There is no way to know what awaits us before it happens – and so – we watch the coming of 2010 with great interest and hope. The hope is for a healthy, prosperous New Year. The interest is in…
Category: Editorials
A Long Wait – Lack of movement at Pier 1 is very frustrating
Despite the best efforts of Senator Anthony Petruccelli and Representative Carlo Basile to prompt Roseland Properties into developing East Boston’s valuable Pier 1 as promised, there is not going to be much movement at the present time. Roseland Properties is…
A Great Prognosis – New health center is a boon for neighborhood
Maverick Square is the likely place where the new offices of the East Boston Health Center are going to be located in a magnificent new building. It will also include doctor’s offices and everything having to do with medicine and…
At Meridian Market – There’s no better place to soak up the holiday spirit
As Christmas rushes toward us, we would like to call attention to Meridian Market, again, as one of the great and wonderful places in this community where attention is paid to excellence and detail. Christmas treats of the Italian kind…
Thanksgiving 2009 – Confronting our adversity, remaining optimistic
This time last year, the national economy was preparing for collapse. The economy’s beginning of the end, or as Churchill once said, the end of the beginning, came into full force in and around Thanksgiving 2008. Yet we all sat…
Getting Interesting – Senatorial race heats up
There is not much time remaining for Congressman Mike Capuano, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Celtics owner Stephen Pagliuca and City Year Founder Allan Khazei to make their case to the voters of Massachusetts. The special election senate primary to fill…
A Special Event – Thanksgiving at Sacred Heart
For the past few years, Thanksgiving at the Sacred Heart Church has been one of this neighborhood’s most compelling events. With the bad economy affecting so many this year as the holiday season approaches, Thanksgiving Dinner at the Sacred Heart…
The City Election – Menino’s victory
In East Boston, voters came out in huge numbers for Mayor Thomas Menino. So his victory last week came as no surprise to voters here, and to his many, many loyal friends and supporters in this neighborhood. Mayor Menino is…
LaMattina coasts to re-election
Councilor Sal LaMattina also scored a tremendous vote – the ultimate endorsement by the judges who count on the local scene. LaMattina has been a positive, active, intelligent voice making himself heard and felt among the people of this neighborhood…
Negative Vibes – Anti-casino forces are mobilizing for inaction
The voices against casino gambling are gathering their forces. Like most of those who stand against progress in this litigious world, they are gathering studies, studies on top of studies, the one thousand reasons a casino cannot possibly thrive or…