Euddy Brito, pitcher for East Boston High School, in his game against Somerville High School on Sunday, May 20. The Jets beat Somerville 7-1 in the consolation game of the Strike Out Colon Cancer baseball tournament. Malden High School won…
Month: May 2018
A Reality:Gov Baker, Mayor Walsh, East Boston CDC Mark Opening of Boston East
East Boston Community Development Corporation (CDC) Executive Director Al Caldarelli joked Monday that he would be collecting on a few bets he made with naysayers who were convinced the CDC and Trinity Financial’s Boston East project on Border Street would…
Friends of the Library Celebrate Preservation Month
With May being Historic Preservation Month, the East Boston Friends of the Library (FOL) held a special event that included music, an auction and an unveiling of the next Frederick Leonard King painting scheduled to be restored. The painting, part…
BPDA Gives Nod to Two Eastie Projects
At last Thursday’s Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) meeting the BPDA approved two East Boston residential development projects that will add 61 units of housing to the neighborhood, eight of which will be set aside as affordable units. The…
Eastie Priest in Hot Water Over Tasteless Joke
A priest from Our Lady of the Assumption Church was forced to apologize for a tasteless joke he made at a recent mass about new parishioners from Don Matias, Colombia. During the mass in question Fr. Urubiel Moreno was telling…
P.J. Kennedy School Gym Teacher Arraigned on Four Counts of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child
A Patrick J. Kennedy School’s gym teacher was arraigned on four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child last Thursday after he allegedly touched the chests, legs and buttocks of four students at the school during gym class.…
Mayor Walsh Joins North Suffolk Mental Health to Cut Ribbon on Renovations
North Suffolk Mental Health (NSMH), the agency that addresses substance abuse and mental health issues in the community located at the former East Boston Relief Station on Porter Street recently renovated its first floor to be more efficient and user…
Atlantic Works Gallery Presents a New Exhibit June 2
Atlantic Works Gallery presents a new exhibit entitled ‘Discovery and Discernment… A Journey Back to Now,” featuring new works by artists Diane Modica and Sandrine Colson. An opening reception launching the exhibit will be held on Saturday June 2 from…
Eastie’s Tania Del Rio Tapped to Head Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement
East Boston resident Tania Del Rio, known for her work locally with the Veronica Robles Cultural Center and Excel Academy Charter School, was appointed by Mayor Martin Walsh to head the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement. As the office’s new…
Youth Lead the Change Program Ends June 2
Youth invited to take part in city program. For the fifth year in a row, youth ages 12-25 in Boston have a chance to vote on how the City of Boston will spend $1 million of Mayor Walsh’s Imagine Boston…