Angelina Deeb East Boston resident Angelina (Amorose) Deeb of East Boston died on May 2. The beloved wife of more than 63 years to George, she was the devoted mother of Elizabeth Deeb of East Boston, Thomas Deeb and his wife, Olga, of Revere; cherished grandmother of Kerri Ann Deeb and her mother, Jolene,...
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Supplier Seizes Cafe’s Beer and Wine License
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com There is trouble brewing over the beer and wine license at 303 Cafe. Apparently, on April 1, Sysco Boston LLC, a restaurant supplier, legally seized 303 Cafe’s beer and wine license due to an outstanding invoice for hot and cold Beverage containers that were ordered in August of 2007 prior...
Orient Heights Residents Briefed on RSA Project
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com Massport officials were at the Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) meeting Monday night to brief the community on the Boston Logan International Airport Runway Safety Area (RSA) Improvements Project. Massport plans to enhance the runway safety areas at the ends of Runway 33L and Runway 22R at Logan. At Monday’s...
Menino Publicly Supports Proposal
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com It seems the persistence of community activists lobbying for a greenway connector has paid off. Last Wednesday at a Boston Conservation Commission hearing, the Commission reviewed Massport’s permit application for a proposed Green Bus Depot at Logan International Airport and voted to grant an Order of Conditions (wetland permit) for...
NOAH will Pay Tribute to Neighborhood Activists
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com East Boston’s Neighborhood of Affordable Housing will pay tribute to longtime residents and activists who have given much of their lives to the betterment of the community through their support of Trinity House programs. On June 22 at 5 p.m. at the Trinity House on Meridian Street, NOAH will honor...
Massport Establishes Scholarship in Honor of Donna Rauseo
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com Massport announced this week that it has established a scholarship honoring the memory of the late Donna Rauseo, a long-time Port Authority employee and lifelong resident of East Boston. The $5,000 Donna Rauseo Memorial Scholarship will be awarded annually to a young woman from East Boston who is graduating from...
Richard’s is Reborn on London Street
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com There was a time not so long ago when Richard’s Gift Shop, first on Bennington and later on London Street, was the place that many East Bostonians frequented as a one stop shopping mecca for novelties and gifts for occasions like Christenings, weddings and anniversaries. Now, after being closed for...
The High Price of Gas
Speculators and our leaders are letting us down The price for gasoline and heating oil this year reminds us all of how badly we are being served by the members of our national government. From the president down to the republicans all screaming for spending cuts in the national budget, there isn’t a person...
Eastie Watch
Belle Isle Seafood If you missed it, East Boston’s Belle Isle Seafood was featured on Anthony Bourdain’s Travel Channel show ‘No Reservations’ last week. Bourdain and company stopped by the Eastie seafood restaurant on the Eastie side of the Winthrop Bridge for one of Belle Isle’s famed lobster rolls. Needless to say Bourdain loved...
Man of the Year: Congratulations, Buddy Mangini
The party given for Buddy Mangini. this years Kiwanian of the Year, was a testament to Buddy’s good graces as a human being and as a well-known and highly respected member of this community. And so it came as no surprise that one of Buddy’s good friends, Revere City Councilor Tony Zambuto, had his...
Major Player: Suffolk Enters into a Strategic Alliance with Caesar’s Entertainment Corp.
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com In a move to show that they are serious about being one of possibly three resort-style casinos in the Commonwealth, owners of Suffolk Downs, Sterling Suffolk Racecourse, LLC have entered a strategic alliance with Caesar’s Entertainment Corporation, the world’s largest operator of gaming properties. The agreement between the two companies...
FinalExitNetwork Billboard Stirs Emotions
By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com There is a relatively new billboard that has stirred a certain level of controversy in the predominately Roman Catholic neighborhood of East Boston–a place where many believe assisted suicide goes against church doctrine. The billboard is on McClellan Highway on the southbound side across from the Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Put...
Alleged ‘Pipe Bomb’ Bank Robber Indicted in Federal Court
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com An East Boston man was charged last week in federal court with two counts of armed bank robbery and two counts of attempted armed bank robbery after he allegedly used fake pipe bombs to stick up three local banks. William DeVincenzi, 47, of Saratoga Street, East Boston was charged in...
Three Students Earn the Chance to Study Marine Science in the Bahamas
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com Three East Boston students have joined eight other local area high school students on a trip to the Bahamas to study marine science. Dina Bahloul, 18, Jessica Andrade, 18, and Lee Huang, 18 will be in Bimini, Bahamas until April 23 where they will scuba dive and experience marine biology...
The Easter Holiday: The Beginning of Better Things
Just about everything has changed in our lives during the past few decades. Nothing is the way it used to be anymore. Easter, however, remains the year’s most hopeful holiday for Christians everywhere, bringing together family and friends for a great East dinner and the children for the search for eggs filled with candy....
Thanks Mr. Speaker: DeLeo Steps to the Plate
Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo has ordered his leadership to officially begin discussing an expanded gaming bill at the beginning of May. We applaud the speaker for beginning this important push. This comes as great news locally, as an expanded gambling bill passed this year would likely lead to a casino at Suffolk...
Obituaries 04-20-2011
John Pisano Former East Boston resident John J. “Shelly” Pisano, formerly of East Boston, died on April 15th at the V.A. Medical Center of Brockton following a long illness. He was in his 90th year. A US Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Lynn YMCA and the Mass....
Best Buddy – Mangini Named Kiwanian of the Year
By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com It was an outpouring of support for the one man that has defined what it means to ‘give back’ to the community of East Boston. Last Friday at Spinelli’s in Day Square, the East Boston Kiwanis Club honored Albert ‘Buddy’ Mangini with the 2010-2011 Kiwanian of the Year award for...
This Year’s Event Tops the $90,000 Plateau
-By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com The East Boston YMCA raised well above their goal of $90,000 at another successful annual breakfast last week. The breakfast, held last Thursday morning at the Logan Hilton, drew over 500 ‘Y’ supporters to the event to raise money for the agencies childcare programs and scholarships. A new addition to...
A Government Shutdown wasn’t Going to Shutter APAC
By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com We’ve heard a lot of rhetoric about ‘change’ in American politics from all political parties. But real change comes when people go against the trend and focus their efforts on helping people. That is exactly what East Boston APAC and its parent company was prepared to do if a government...
Renovation of Welfare Building set to begin
By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com It’s a unique development that will transform the decaying Welfare Building on Maverick Street into a vibrant commercial development. John and Melissa Tyler got approval in May 2009 from the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) to develop the Welfare Building at 154 Maverick St. after a lengthy community process. Now...
Man of the Hour – Menino is in Top Form During East Boston Event
More than 600 people attended Mayor Thomas Menino’s fundraiser at the Logan Hilton on Sunday morning. By any measure, it was a huge time for the mayor who made remarks that on the one hand will keep him a contender for a possible next term while at the same time prevented his present term...
Police Briefs 04-13-2011
Monday, April 4 Joseph Dempsey of 444 Harrison Avenue, Boston, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Malden District Court. Jaime Argueta of 24 Decatur Street, East Boston, was arrested and charged with unarmed robbery. Tuesday, April 5 Mark LePage of 398 Proctor Avenue, Revere, was arrested and charged with armed bank robbery....
Obituaries 04-13-2011
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...
