By John Lynds An electrical short circuit sparked a three-alarm fire at a large, multifamily condo complex on Meridian Street Sunday. The Boston Fire Department responded just before 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon to 360 Meridian Street on Eagle Hill. Once…
Month: December 2017
Community Rallies Around Murder Victim Duncan Ketter’s Family
By John Lynds For over a week, the makeshift memorial in memory of Duncan Ketter, the young man gunned down on the corner of Orleans and Marginal streets, has had nonstop visitors. Friends, family and neighbors have stopped by the…
Community News Briefs
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church service Christmas Eve at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church: Lessons and Carols by candlelight. 5:30. 28 Paris St., East Boston (617) 569-6236 LEARN ITALIAN FREE The class will be held at Robert DeLeo Senior Center, 35…
Mike Lake, Lauren DeMayo Named NOAH Board Co-Presidents:NOAH Celebrates Annual Meeting at Spinelli’s
By John Lynds At last week’s East Boston Neighborhood of Affordable Housing’s (NOAH) annual meeting, NOAH board members Mike Lake and Lauren DeMayo were introduced as NOAH’s new board co-presidents. Lake and DeMayo will replace former NOAH Board President Ernani…
Letter to the Editor
Kudos for passing the ban To the editor, Don’t know if it’s just me but I don’t see all the controversy over a plastic bag ban coming to a business near you. Why the Retailers Association of Massachusetts is opposed to…
Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
Christmas this year is part of a three-day weekend, which means that for many of us, we will be indulging in the “Christmas spirt” early and often. By no means do we wish to cast negative thoughts, but we would…
Enjoy the Holiday Season
This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…
Sports 12-20-2017
New Leader:Guittarr begins first season as head coach of the East Boston High School hockey team By Cary Shuman As a hard-hitting 6-foot-2-inch standout defensemen for the Pope John High School hockey team in the 1970s, Kenneth Guittarr led the…
Obituaries 12-20-2017
John Spada Of Revere, formerly of East Boston John B. Spada of Revere, formerly of East Boston, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 14 at the age of 93. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was the beloved…
Orient Heights Tree Lighting
On Sunday the Ruggiero Family in conjunction with the East Boston Chamber held the annual Orient Heights Treet Lighting. Above, a young Eastie resident points as Santa arrives in Orient.