Anyone in Greater Boston who got a rose on Valentine’s Day likely had that rose pass through the New England Flower Exchange in Chelsea. Located in a formerly vacant warehouse, the new hub of Valentine’s Day – and every other…
Month: February 2018
Police Briefs 02-14-2018
District Seven Police Report February 4, 2018 Around 02:30 am in the area of 305 Meridian Street a White Hispanic Male with an address in East Boston was arrested and charged with Unarmed Breaking & Entering, Assault & Battery and…
Ban Plastic Bags
There are 61 communities in Massachusetts including the City of Boston that have placed a ban on those horrible plastic shopping bags and the City of Revere is poised to become number 62 after Revere City Council members Steve Morabito…
Obituaries 02-14-2018
George Hoey, Sr. Longtime political activist George J. Hoey Sr., an East Boston native, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 4 with his family around him at his home in North East, Maryland after a long battle with cancer. George, who…
Craft Table and Bar Opens at the Former Ecco
After a week of promoting the restaurant that has replaced Ecco, which closed last year, owner of Craft Table & Bar on Porter Street couldn’t have been more happy with the turnout Friday during the new restaurant’s grand opening. Frank…
Appreciation:Gerald ‘Sully’ Sullivan, Longtime Savio Prep Teacher, Dies at 69
Incoming freshman entering Gerald Sullivan’s English Class at Savio Prep in East Boston were met with a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson written on the blackboard. The poem, Richard Cory, told a narrative of a very successful man that had…
Police Arrest Man in Connection with Armed Robbery, Indecent Exposure
At a community meeting Monday evening District 7 Community Officer Dan Simons and Sergeant Jimmy Martin announced that police have arrested a man they believe was responsible for the armed robbery and indecent exposure incident involving a mother and her…
40 Years Ago the Blizzard of 78 Struck Eastie
Monday, Feb 5 marked the 40th Anniversary of when the Blizzard of 78 formed over the Northeast. Over the next two days, snow, wind, white out conditions and coastal flooding caused more than $520 million ($1.95 billion in todays money)…
Massport Sends Out RFP for Piers Park Phase III
The dilapidated pier adjacent to Piers Park, and also the future Piers Park II is being eyed by Massport as the future site of a third waterfront park. Last week Massport announced it has sent out a Request for Proposals…
These Days a Simple Lot Subdivision Becomes a Controversial Project
The fear and panic of overdevelopment among East Boston’s older residents, and increasingly more and more newcomers, has become involved in so much red tape that a simple subdivision of a lot takes five community meetings, abutters meetings and a…