An emerging Hip Hop Act ready for a breakthrough towards the mainstream, the East Boston-based Big D is currently working on his first album, promising mixed influences from Reggaeton, Urban Hip Hip to R&B and lyrics that praise the glamorous side of the fame. On October 22nd, Big D will be the feature presentation...
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Lord Stanley, Meet Captain Chara
One of our photographers grabbed this historic shot Thursday morning of Boston Bruins Captain Zdeno Chara exiting the charter plane at Logan Airport while hoisting the Stanley Cup into the air. A small group of fans were there to cheer on the team as they arrived back in Boston just after 8:30 a.m. on...
BCYF Swim League seeks youth participants
Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF,) the City of Boston’s largest youth and human service agency, is currently enrolling youth participants in a citywide competitive swimming league. The annual league is for boys and girls ages 6-17. Participants must be able to swim one length of the swimming pool. The league is a...
Arrest Report 12-07-2010
Monday, November 29 Rusber Martinez of 250 Cross Street, Malden, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute Class B cocaine within 1000ft of a school zone. Tuesday, November 30 Germaine Cadogan of 220 Waldemar Avenue, East Boston, was arrested and charged with carrying a dangerous weapon. George Montealegre of 69 Vallar...
Mayor On The Mend – Menino Returns Home
For those of you who value the friendship and well-being of Mayor Thomas Menino, it came as very good news that the mayor returned home Tuesday morning after a stay in the hospital. He said he hated being in the hospital, which is an understatement and that he would rather have been just about...
Chuck Turner – Councillor is removed by his colleagues
The Boston City Council expelled one its own last week when it voted to remove Councillor Charlie Turner. The vote was 11-1 with Councillor Charles Yancy voting against expulsion. Councillor Sal LaMattina voted for the expulsion and in public comments he made, revealed that as much as he considered Turner a loyal colleague, he...
December 7, 1941 – A day that would live in infamy
President Franklin Roosevelt called the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor a day that would live in infamy. And it surely has, although what the Japanese began, the Americans finished. What began with an effort in world domination, ended with the complete defeat of their nation, the destruction of their cities and means of production...
Obituaries 12-07-2010
Sabino ‘Sam’ Picardo Springfield resident Sabino “Sam” Picardo of Springfield, formerly of Revere and East Boston, died December 4 in Mercy Medical Center, Springfield. He was 91 years old. The son of the late Angelo and Finizia (DiMattia) Picardo, he was born in Avellino, Italy on August 28, 1919. He immigrated to the United...
Season Of Giving
Hundreds of residents received free holiday meals on sunday, nov. 21 as part of the Food pantry turkey distribution at the Crossroads Family shelter. Above, Crossroads director Audrey savikas gathers bags for residents who needed a little help this thanksgiving.
Neighbors turn out in force for meeting on Greenway extension
Star of the Sea/Harborview residents packed a standing room only meeting at the Salesian Boy’s and Girl’s Club on Byron Street on Monday night for a presentation on the proposed Greenway extension. At the present time, Massport, who will fund the buffer park, is proposing two large-scale construction projects. One is the Haul Road,...
