A pedestrian trying to cross busy McClellan highway early Wednesday morning was struck and killed by a van according to police and MassDOT. According to authorities Emerson Marroquin was trying to cross near McClellan Highway and Curtis Street at 2…
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Becoming A Man (BAM) Program a Hit at EBHS
A new program at East Boston High School supported by Youth Guidance in Chicago is making waves among young men at the school. Becoming a Man (BAM) Boston, headed by EBHS’s former basketball coach Shawn Brown, creates and implements school-based…
News Briefs
Registration Now Open For Annual Bike to the Sea Day Ride Registration is now open for this year’s Bike to the Sea Day Ride. The bicycle ride is scheduled for Sunday June 2, 2019 at 8 a.m. The ride from…
Boston Ward 1 Committee to Elect Delegates to Democratic State Convention
Registered Democrats in Boston Ward 1 will hold a caucus on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. at the Salesian Boys and Girls Club, 150 Byron St., to elect delegates and alternates to the 2019 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. This…
St. Vincent De Paul Clothing Drive The St. Vincent de Paul Clothing Driveand mini flea market to benefit St. Mary/ St. Lazarus St. Vincent de Paul Society will be held on Saturday, May 11, from 8am to 5pm and Sunday,…
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.…
EBCCS’s Kathy Carbine Receives Excellence in Education Award
The Archdiocese of Boston Catholic Schools Office announced this week that East Boston Central Catholic School (EBCCS) preschool teacher, Kathy Carbine, will be honored as a 2018 Archdiocese of Boston Excellence in Education Award recipient. Carbine was nominated for the…
Project Bread Continues to Expands Food Relief Efforts in East Boston
President of East Boston-based Project Bread Erin McAlee maintains that hunger is a solvable problem in East Boston and Massachusetts. “Why is there still hunger?” McAlee asked. “We have the resources.” With Project Bread’s annual Walk for Hunger fundraiser slated…
Massachusetts State Police Receive New Helper in Comfort Dog
The Massachusetts State Police recently acquired an English Black Labrador as the first-ever comfort dog. Luna, who is 4-months old and was bred for comfort dog work and donated to the Department, is assigned to the Employee Assistance Unit (EAU). …
A Giant in High School Football
Ventura receives Distinguished Service Award from Football Coaches Association Long before the Boston Herald’s Danny Ventura stepped to the podium to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association Sunday at the DoubleTree Hotel in…