Harold German Operated Pharmacy in East Boston for many years Harold “Harry” German, a life long resident of Chelsea, died on Wednesday, April 6. He attended Chelsea Schools, graduated from Mass. College of Pharmacy in 1944 and operated a pharmacy…
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A Very Quick Dip: Brave Residents Turn Out for the First Annual Cupid Splash Fundraiser
-By John Lynds [email protected] Knowing the water would be frigid, participants in the First Annual Cupid Splash Fundraiser at Constitution Beach Saturday said the anticipation was the worse part. “I knew it would be cold and waiting around looking at…
New Gaming Bill on the Table – Senator Petruccelli Proposed Legislation that Should Please Both Sides
-By John Lynds [email protected] Senator Anthony Petruccelli has submitted a compromise casino gaming bill in the Senate, cosponsored by Representative Carlo Basile, that calls for three resort-style casinos and one racino in Massachusetts that would immediately bring million of dollars…
East Boston is Growing According to Latest Census
-By John Lynds [email protected] East Boston’s population grew by 5.5 percent since 2000 and has officially become a minority majority neighborhood according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Department. As of 2010 the population of Eastie had grown…
Greenway Headway
[email protected] Proponents of the plan to connect East Boston’s park system with a “greenway extension” won a small victory this week as the Boston Conservation Commission granted a two-week delay of their decision on a buffer between the neighborhood and…
House Money – Eastie Man Wins State’s First-ever $1m Powerball Prize
By John Lynds [email protected] East Boston’s Mark Wilson is a richer man is richer after winning the state’s first ever $1 million Powerball prize. Wilson collect his cash prize last Thursday at the Massachusetts Lottery’s Braintree headquarters after, what we…
Drug Suspect’s Lawyer: My Client was Used as a ‘Mule’
-By John Lynds [email protected] The lawyer for an East Boston woman busted for allegedly trying to traffic cocaine into Boston through Logan International Airport on Sunday said her client was a victim of drug dealers who used her as a…
Residents Are Wary of Giving King Tacos Owner a Hall Pass
By John Lynds [email protected] While East Boston resident and restauranteur Raul Santos’ intentions of opening the third in a string of the locally successful King Tacos restaurants are good, some abutters at Monday’s Orient Heights Neighborhood Council meeting were wary…
The No. 1 Place for Quinceañera Preparations
By Cary Shuman For the Free Press If Ana Lanzilli is the queen of the Quinceañera party, then that makes Spinelli’s in East Boston Quinceañera Central. Lanzilli is the function coordinator at Spinelli’s Banquet Facility that is preparing to host…
The Mayor Picks an Opportune Time to Unveil ‘green’ Initiative
By John Lynds [email protected] Mayor Thomas Menino was in East Boston on St. Patrick’s Day Thursday to kickoff his new ‘Going Green’ initiative at the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing on Border Street. Putting a new twist on the a day…