For years the East Boston YMCA was the only Greater Boston YMCA site without a pool. That all changed last year when the East Boston Y joined forces with the Mario Umana Academy to bring the Umana’s underutilized pool back…
Month: August 2019
Obituaries 08-15-2019
Aramis Raul Ayala Genta Former Professional Soccer Player and 29-Year Bioran/Quest Diagnostics Employee Aramis Raul Ayala Genta of Swampscott, formerly of East Boston, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 4 at the Bertram House in Swampscott after a long illness. He…
Sammy Carlo’s Catering Honored
City Begins Fining Loftel Project
For the past few weeks, the City of Boston has warned the owners of the Loftel project on Orleans Street that they had better clean up their act or face daily fines. Boston Trade International, owned by the Patel family,…
Eagle Hill Civic Association Hears about Start of Noise Study
Noise in the City’s Community Noise Lab was developed by researcher Dr. Erica Walker to take a more creative look into the relationship between neighborhood noise issues and corresponding health impacts. Walker has partnered with volunteers in the neighborhood to…
Madaro Points Out Benefits To Eastie in State Budget
With one swipe of the pen last week Gov. Charlie Baker signed the state’s $43 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2020. The signing of the state budget came with no veteos from the Governor, which was good news for…
Several Arrests Made in Sex Trafficking Charges
Two individuals from East Boston as well as seven others from surrounding communities were arrested last week by State Police at three residential locations in East Boston, Chelsea and Lynn that served as alleged fronts for human trafficking. Attorney General…
HVNA August Meeting Recap
The Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) held its August meeting Monday night at the Edward Brooke’s Charter School. At the meeting no votes were taken, but members were updated on several development projects that are in the works. First up…
MS-13 Member Indicted for RICO Conspiracy
An alleged member of the transnational criminal gang MS-13, or La Mara Salvatrucha, was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with RICO conspiracy. Manuel Adan Yanez Cruz, a/k/a “Rocky” or “Flaco,” 19, a Salvadoran national who had…
Sammy Carlo’s Catering Honored by Walsh and Boston Main Streets
Where the Salesians Boys & Girls Club parking lot is today on Bennington Street once stood Sammy Carlo’s corner store. It was there, in the 1950s that a family business started that would, after seven decades and two locations, become…