #. Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at cc@boston.gov, LCA@boston.gov, or ...

The public can offer testimony.
  • 10:00PM
  • Posted:
    07/16/2025 - 2:40PM
  • Accessibility Services
    Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please reach out to the contact listed in this Public Notice.

City Hall On The Go: East Boston

Join us on July 23, 2025, for a scheduled stop at Maverick Square at 2 Maverick Square, from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

July 23, 2025
  • 10:00am - 11:30am
  • Maverick Square
    2 Maverick Square
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    East Boston
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-07-23T10:00:59 - 2025-07-23T11:30:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note: We do not accept cash payments on the truck.

July 23, 2025
  • 10:00am - 11:30am
  • Maverick Square
    2 Maverick Square
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    East Boston
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-07-23T10:00:59 - 2025-07-23T11:30:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker
  • Appeal parking ticket
  • Basic Inspectional Services
  • Business Certificate (Check or Money Order Only) 
  • Census registration
  • File housing discrimination claim
  • File domestic partnership
  • Handicap parking
  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise
  • Pay excise tax
  • Pay parking ticket
  • Pay real estate tax
  • Referrals for ASAP services
  • Register dog license
  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Farmers market coupons (Seasonal)

  • Income Eligible Reduced Fare T Program

  • Yard Waste Stickers 

East Boston: 38 Maverick Square Abutters Meeting

Virpa Corp. d/b/a Square Bites currently holds a Wine and Malt Beverages License and intends to apply to the Licensing Board for a change of category to All-Alcoholic Beverages.

July 22, 2025
Event Date2025-07-22T18:00:18 - 2025-07-22T19:00:18

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 897 2746 3002

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

July 22, 2025
Event Date2025-07-22T18:00:18 - 2025-07-22T19:00:18
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