By John Lynds [email protected] The neighborhood is rallying around the victims of a fire that broke out in a one-family home on Bennington Street Saturday morning. The Herrera Family and their four small children were displaced by the one alarm…
CLOSING SCHOOLS
Superintendent Johnson is making a tough — but inevitable — decision Superintendent of Schools Dr. Carol Johnson is doing the right thing by suggesting to close or to combine at least 18 public schools in the Boston Public School system.…
Police Blotter 12-16-2010
December 6 Samantha Chaletsky of 720 Bennington Street, East Boston, was arrested and charged with shoplifting. December 7 Peter Vitello of 45 Hancock Street, Salem, was arrested and charged with a parole violation. Remi Soto of 428 Hyde Park Avenue,…
Obituaries 12-16-2010
Marta Klimkiewicz Retired Kitchen Worker Marta (Piechota) Klimkiewicz, a retired kitchen worker for many years at Kayem, passed away on December 9 at the Kindred Hospital in Peabody. She was 83 years old. Born in Kalisz, Poland, she was the…
Merger Furor – Parents express concern over plans to combine Alighieri and Umana
By all accounts the Dante Alighieri Elementary School in East Boston is a success story. MCAS test scores and enrollment are up, there’s strong parental involvement and because of the small size of the building classes are relatively small compared…
Father reportedly considers plea deal in disappearance of his five-year-old son
The Lynn father believed to be responsible for 2008 disappearance of his young boy from East Boston is reportedly considering a plea deal. Ernesto Gonzalez, 38, of Lynn is being held without bail in connection with five-year-old Giovanni Gonzalez’s disappearance.…