-By John Lynds [email protected] The rich architectural history of East Boston is experiencing a rebirth with more and more residents restoring their homes back to their fashionable form, exposing the handcrafted detailing of brackets, original moldings, shingles and woodwork that…
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Phantom Gourmet Sheds Light on Italian Express
-By John Lynds [email protected] Italian Express on the corner of Sumner and Cottage Streets in East Boston seems to be on a roll. After celebrating the opening of the restaurant’s outdoor dining patio and receiving several honors from www.CitySearch.com during…
LaMattina Helps form a Committee on Asthma
-By John Lynds [email protected] Councilor-at-Large Felix Arroyo told a story at an East Boston community meeting how one day at City Hall he was experiencing the symptoms of asthma. A lifelong asthmatic, Arroyo was experiencing the usual symptoms asthmatics fear…
An Even Hand: This Year’s State House Hearing on Casinos is more Subdued
–By John Lynds [email protected] It was a more subdued hearing than last year when hundreds of people both for and against legalizing casino gaming in Massachusetts descended upon the State House to enter their testimony on the record. This time…
Skeleton Sighting: EBNHC Springs to Life in Maverick Sq.
–By John Lynds [email protected] If you have passed through Maverick Square in the past week you would have definitely noticed a major change to the square’s landscape. The steel skeleton of the monumental project that will forever transform the square…
Fork in the Road Capuano: Where do We want to Go as a Country
-By John Lynds [email protected] U.S. Congressman Michael Capuano was at the East Boston Main Streets breakfast on Tuesday morning at Spinelli’s and took direct aim at his Tea Party colleagues in the House but also fired a few shots at…
Food for Thought: Homeless Residents Share their Stories at Crossroads Breakfast
-By John Lynds [email protected] Jillian Serret gave emotional testimony last Friday morning in front of a crowd of housing advocates and East Boston elected officials at a breakfast hosted by Crossroads Family Shelter. Serret and other housing advocates were at…
Capitol Improvements: Capitol Waste Retrofits Truck with Pollution Control Equipment
-By John Lynds [email protected] For years East Boston based Capitol Waste Removal Services has worked with the city and state to implemented ideas .33and policies to lessen litter on Eastie streets during garbage removal days. Now the garbage removal company…
Simply, it was a Tireless Effort
Times Staff Report It took the combined strength of twenty East Boston and Chelsea residents to move a seven-foot tractor tire that has littered the beach of the Condor Street Urban Wild for at least a decade. But on Friday,…
Police Briefs 05-04-2011
Monday, April 25 James Robert Piantedosi a homeless male was arrested and charged with shoplifting & resisting arrest. Tuesday, April 26 Sam Ruiz of 1Washington Street, Revere, was arrested and charged with possession & distribution of Class D drugs within…