The Haitian tragedy now ongoing hasn’t even begun to touch the full measure of its scope. The earthquake was the first calamity. Now the outside world coming into Haiti with aid is attempting to feed and to give medical care to one of the most impoverished populations in the world. To do this alone...
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They Will be Missed – District 7 loses three dedicated officers
The retirement of District 7 Captain Robert Cunningham and Sergeants Arthur McCarthy and Jack O’Connell is a proper and fitting end to long and distinguished careers in law enforcement in this neighborhood. However, their retirement is a terrific loss for this neighborhood as they were good, and honest men who treated people fairly and...
Ever Closer… – Suffolk poised to receive a casino license
By all reasonable accounts and by all standard methods of measure, Suffolk Downs appears poised to gain a casino license when and if the legislature finally gets around to taking up the subject and doing something substantive about it. All signs from high places point to Suffolk Downs receiving a casino license. Mind you,...
Good Luck, Neffo – Cappuccio is the right man for the job
Neffo Cappuccio has been elected president of the East Boston Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. The choice is a good one as Cappuccio himself is a very successful businessman whose success is synonymous with the well being of the community that he calls his home. He knows all the players. He has...
The Mayor’s Fifth Term – Education needs to be a priority
At Faneuil Hall on Monday morning, Thomas Menino made history by taking the oath for the Mayor’s office for a fifth time. While there were lighter moments as when Menino was swearing in the City Councilors and gave them the oath for the office of Mayor, Menino’s inaugural address outlined the four serious areas...
Happy New Year
There is no way to know what awaits us before it happens – and so – we watch the coming of 2010 with great interest and hope. The hope is for a healthy, prosperous New Year. The interest is in having a positive year of gains and success in both our personal lives and...
A Long Wait – Lack of movement at Pier 1 is very frustrating
Despite the best efforts of Senator Anthony Petruccelli and Representative Carlo Basile to prompt Roseland Properties into developing East Boston’s valuable Pier 1 as promised, there is not going to be much movement at the present time. Roseland Properties is facing what every development business in the nation is up against – a banking...
A Great Prognosis – New health center is a boon for neighborhood
Maverick Square is the likely place where the new offices of the East Boston Health Center are going to be located in a magnificent new building. It will also include doctor’s offices and everything having to do with medicine and the high quality brand of community medicine practiced by EBHC professionals everyday. All this...
At Meridian Market – There’s no better place to soak up the holiday spirit
As Christmas rushes toward us, we would like to call attention to Meridian Market, again, as one of the great and wonderful places in this community where attention is paid to excellence and detail. Christmas treats of the Italian kind are abundant at Meridian – and also abundant is the Christmas cheer given to...
Thanksgiving 2009 – Confronting our adversity, remaining optimistic
This time last year, the national economy was preparing for collapse. The economy’s beginning of the end, or as Churchill once said, the end of the beginning, came into full force in and around Thanksgiving 2008. Yet we all sat down with our families and friends last year for a hearty Thanksgiving dinner. One...
