The East Boston Savings Bank has made a $25 million loan to Boston Community Capital (BCC) that could potentially help 1 in 5 homeowners with troubled mortgages nationwide. The deal was finalized last week and arranged by Zions Bank’s non-profit…
Month: May 2013
Flores Sentenced to 15 Years for Murder
It was a murder that shocked the neighborhood but when the truth behind Marco Tulio Flores’ bizarre act of torturing and killing a family friend surfaced many in the neighborhood said they would have probably done the same. Flores, who…
Memorial Day
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…
Carlo Basile
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…
Obituaries 05-22-2013
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…
First Communion
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.
10th Annual Open Studios Kicks off This Weekend
Part of what has made East Boston a wonderful place in which to live is the neighborhood’s flourishing artist community. The East Boston’s Artist Group at 80 Border St., renovated a decade ago by the East Boston Community Development Corp.,…
Conley Favors Citywide Vote for Suffolk Downs Casino
Suffolk County District Attorney and Mayoral Candidate Dan Conley’s support of a citywide vote versus a ward-only vote regarding Suffolk Downs’ proposed resort-style casino could have some political repercussions here in East Boston. Conley’s told the Boston Globe “We’re one…
Community Updates on Logan Airport’s CONRAC
Massport’s Anthony Guerriero updated the community on Logan Airport’s Consolidated Rental Car Facility or CONRAC Monday night. Guerriero went over some of the future plans for the Maverick Street gate and how it will tie into the new traffic flow…
Welfare Building Progress Outlined
John Tyler was at Monday night’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association meeting to brief residents on the progress at the Welfare Building at 154 Maverick St. Over the past year Tyler and his wife, Melissa, have transformed the once decaying structure…