The rivalry continues and East Bostonians maybe a little down today after watching the television show, “Food Feuds.” On Monday, during the final taping of the Food Network’s new show ‘Food Feuds’ the network, albeit wrongly, named Pizzeria Regina, that…
Tagged with a big-time fine – Vandal ordered to pay ten grand in restitution
The notorious vandal responsible for defacing several Blue Line trains inside the Orient Heights MBTA rail yard in East Boston back in 2005 pleaded guilty last Friday and will face jail time and have to pay restitution to the MBTA…
Rise in break-ins linked to reluctance on the part of some residents to use banks
Break-ins in East Boston are at a two year high according to Boston Police statistics and while the 129 break-ins so far this year is only slightly higher than last year its 63 more than all of 2008. Eastie is…
APAC’s summer jobs program receives a much-needed boost from the state and ARRA
With teen violence always a concern in Boston neighborhoods, programs like East Boston APAC’s SummerWorks program have become an oasis for at-risk teens, giving them the opportunity to hold a real job, take home a pay check, receive tutoring and…
Fighting Crime – Boston will win this battle
We have more than our share of crime in this neighborhood. But we are not like Roxbury and Dorchester and parts of Mattapan where gangs are murdering young people and innocents. East Boston’s crime scene is so unlike that of…
Arrest Report 07-14-2010
Monday, July 5 Monsour Belbachir of 61 Eutaw Street, East Boston, was arrested and charged with breaking & entering in the nighttime. Benvin Chukwauna of 1100 Governors Park, Winthrop, was arrested and charged with possession of Class A drugs &…