With one swipe of the pen last week Gov. Charlie Baker signed the state’s $43 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2020. The signing of the state budget came with no veteos from the Governor, which was good news for…
Several Arrests Made in Sex Trafficking Charges
Two individuals from East Boston as well as seven others from surrounding communities were arrested last week by State Police at three residential locations in East Boston, Chelsea and Lynn that served as alleged fronts for human trafficking. Attorney General…
HVNA August Meeting Recap
The Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) held its August meeting Monday night at the Edward Brooke’s Charter School. At the meeting no votes were taken, but members were updated on several development projects that are in the works. First up…
MS-13 Member Indicted for RICO Conspiracy
An alleged member of the transnational criminal gang MS-13, or La Mara Salvatrucha, was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with RICO conspiracy. Manuel Adan Yanez Cruz, a/k/a “Rocky” or “Flaco,” 19, a Salvadoran national who had…
Sammy Carlo’s Catering Honored by Walsh and Boston Main Streets
Where the Salesians Boys & Girls Club parking lot is today on Bennington Street once stood Sammy Carlo’s corner store. It was there, in the 1950s that a family business started that would, after seven decades and two locations, become…
Community News
JPNA July August Meeting The Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association scheduled monthly meeting is August 12. The meeting will be held at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Training Facility, at 250 Sumner St and starts promptly at 7 pm. We…