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.
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, Memorial Day means that the end of the school year is in sight with only weeks remaining of books, teachers and homework. The deeper meaning...
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 deeply about people and his community. Basile is the type of guy that will give you the shirt off his back is you needed it...
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 Our Lady Mt. Carmel Church. She was the beloved wife of the late Frederick D’Amore; loving mother of Patricia D’Amore of East Boston and Frederick...
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 Sacred Heart Church.
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 ago and his mayoral campaign was shaping up to be cut from the same cloth. Until this week. Conley decided, perhaps against the advice of...
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 several outstanding warrants. May 7, 2013 Thomas Caruso a homeless male was arrested on an outstanding warrant. May 8, 2013 Guy Morgan of 107 Bowdoin...
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. Eastie pitcher Nikki Lepore threw a complete game shutout during the Jets 16-0 win over English to improve to 6-4 on the season. The Jets...
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 (Laramie) LaVertue, he was the dear brother of Annette Dagostino of East Boston, Ronald LaVertue of Winthrop, Linda Lockhart and Rita Buono, both of East...
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.
