City Councilor Sal LaMattina stands in for Mayor Thomas Menino during the Mayor’s annual coffee hour at the Lamson Street Playground in Jeffries Point. LaMattina did the honors of handing the spring flowers out to the seniors that attended last week’s event.
After City Councilor Sal LaMattina pushed through an ordinance to regulate how satellite dishes are installed in neighborhoods like East Boston, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) blocked the measure last year. Under pressure from the Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association (SBCA) the FCC folded...
The East Boston Savings Bank has made a $25 million loan to Boston Community Capital (BCC) that could potentially help 1 in 5 homeowners with troubled mortgages nationwide. The deal was finalized last week and arranged by Zions Bank’s non-profit public finance group, Stabilizing...
It was a murder that shocked the neighborhood but when the truth behind Marco Tulio Flores’ bizarre act of torturing and killing a family friend surfaced many in the...
Memorial Day usually is the unofficial start of the all too brief summer in New England. Temperatures become hotter and days also become longer. For many grade school students,...
Representative Carlo Basile may be rough around the edges, a sort of no-holds-bar politician that speaks his mind. But under the Eastie bravado is a sensitive man that cares...
Rose D’Amore Of East Boston Rose E. (Carbone) D’Amore of East Boston died on May 20. She was 98 years old. She was a late member 3rd Order Franciscan of...
On Saturday, May 11, 2nd grade students from East Boston Central Catholic School and the neighborhood’s Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) classes received their first Holy Communion at the...
Part of what has made East Boston a wonderful place in which to live is the neighborhood’s flourishing artist community. The East Boston’s Artist Group at 80 Border St.,...
Suffolk County District Attorney and Mayoral Candidate Dan Conley’s support of a citywide vote versus a ward-only vote regarding Suffolk Downs’ proposed resort-style casino could have some political repercussions...
Massport’s Anthony Guerriero updated the community on Logan Airport’s Consolidated Rental Car Facility or CONRAC Monday night. Guerriero went over some of the future plans for the Maverick Street...
John Tyler was at Monday night’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association meeting to brief residents on the progress at the Welfare Building at 154 Maverick St. Over the past year...
District Attorney Dan Conley has never played the political game and that’s why we’ve always liked him. He has stood as his own man since being elected a decade...
May 5, 2013 A juvenile male from East Boston was arrested and charged with shoplifting. May 6, 2013 Michael Curto of 27 Moore Street, East Boston was arrested on...
With two games left to go in the season, the East Boston High School junior varsity baseball team had a big win against English Monday night at Noyes Park....
Robert LaVertue Of East Boston Robert A. LaVertue of East Boston died on May 11. He was 67 years old. The beloved son of the late George and Lorraine...
Famed local Mexican singer Veronica Robles performs during a free concert in Central Square Friday as part of East Boston’s Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Since passing the Senate’s version of the transportation finance bill last month, Senator Anthony Petruccelli has been attending neighborhood community group meetings in East Boston to brief residents on...
Crossroads Family Shelter resident Nurys and former resident CeeCee gave emotional testimony last Friday morning in front of a crowd of housing advocates and East Boston elected officials at...
Congressman Ed Markey will face off against political newcomer Gabriel Gomez in the general election for U.S. Senate in June despite being defeated in East Boston by Lynch last...
Boston City Councilor Sal LaMattina is calling for a hearing to find ways to link private development dollars with improving the city’s dynamic public park system. With Boston’s 2,200...
Last Friday students from the Hugh Roe O’Donnell Elementary School showed their ‘Boston Strong’ spirit with a parade through Eagle Hill to show support for the victims of the...
As host cities to a gaming applicant, our focus has always been clear: hiring locally is a mayoral priority. Over the past several weeks, we have worked together to...
Year after year Eastie’s parks are in the city’s five-year capital improvement budget. However, each year it seems its harder and harder to finish projects like Memorial Stadium and...
