-By John Lynds [email protected] It’s bad enough East Boston residents have to deal with a few realities like living next to an airport or paying a toll to travel one mile into their own city without being discriminated against by…
Author: Times Staff
A Rising Star: EBNHC Facility is going to be a Grand Addition
The grand new health center building now rising in Maverick Square – the new East Boston Neighborhood Health Center facility – is now taking shape and form. When it is completed six months from now, it will represent about the…
Traffic Slow-Down: Bridge Closure is Causing some Headaches
East Boston residents who tend to use the Meridian Street Bridge need to be reminded of the closure of the Chelsea Street Bridge. Until December, the Chelsea Street Bridge is being closed to so the old drawbridge can be cut…
Police Briefs 06-08-2011
Monday, May 30 Christopher Michael Bagarella of 203 Lexington Street, East Boston, was arrested and charged with larceny over $250.00 Tuesday, May 31 Lakisha Monnette Newman of 185 Cabot Street, Roxbury, was arrested and charged with disorderly person and destruction…
Obituaries 06-08-2011
Paula Moran Social Security Administration retiree Paula M. (Nicastro) Moran of East Boston died on June 5. An employee of the Social Security Administration for more than 35 years, she was the beloved wife of Anthony “Tony” Moran, the loving…
Finding the Shade
Warm weather has finally arrived. Above, a resident uses an umbrella to shade herself from the hot sun on Meridian Street last Friday.
Grand Entrance: Honoring Eastie’s Past and Albert Lombardi Jr.
-By John Lynds [email protected] The late Albert Lombardi, Jr. an iconic figure in the rough and tumble East Boston political world, will be honored with a memorial garden dedicated in his name at Jeffries Point this month. The transformation of…
Student Held on Cash Bail for Gun Possession
-By John Lynds [email protected] A 17-year-old student East Boston High School student was held on $25,000 cash bail for allegedly bringing a loaded gun to school with him last Thursday. Brendan Campbell, 18, of Roxbury was arraigned in East Boston…
Teenager Admits to Strangling Death
-By John Lynds [email protected] The East Boston teen arrested in connection with last week’s fire that killed a 28-year-old Salvadorian immigrant has confessed to the neighborhood’s first murder in over two years. Marco Tulio Flores, 17, of East Boston walked…
Looking Ahead: Peaceful Weekend is a Sign of Things to Come
It was an America at peace with itself this long Memorial Day weekend. The kick-off to the Summer of 2011 went smoothly in New England and here in the Greater Boston area where the weather finally, fully, wonderfully cooperated, sending…