Recently family and friends gathered at Suffolk Downs Race Track in East Boston to remember and honor a friend to all, Sam Tassone, who passed away in March of 2019. Tassone worked at Boston City Hall for many years and…
Author: Times Staff
The Winthrop Marketplace Turns 20
By Domenic DeMasi “In all aisles of the Marketplace you could hear how happy the patrons are to finally have a market open in town”, begins Catherine Elcik’s article in the June 10th, 1999 issue of the Winthrop Sun-Transcript about…
Community News
Strawberry Festival at Grace Church Grace Church Federated, 760 Saratoga Street, East Boston, will have a fund-raising Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2019 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the church basement. Tickets are $8 for adults and…
Community Calendar
Harbor View Neighborhood Association First Monday of every month 6:30 p.m. at the Edward Brooke Charter School, 145 Byron St. Kiwanis Club of East Boston First and Third Tuesday of every month 6 p.m. at Spinelli’s Restaurant in Day Square.…
Irish Memorial Dedicated on Deer Island
Story By Sue Ellen Woodcock Nearly 1,000 people, many of them with Irish deep in their blood, gathered recently on a tall hill overlooking Boston Harbor, the same harbor that was host to hundreds of ships, some known as “coffin…
East Boston Social Centers Board of Directors Hold Annual Recognition Awards
The East Boston Social Centers held its annual meeting on Tuesday May 28, and presented awards to deserving staff, volunteers and community members. Four Awards are given annually, with a fifth inaugural award being presented this year. The Community Spirit…
MFA Offers Free Admission to BPL Cardholders
Paris was the center of nightlife and spectacle in the late 19th century, a moment immortalized in evocative posters, prints and paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901). The artist’s extraordinary attention to the performers, dancers and actors of Montmartre—the heart…
Congratulations to the Class of 2019
Graduation Day is one of the few occasions that brings a smile to the faces of everyone in a community, regardless of whether they know a graduate. It is an occasion when all of us share in the joy —…
Guest Op-ed: A Green New Deal of Action
By Jack Clarke Massachusetts needs its own Green New Deal – but it needs to be a deal of action. Although not a law but more a resolution expressing the will of the Congress on the necessity to address the…
Guest Op-ed: Investing in Our next Generation
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh In 2015, we launched BuildBPS, a 10-year educational and facilities master plan that reflects a $1 billion commitment to our students. This plan is a promise to our young people that their schools will be…