Month: August 2017

Letter to the Editor

Putting us first Dear editor: As someone deeply invested in East Boston, I want to ensure that our next City Councilor has a record of local engagement and activism.  I appreciate the fact that Stephen Passacantilli has been active in…

Another Alcohol-Related Tragedy

Perhaps it is because we have children who are teenagers, but the news Monday morning of the death of a 16-year-old girl on the Merrimack River in a jet-ski accident in which alcohol allegedly was involved hit us particularly hard.…

Obituaries 08-16-2017

Ronald Catena Boston and Florida public and political activist Ronald A. Catena of Ft. Lauderdale Florida, formerly of East Boston and Revere, passed away on August 3 at Holy Cross Hospital, Florida after a short battle with cancer. Ron spent…

City Pulls Eastie Snapchat Filter Icon

By John Lynds The City of Boston’s technology department got a little ahead of itself the other day and tweeted out the city’s new Snapchat filter icons for each neighborhood. While Dorchester’s icon was a triple-decker, Roxbury’s was the Fort…