For more than a half century East Boston’s Mary Ellen Welch has been the steward of social, political and environmental activism in the neighborhood. Welch, a longtime community activist and educator, has sought to house the poor, improve the air…
Month: December 2015
Senator Anthony Petruccelli, Man of the Year
When Senator Anthony Petruccelli announced he would resign from office in January sent a shock wave through East Boston as the community felt they were losing a very effective political leader and advocate on Beacon Hill. For 17 years Petruccelli…
Three Arraigned in Connection with Christmas Day Break-In
Lawyers for the three Lynn men charged with a home invasion on Christmas Day on Saratoga Street in East Boston are claiming the whole thing was a misunderstanding and one of the defendants was simply trying to retrieve a cell…
Year in Review:A Look at the People and Events of 2015
On Thursday night the final seconds of 2015 will tick away and East Boston residents will join the world community and look to a new year with optimism and hope. In this small community the year was filled with stories…
Letter to the Editor
Thank you NOAH To the editor, Recently, attending the 28th annual dinner for the Neighborhood Of Affordable Housing (NOAH), I found out that in the last three months, over 143 folks who went through the organization’s first time home…
Enjoy the New Year Safely
“If this is the last, let’s make it a blast!” all too often is the thought of party-goers on New Year’s Eve as we usher out the old year and ring in the new. But New Year’s Eve is a…
A New Year’s Resolution: Let Go of Our Anxiety
The intersection of the coming of a New Year and the passing of the previous one offers all of us the opportunity to pause and reflect upon both what has transpired and what awaits us. The opening lines of Alfred…
Obituaries 12-30-2015
Christopher Rudolph Zarba, Sr. Gifted composer, pianist and music educator; first conductor of the Boston Ballet Orchestra; accomplished portrait and landscape painter; lost son on 9/11 Christopher Rudolph Zarba, Sr. of Winthrop, previously of Medford and East Boston, passed away…
Merry Christmas from Santa and the Kiwanis
On Monday, December 21 the students at the Patrick J. Kennedy Elementary School on Saratoga Street got a special visit from Santa Claus, courtesy of the East Boston Kiwanis Club. The Kiwanis have had a longstanding relationship with the Kennedy…
Veteran,Don Tabbut Visits Guild Students
Story and photo by Marianne Salza Although it has been more than seven decades since the surprise Japanese strike on American soil at Pearl Harbor, World War II Navy veteran Don Tabbut still vividly remembers the devastating attack. On Dec.…