Month: November 2017

‘Hyphen’

As a first-generation Salvadorian American growing up in East Boston, Maria Servellón tried to distinguish where her Salvadorian and American sides began and ended. She remembers speaking English inside and outside of school; but at home, the only child spoke…

JPNA Votes Down Bar Proposal

By John Lynds There was audible gasp from the crowd when the vote against a new bar and restaurant proposed for the former East Boston Kitchen (EBK) on Sumner Street was read at Monday night’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association meeting.…

Police Briefs 11-15-2017

District Seven Police Report November 4, 2017 No Arrest.   November 5, 2017 Around 4:00pm in the area of Monmouth Street East Boston, a white Hispanic male from East Boston was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct. Around 5:30pm District…

Obituaries 11-15-2017

Josephine Chianca Died peacefully Josephine (Luiso) Chianca died peacefully surrounded by her family on November 12 at the age of 96. The beloved wife of the late Louis “Gigi” Chianca, she was the devoted mother of Louis “Butch” Chianca and his late wife, Joanne…