It will be a thoughtful day for many of those celebrating the Fourth of July holiday. Virtually nothing about our lives is the way it used to be anymore. Everything about American life is vastly changed. The future looks uncertain. The past, at times, looks better and better in reflection. Yet the Fourth of...
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Excel Academy Ready to Start New School Year at St. Mary’s Site
With summer in full swing and eight weeks until the 2012-2013 school year begins, construction crews are busy finishing the conversion of the former St. Mary’s Star of the Sea School into the Excel Academy Charter School’s new home. Excel purchased the former parochial school and adjacent convent from the Boston Archdiocese for a...
Money Coming Our Way: Boston City Budget Earmarks Millions of Dollars for Eastie
Last week the Boston City Council today unanimously approved the Fiscal Year 2013 budget submitted by Mayor Thomas Menino that includes millions of dollars of capital spending in East Boston. “I am pleased that the City Council approved a budget that continues to invest in our strengths, builds relationships, and engages our partners. I...
Obituaries 07-03-2012
Alfred Morelli Retired Boston Parks and Recreation Dept. Superintendent Alfred J. Morelli of Medford, formerly of East Boston, died on June 29. A US Navy veteran of World War II and the retired City of Boston Parks and Recreations Superintendent, he was the beloved husband of Claire (Phillips) Morelli with whom he shared 60...
