By Michael Coughlin Jr. As the start of a new year rapidly approaches, the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s (BPDA) process to make zoning changes for East Boston continues to move forward – however, it is doing so with some…
Author: Times Staff
Wu on hand to swear in the 2022 – 2023 Mayor’s Youth Council
Mayor Michelle Wu recently joined the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment to swear in the 2022 – 2023 Mayor’s Youth Council (MYC). These 86 high school students work to give teens a voice in City government by advising the…
Obituaries 12-28-2022
Gaetano Iantosca Proprietor of Logan Glass Company, East Boston Gaetano Iantosca of Malden, formerly of East Boston, passed away on December 21. The proprietor of Logan Glass Company in East Boston, he was the devoted father of Philip, Christina, Gaetano and…
East Boston Holds First Holiday Bazaar
Coletta Names Ramirez Outreach and Communications Manager
Special to the Times-Free Press Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta has announced that Gabriela M. Ramirez (she/her/hers) will serve as Outreach and Communications Manager. Ramirez is a lifelong resident of East Boston and the proud daughter of Salvadoran immigrants. She…
North Suffolk Community Services Cuts Ribbon on Community Behavioral Health Center
Special to the Times-Free Press Governor Charlie Baker and Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders today joined North Suffolk Community Services, a nonprofit provider of services for individuals of all ages needing mental health and/or addiction treatment, recovery support…
CLF, GreenRoots Appeal Electrical Substation Decision
Special to the Times-Free Press Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and GreenRoots have filed an appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court of a recent state decision that would allow a proposed electrical substation in East Boston to bypass an important…
Merry Christmas
This is the most wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the popular song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories of Christmases-past. We choose just the right tree, decorate…
A Great World Cup
We don’t pretend to be big soccer fans, but even we were caught up in the excitement and the drama of the World Cup, which reached its climax this past Sunday with the exciting and exhilarating victory by Argentina in…
Obituaries 12-21-2022
Lillian Bostrom She Will Be Truly Missed by All Who Knew and Loved Her Lillian M. (Flot) Bostrom, a lifelong resident of East Boston, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 13 at 99 years of age. Lillian lived in East…