Apprentice jockey Jorge Fuller Vargas, son of former New England jockeys Abby Fuller and Jorge Vargas, recorded the first win of his career on Saturday at Suffolk Downs before an appreciative crowd of 6,813. After trailing the field for the…
Month: June 2010
Out of hiding – Escapee turns himself in without incident
The man who jumped out of a Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department prisoner transportation van outside of the East Boston District Court, stole a Boston Public Works truck and led police on a car chase through Chelsea, Revere, Everett, and Malden…
Vazza’s sells Henry St. property to the EBNHC
Owners of Vazza’s Funeral Home, whose roots in East Boston go back to the 1920s, have sold their location here at 11 Henry St. in Maverick Square to make room for the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s ambitious plan to…
Residents rally to the aid of Grove Street victims
The East Boston community has rallied to help the victims of the Gove Street fire that killed two people. A fund with an initial deposit of $1,000 from East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) has been established to benefit the families…
It’s Not Enough – Firefighters offer is inadequate
Let’s face it. If Boston’s firefighters were asking for a 19% raise and the economy was flying and unemployment was low and business expansion was robust, would anyone care? But the economy is retrograde. It is weak and ineffectual when…
Arrest Report 06-09-2010
Monday, May 24 No arrests. Tuesday, May 25 Carlos Valencia of 472 Saratoga Street, East Boston was arrested and charged with violation auto laws Brendan Daddario of 25 Richard Street, Medford was arrested for possession of class C and E…
Obituaries 06-09-2010
Arthur Sordello Sr. Revere resident Arthur J. Sordello Sr. of Revere died on June 5. He was the beloved husband of 54 years of Serafina "Lena" Sordello; devoted father of Deborah Carignan of Peabody, Ralph and his fiancé, Patricia Farago,…