Harold German Operated Pharmacy in East Boston for many years Harold “Harry” German, a life long resident of Chelsea, died on Wednesday, April 6. He attended Chelsea Schools, graduated from Mass. College of Pharmacy in 1944 and operated a pharmacy in East Boston with his late brother, Sidney, for many years. He was a...
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A Very Quick Dip: Brave Residents Turn Out for the First Annual Cupid Splash Fundraiser
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com Knowing the water would be frigid, participants in the First Annual Cupid Splash Fundraiser at Constitution Beach Saturday said the anticipation was the worse part. “I knew it would be cold and waiting around looking at the water was the worst part,” said Derek Brodin who braved the 40 degree...
New Gaming Bill on the Table – Senator Petruccelli Proposed Legislation that Should Please Both Sides
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com Senator Anthony Petruccelli has submitted a compromise casino gaming bill in the Senate, cosponsored by Representative Carlo Basile, that calls for three resort-style casinos and one racino in Massachusetts that would immediately bring million of dollars in revenue to the state through licensing fees, capital improvements and taxes. “While we...
East Boston is Growing According to Latest Census
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com East Boston’s population grew by 5.5 percent since 2000 and has officially become a minority majority neighborhood according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Department. As of 2010 the population of Eastie had grown to 40,508 residents compared to when 38,413 resident lived here a decade ago. But...
Petruccelli’s Expanded Gambling Bill a Roadmap the Governor will Approve
Our State Senator Anthony Petruccelli has filed legislation that provides for an expanded gambling bill that the Senate would likely pass and which he would like to place on the governor’s desk in a matter of weeks. Our Representative Carlo Basile has co-sponsored the bill. He is right to do so. Speed is of...
Patrick Sullivan Awarded Boston Bruins Sportsmanship Award
By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com Patrick Sullivan, a junior forward for the East Boston High School hockey team was recently awarded the 2010 Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (MIAA)-Boston Bruins Sportsmanship Award. Sullivan is known as a team leaders on the ice and someone who the players on the East Boston team look up to. He...
Obituaries 04-06-2011
Rev. Rocco Crescenzi Longtime Administrator and Director of Don Orione Nursing Home Rev. Rocco Crescenzi, son of Domenic and Philomena, died at the Don Orione Nursing Home on April 3 after a brief illness. He was 95 years old. He was the last of six children. The family was very close, loving and religious,...
Police Briefs 04-06-2011
Monday, March 28, 2011 Terina Smith of 100 Meridian Street, East Boston, was arrested on several outstanding warrants. Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Martir Jacobo Alvarez of 67 Condor Street, East Boston, was arrested on several outstanding warrants. John Giannino of 58 Upham Street, Malden, was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and refusal to...
Greenway Headway
john@eastietimes.com Proponents of the plan to connect East Boston’s park system with a “greenway extension” won a small victory this week as the Boston Conservation Commission granted a two-week delay of their decision on a buffer between the neighborhood and Massport’s proposed Green Bus Depot. Proponents, in return for support for a Bus Depot...
House Money – Eastie Man Wins State’s First-ever $1m Powerball Prize
By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com East Boston’s Mark Wilson is a richer man is richer after winning the state’s first ever $1 million Powerball prize. Wilson collect his cash prize last Thursday at the Massachusetts Lottery’s Braintree headquarters after, what we can assume was a very sleepless night. “I am going to buy a house,”...
