Last week Police Commissioner Ed Davis announced that Kelley McCormick would replace Frank Mancini as D-7’s new captain. Mancini has been promoted to Boston Police Superintendent. With a little over a week on the job, McCormick has jumped head first…
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Applications Now Being Accepted for Donna Rauseo Scholarship
Massport announced this week that applications for the scholarship honoring the memory of the late Donna Rauseo, a long-time Port Authority employee and lifelong resident of East Boston, are being accepted. The $5,000 Donna Rauseo Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually…
Zumix is Selected to Help out in Rio+20 Musical Project
East Boston’s national award winning youth music and arts has been tapped by the United Nations, the City of Boston and the Sounding Board to work on the Boston Rio+20 Project—a project aimed at raising environmental awareness through music. Zumix…
For the Welfare of Maverick St.
A unique development will shortly transform the decaying Welfare Building on Maverick Street into a vibrant commercial development. John and Melissa Tyler recently closed on the property and are planning to break ground on the project with a neighborhood block…
Zumin Welcomes Moya Brennan
Known as the First Lady of Celtic Music, Ireland native Moya Brennan has provided music to such blockbuster films as the Titanic and the Last of the Mohicans and now she’ll make her first appearance in East Boston on Saturday,…
More and Better Low Income Housing is on the Way
Progress on the project to construct 27 new affordable apartments on Maverick Street for low-income families is moving along with the shell of the building already completed. MassHousing has approved $2.2 million in loans for the Greenway Apartments in East…
Eastie a Great Place to Live, but We Already Know That
Boston Magazine has named East Boston one of the ‘Best Places to Live’ in its March 2012 issue. In this month’s issue, Boston Magazine said Eastie made the list because it is an adventurous eater’s paradise with an affordable housing…
Eastie Hockey Club to Hold Benefit
The Boston Massacre Men’s Hockey Club is hosting a charity game on Saturday, April 7 at 6 p.m. in memory of Nunziato Orlando who died on Tuesday, February 7 after a long battle with Muscular Dystrophy. He was 33. The…
Spinelli’s to Hold Exposition for Quinceañera and Boda
Spinelli’s has been the popular home for East Boston youth sports banquets, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, and Rotary events and all kinds of social gatherings through the years. It’s also been “the” place for weddings and birthday parties for East…
Captain Mancini Promoted to Deputy Police Superintendent
District 7 Captain Frank Mancini, the driving force behind East Boston’s dramatic drop in crime over the past two years, has been promoted to Deputy Superintendent of the Boston Police. Mancini, who was the past Director of the BPD’s Anti-Corruption…