East Boston residents have been long awaiting the results of a Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) study of the environmental impacts of Logan Airports on the health of residents here. The study was to be released in the spring…
Month: August 2013
Conley Calls for Elimination of Sumner Tolls
Last Thursday Mayoral Candidate Dan Conley called a press conference at LoPresti Park in East Boston to unveil an action plan for the neighborhood aimed at improving the quality of life for residents The plan, Conley said, is the result…
Successful Eastie Pride Day
City Councilor Sal LaMattina, the Eastie Pride Day Committee and all the volunteers and donors that made the 25th Anniversary of this yearly neighborhood event such a great success deserve a big pat on the back. This year’s Eastie Pride…
Obituaries 08-21-2013
Ida Poto Retired Seamstress Ida F. ( Scannapieco ) Poto of Winthrop, formerly of East Boston, died on August 12 at the Massachusetts General Hospital surrounded by her family. She was in her 98th year. Ida, who was employed as…
Eastie Pride is This Saturday
This weekend, residents in East Boston will be celebrating Eastie Pride. This event that started 25 years ago to bring a neighborhood together was the idea of present City Councilor Sal LaMattina, who was the community liaison with the Ray…
Tylers Achieve Their Milestone in Transforming Welfare Bldg.
After spending the past year redeveloping the old Welfare Building at 154 Maverick St. into a small business incubator space, John and Melissa Tyler announced last week that they have received their occupancy permit from the City of Boston and…
Simpson is Kiwanian of the Year
The East Boston Kiwanis Club has named Carol Simpson, a longtime community volunteer and employee of East Boston Savings Bank, the 2013 Kiwanian of the Year. Simpson, former treasurer of the Kiwanis who now serves as a board member, will…
Federal Cuts Would Impact Local Families
U.S. House Republicans are proposing to cut a crucial program that helps hundreds of families in East Boston buy food and fend off hunger throughout the year. Republicans are drafting a farm bill to cut $40 billion from the Supplemental…
We Must Prepare for Rising Sea Levels
Benjamin Franklin coined the expression 200 years ago, “You should buy land because they are not making it anymore.” Well, that may not be exactly true for the last 100 years, as all the communities on the water have been…
Thank You, Massport
Today’s Massport officials are far different from those whom our parents who lived in our community during the 1960’s had to contend with. Back in the 1960’s, Massport was an agency that just took what it wanted, regardless of the…