East Boston resident Tina St. Gelais and her daughter, Natalia, got a thrill of a lifetime last Thursday afternoon as Mayor Thomas Menino personally delivered a new single-stream recycling bin to the family’s 11 Princeton Street home. Menino and the…
Basile helps lead House effort to prevent closings
Representative Carlo Basile stands in front of the soon-to-be closed Orient Heights Branch Library Monday afternoon and says he’s sick of seeing churches, schools and libraries close in his neighborhood. Now, Basile is playing hardball against the Boston Public Library’s…
Basile casts a vote for an Eastie-only referendum
Representative Carlo Basile added a local referendum amendment to the House casino bill that passed last week to ensure East Boston residents would be able to vote whether or not they want a resort-style casino in their backyard. Basile’s amendment…
Rev. Kilmartin, at 50; revived St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Church
Reverend John Kilmartin, F.D.P., a man credited with awaking a parish that was sleepily heading into extinction, has died. Rev. Kilmartin, pastor of St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Church in East Boston passed away on Saturday, April 17 following a brief illness.…
Quicker is Better – Senate slow-down makes no sense
During the first two years of the Civil War, the Union Army was camped on the banks of the Potomac River. General Robert E. Lee’s army was embanked on the other side, at times, almost within site of the Union…
Arrest Report 04-21-2010
Monday, April 12 Jorge Rivera of 114 Kimball Avenue, Revere, was arrested and charged with distribution of Class B drugs & conspiracy to violate the drug laws. Leidy Diaz of 215 Walnut Street, Revere, was arrested and charged with distribution…