Rita Scala Of East Boston Rita M. (Gilbert) Scala of East Boston died on April 3. She was the beloved wife of the late Anthony; devoted mother of John and his wife, Julie of New Hampshire and Ron and his…
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Eastie Remembers
Father Wayne Belschner offers a prayer for Firefighter Michael Kennedy and Fire Lieutenant Ed Walsh during a candle light vigil last week in Central Square.
Our Fallen Heroes
People in this world may be divided by political views, race, sexual orientation, and religion but there is one group of people that are blind to this and will run into a burning inferno and save your life regardless if…
Eastie Fab Four Swimmers Rewrite the Record Book
East Boston High School’s Mateo Galeano (senior), Ben Lara (senior), Julian Reyes (junior) and Jonathan Smith (freshman) gave the swim team record book a makeover this past season. These four extremely talented swimmers are now part of six new records at…
Obituaries 04-02-2014
Mary Vieira Of East Boston Mary Vieira died in East Boston on March 30. She was the beloved wife of the late Edward A. Vieira; devoted mother of Elaine Thorne and Lucinda “Cindy” Maccarone; sister of the late Alfred Gonsalves;…
So, This Is Spring?
Although the calendar told us that spring officially arrived last Thursday, Mother Nature, as usual, has decided on her own time frame for when she will allow spring to be sprung. As we are writing this editorial at the beginning of the week, the weatherman…
Spring Cleaning Time
Clean up, clean up, Everybody everywhere Clean, clean up, Everybody do your share. For our readers with children, the above phrases will be recognized as coming from a song by Barney, the Purple Dinosaur. But they are as apropos as anything else we can think of…
Police Briefs 03-26-2014
March 16, 2014 Amelio Monterola of 83 Florence Avenue, Revere was arrested outside of Chelsea Street & Neptune Road and charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license. Omar Madrigal of 46 Hillside Avenue, Revere was arrested outside of…
Malden/East Boston Mites Skate to Valley League Championship
Haverhill Valley Forum-The Malden/East Boston Mites skated to a 3-2 overtime victory over Methuen in the Valley Championship. MEB spotted Methuen the first two goals before mounting a great come from behind victory. Jake Simpson had the first two goals…
Obituaries 03-26-2014
Michael Chioccola American Airlines Retiree and Union President; Life Member of Winthrop Elks Michael A. Chioccola a longtime Winthrop resident, passed away in Concord, NH on March 19 after a brief illness. Born in East Boston, the loving son of…