Expanded gaming or full scale resort-style casino’s in the Commonwealth are not going to be as epidemic as crack was in the 1980s as some suggested at last week’s public hearing at the State House. However, it is also not…
Pilot program aimed at helping renters in foreclosed properties
Tenants in East Boston, not homeowners are some of the biggest victims of the recent mortgage and foreclosure crisis that began last year. With a good percentage of foreclosed homes being the traditional triple-deckers that make up the local neighborhoods,…
Jets ‘D’ team battles Mission Hill
The Eastie Jets took on the Mission Hill Buccaneers this past Sunday November 1. The Jets played a great game but lost to Mission Hill by a score of 28-0. The jets played very well on both sides of the…
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…
Obituaries 11-5-09
Teresa Moscaritolo East Boston resident Teresa (Grella) Moscaritolo of East Boston died on October 31. She was in her 96th year. She was the wife of the late John Moscaritolo; loving mother of Carol Forlano and her husband, Vito, and…
Prescribing patience – Menino says city will act quickly once vaccines are available
As hundreds of East Bostonians lined up outside the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) over the weekend to receive their annual seasonal flu shot, there was a lot of talk and questions in the line about when the state…