A slightly scaled down version of the East Boston Community Development Corporation’s (CDC) affordable rental project at 170 Maverick Street has gotten a boost from the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Massachusetts Recovery Plan. Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray were…
Month: January 2010
The World is a Village – The tragedy is Haiti and what we can do to help
The Haitian tragedy now ongoing hasn’t even begun to touch the full measure of its scope. The earthquake was the first calamity. Now the outside world coming into Haiti with aid is attempting to feed and to give medical care…
They Will be Missed – District 7 loses three dedicated officers
The retirement of District 7 Captain Robert Cunningham and Sergeants Arthur McCarthy and Jack O’Connell is a proper and fitting end to long and distinguished careers in law enforcement in this neighborhood. However, their retirement is a terrific loss for…
Arrest Report 01-22-2010
Monday, January 11 Rick Falcucci of 728 Bennington Street, East Boston, was arrested and charged with possession of Class D marijuana with intent to distribute. Tuesday, January 12 John Lonardo of 459 Meridian Street, East Boston, was arrested on a…
Obituaries 01-22-2010
Mary LoRusso Homemaker, Activist and Realty Proprietor Mary (Sciola) LoRusso of North Everett died on January 16 at Bear Hill Nursing Home in Stoneham. She was 84 years old. She was born in Orsogna, Abruzza, Italy, October 10, 1925, high…
Lifetimes of service – Cunningham, O’Connell and McCarthy retire having served more than a combined 100 years in the Boston Police Department
They sat in the Captain’s office at District 7 Police Station Monday, three old friends that all started on the force the same day — a picture of their graduating class from the police academy hung on the wall with…
More than 10 people displaced following four-alarm blaze
A devastating four-alarm fire ripped through several homes on Princeton Street over the weekend. The terrifying blaze began at 3 p.m. Saturday in the basement of 125 Princeton St. Once on the scene Boston Firefighters quickly called in a second-alarm.…
H1N1 down to near zero
A new health study shows that although East Boston was hit hard by the first wave of the 2009 H1N1 influenza (swine flu) last spring, the disease has virtually disappeared here — but public health officials are still weary of…
Arrest Report 01-13-2010
Monday, January 4 Scott Thomas of 19 Germani Avenue, Quincy, was arrested and charged with operating with a revoked license. Anthony Ferraro of 16 Lambert Street, Revere, was arrested on outstanding warrants for trespassing, revoked license and intimidation of a…
Ever Closer… – Suffolk poised to receive a casino license
By all reasonable accounts and by all standard methods of measure, Suffolk Downs appears poised to gain a casino license when and if the legislature finally gets around to taking up the subject and doing something substantive about it. All…