Grace Church Grace Church Federated is a United Church of Christ and Episcopal church located at 760 Saratoga Street, East Boston. All are welcome. Please join us for our Sunday morning service at 9:30 a.m., followed by a coffee hour. …
Month: September 2018
Outgoing DA Dan Conley Endorses Greg Henning for Suffolk County District Attorney
Candidate for Suffolk County District Attorney Greg Henning today received the endorsement of outgoing Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley. Conley joined Henning to talk to voters at a door-to-door campaign canvass in Hyde Park on Saturday, Aug. 18, at…
Veronica Robles Launches All Female Mariachi Band
Award winning performer and community leader Veronica Robles, well known by her fans as La Mera, Mera or ‘The Real One,’ has been performing since she was very young and is recognized as the most authentic representative of Mexican music…
Gang Member Found Guilty of Maverick Station Double Shooting
The MS-13 gang member from New York charged with shooting of a rival gang member and an innocent bystander inside Maverick MBTA station in 2016 was found guilty last week in Suffolk Superior Court. Rogelio Alvarado, 23, was arrested in…
Licensing Board Rolls Back Hours at Two Eastie Bars
Boston Licensing Board Chairwoman Christine Pulgini has rolled back the hours of two bars in the neighborhood. Billares Colombia and Bohemio’s Restaurant on lower Bennington Street were called before the Licensing Board both had their 2 a.m. license rolled back…
East Boston Waves Enjoy a Very Successful Season
The EB Waves travel softball team continued to roll finishing atop its division for the third time in four years. Competing at the 18 U level, the Waves yearly play an ambitious schedule that have them traveling around the greater…
Don’t Gamble the Planet’s Future on Unproven Technology
A group of senators recently introduced a bill that aims to combat climate change by funding research into “negative emission technologies,” which take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and store them underground. But these technologies aren’t very effective —…
Eversource Substation on Eastie Side of Chelsea Creek Not Necessary
This past winter East Boston experienced a taste of what is to be our future in the form of a series of storms that brought coastal flooding onto our streets. Coastal resiliency has become a buzzword in the media as…
Summer: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
For those of us who live for the triple-H weather of summer — hazy, hot, and humid — the six-week period we enjoyed from July 4th week through this past Saturday was our proverbial cup of tea. Temperatures in the…
Obituaries 08-22-2018
Patricia ‘Pattie’ Thibert An exceptional mother, wife and friend Patricia “Pattie” L. Thibert died Monday, August 13 at home after a long illness. She was 67 years old. Born February 3, 1951 to the late Rose Y. Pardi and the…