Month: October 2012

Obituaries 10-17-2012

Mary Sherman East Boston Resident Mary Sherman of East Boston died on October 13 at Winthrop Place in Winthrop. She was 92 years old. Visiting hours will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, today, the Our Chapel of the…

Excel Academy Cuts Ribbon to New Facility

Excel Academy staff and administrators joined with East Boston’s elected officials last Wednesday to cut ribbon on Excel Academy’s new facility on Moore Street. The renovations to the building, which once housed the St. Mary’s Star of the Sea School,…

Columbus Day Parade

Joe Ruggiero, Buddy Mangini, Bill Chisholm, Celeste Myers, Rosalie Patralia and all the other volunteers that made this year’s Columbus Day Parade Sunday in East Boston a success should be proud of the job that they did. All those involved…

Of Canines and Things

A few months ago, the state enacted a new law to modernize animal-control laws, which includes the first statewide rules for tethering canines. The bill signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick is especially aimed at those who are convicted…

Obituaries 10-10-2012

Alexander ‘Uncle Sonny’ Merola Of East Boston, Formerly of the North End Alexander “Uncle Sonny” Merola of East Boston, formerly of the North End, died on October 5. A US Army veteran of the Korean War, he was the beloved…