Last weekend, Mayor Thomas Menino’s anti-drug forces combined for a neighborhood wide outreach effort in East Boston. To the mayor’s credit, and to the credit of the more than 400 men and women who participated in the neighborhood canvass despite single digit temperatures, the exercise did what it was supposed to – which is...
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Obituaries 02-03-2010
Walter "Wally" Bowe, 52 Well Known Athletic Director, Coach and School Administrator Walter A. "Wally" Bowe of Saugus died January 31 in Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. He was 52 years old. Born on December 9, 1957 in Detroit, MI, the son of the late Donald P. and Rose (Travaglione) Bowe, he came to Boston at age...
Second slice – Santarpio’s will open another location in Peabody Family hopes to open new restaurant in May at old Bennigan’s site
While some things at Santarpio’s Pizza in East Boston have changed–the duct taped seat cushions have been replaced with wood benches, gone are the gerber baby food cheese shakers and the wine that was once in a box is now served from a bottle–there is one thing that will never change and that’s the...
Jets hand undefeated New Mission its first loss
Suffering their first loss of the season against Franklin High didn’t seem to shake up the confidence of the East Boston High School basketball team one bit. The Jets were able to topple undefeated New Mission High School 68-66 last Sunday Night at Emanuel College during a nail bitter that was back in forth...
EPA unveils new de-icing regulations; controversy looms
New guidelines proposed by the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding how planes are deiced at the nation’s major airports and how de-icing fluid is collected and treated is shaping up to be the next fight between Massport and environmental activists in East Boston. Under the EPA’s proposed regulations, Logan and five other of...
City steps up intervention and prevention efforts in neighborhood
He was home, recovering from knee surgery when the news came that one of his aids, a local wonder boy known for getting the job done here in East Boston for the mayor, was busted for drugs. Mayor Thomas Menino wept. It’s been over a month since John Forbes was arrested by federal authorities...
State of the State – Patrick skillfully takes center stage
Governor Deval Patrick showed great oratorical skill when delivering his state of the state address last week. And for one shining moment on a cold winter night last week, everyone’s eyes were on the governor and the governor alone. And for that moment, he owned the state, again. But it is going to take...
The New Maverick Square – New MBTA Station looks fantastic
There is something very pleasing about the new Maverick Station MBTA structure. It is the central point of the grander Maverick Square renewal that is taking place. As a central point – all eyes are on it when coming into the square or leaving the square – and it is impressive and frankly, has...
Obituaries 01-27-2010
Eleanor Arinella Everett resident, formerly of East Boston Eleanor (Burke) Arinella of Everett, formerly of East Boston and Chelsea, died recently. A graduate of East Boston High School, Class of 1946, she was the beloved wife of James J. "Junior" Arinella, with whom she shared 60 years of marriage; cherished daughter of the late...
City receives $13m to help homeowners
Tenants, and not homeowners, in East Boston are some of the biggest victims of the recent mortgage and foreclosure crisis that began last year. With a large percentage of local foreclosed homes being the traditional triple-deckers that make up the neighborhood, many tenants are forced to vacate the property once the landlord has allowed...
Shared experience
They stood in front of two senior classes at East Boston High School (EBHA) last Wednesday to have a town hall-style discussion about Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of the famed civil rights leader’s birthday. One is Governor of the Commonwealth, the other a successful educator and headmaster of the school. Both are...
A Cause Worth Playing For
The East Boston High School hockey team and hockey players from Boston area schools faced off at Porrazzo Rink in East Boston recently in a two-day hockey tournament to raise money for the Boston Medical Center (BMC) Breast Cancer Research Center. The Jets host the 5th Annual Deep Freeze high school hockey tournament, sponsored...
Scale it down, pump it up – State’s recovery plan will boost Maverick Street project
A slightly scaled down version of the East Boston Community Development Corporation’s (CDC) affordable rental project at 170 Maverick Street has gotten a boost from the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Massachusetts Recovery Plan. Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray were in New Bedford to announce that the state will invest $153.9 million in resources...
The World is a Village – The tragedy is Haiti and what we can do to help
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...
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...
Arrest Report 01-22-2010
Monday, January 11 Rick Falcucci of 728 Bennington Street, East Boston, was arrested and charged with possession of Class D marijuana with intent to distribute. Tuesday, January 12 John Lonardo of 459 Meridian Street, East Boston, was arrested on a straight warrant for credit card fraud over $250.00. John Milton of 34 Willow Street,...
Obituaries 01-22-2010
Mary LoRusso Homemaker, Activist and Realty Proprietor Mary (Sciola) LoRusso of North Everett died on January 16 at Bear Hill Nursing Home in Stoneham. She was 84 years old. She was born in Orsogna, Abruzza, Italy, October 10, 1925, high on the Apennine mountain range near the Adriatic Sea. In 1934, she and her...
Lifetimes of service – Cunningham, O’Connell and McCarthy retire having served more than a combined 100 years in the Boston Police Department
They sat in the Captain’s office at District 7 Police Station Monday, three old friends that all started on the force the same day — a picture of their graduating class from the police academy hung on the wall with the date February 6, 1974. There was some good-natured ribbing about the future, about...
More than 10 people displaced following four-alarm blaze
A devastating four-alarm fire ripped through several homes on Princeton Street over the weekend. The terrifying blaze began at 3 p.m. Saturday in the basement of 125 Princeton St. Once on the scene Boston Firefighters quickly called in a second-alarm. A third alarm was sounded when the fire jumped to a second home and,...
H1N1 down to near zero
A new health study shows that although East Boston was hit hard by the first wave of the 2009 H1N1 influenza (swine flu) last spring, the disease has virtually disappeared here — but public health officials are still weary of another outbreak. As spring turned to autumn in East Boston, the 2009 H1N1 influenza...
Arrest Report 01-13-2010
Monday, January 4 Scott Thomas of 19 Germani Avenue, Quincy, was arrested and charged with operating with a revoked license. Anthony Ferraro of 16 Lambert Street, Revere, was arrested on outstanding warrants for trespassing, revoked license and intimidation of a witness. Tuesday, January 5 John Robert Lewis of 26 Romney Road, Revere, was arrested...
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...
Obituaries 01-13-2010
Joseph Pimentel Of New Hampshire, formerly of Saugus Joseph Pimentel of Sandown, New Hampshire, formerly of Saugus, died on January 11. A US Navy veteran of World War II, he was a past member of the Saugus Elks and a past employee of the Town of Saugus. He was the beloved husband of more...
