Month: October 2010

From JCPenney, big dollars for students

Continuing its decade long commitment to afterschool programs in the area, the JCPenney Afterschool Fund has awarded a $5,000 grant to the East Boston YMCA’s Afterschool School Age Child Care Program (SACC). The grant will give the Y’s afterschool program…

America SCORES in Boston

In a city obsessed with the Sox, Patriots, Bruins, and Celtics, we know that sports often serve as a means to bring people together. On a brisk fall day in East Boston, with the skyline stunningly clear across the harbor,…

Arrest Report 10-26-2010

Monday, October 18 No arrests. Tuesday, October 19 Gina Forsyth of 47 Tewksbury Street, Winthrop, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for possession of Class B drugs. Stephen Cuchiello of 444 Harrison Avenue, Boston, was arrested & charged with receiving…

Obituaries 10-26-2010

Father Bede Ferrara OFM Priest and Author Father Bede Ferrara, OFM, of New York, formerly of East Boston and the North End of Boston, died on October 22. Fr. Bede was ordained a priest on June 17, 1951. He served…

No troubled waters

Nearly two years into the project to replace the aging Chelsea Street drawbridge with a new vertical-lift bridge and everything has been going as smooth as can be according to Project Manager John Vitagliano. “We are still on schedule and…