The Maran Gas Coronis, the LNG tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Yemen to New England came into Boston Harbor skirting East Boston, Charlestown and Chelsea on the low tide without incident early Tuesday morning before docking at the Distrigas…
Month: February 2010
Thinking small – New District chief wants to reduce crime in Eastie
There’s a new police captain in town and he’s making it his mission to greatly reduce crime in East Boston. Boston Police veteran Frank Mancini, who had a stint serving at District 7 several years back, has replaced Captain Robert…
LaMattina will chair new combined committee, as well as Ways and Means
The Boston City Council has merged the Committee on Aviation and Transportation and the Committee on City and Neighborhood Services as the new City, Neighborhood Services Committee. City Council Michael Ross has appointed City Councilor Sal LaMattina to chair the…
Ranking Unjustified – J.D. Power’s assessment of Logan Airport is off course
The J.D. Power Company performs customer-satisfaction studies. It’s recent report on Logan Airport, which it ranked about the lowest in its look at major airports in America, is way off base. East Boston residents have had a love – hate…
LNG Tanker – Discussion shouldn’t fade when Yemeni tanker leaves Boston Harbor
The first LNG tanker from Yemen slipped through the utterly placid waters of Boston Harbor on its way to docking in Everett on the low tide Tuesday morning. Those of you standing along the East Boston shoreline saw a ship…
Obituaries 02-25-2010
Joseph Passaggio Boston Edison/NStar retiree Joseph (Joe) Passaggio of Hanover, formerly of East Boston, died at home surrounded by his loving family on February 20. He was 67 years old. Mr. Passaggio graduated from Boston College High School in 1959…
Despair and hope
A young man named ‘Bobby’ from the Meridian House – a drug addiction treatment facility in East Boston-stood up and told his story to a crowd of residents, volunteers and health care workers on Saturday at East Boston’s drug summit.…
Relay For Life planning event set for Feb. 25
It was one of the best fundraising events to date. In the neighborhood that was on one hand solemn and filled with emotions, tears, and the remembrances of those who lost their battle against cancer and on the other hand…
Permanent connection – EWC holds a seminar on social media
The fairly new subgroup of women of the East Boston Chamber of Commerce that began at the end of 2008 held another successful seminar last week at the Atlantic Works Gallery at 80 Border Street. The Chamber’s Eastie Women Connect…
Arrest Report 02-17-2010
Monday, February 8 Vincent Vaccaro of 72 Marginal Street, East Boston, was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace and leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage. Brenda Martinez of 58 Homer Street, East Boston, was arrested and…