Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata and Sebastian Zapata were married in a May ceremony at Glen Magna Farms in Danvers, Massachusetts. The bride and groom were surrounded by their beloved family and closest friends including Gabriela’s parents, Edmund Coletta…
Month: July 2024
Events Happening in the Boston area
Wednesday, July 3 Cheer on USS Constitution’s Independence Day underway and celebrate our Military Community at the free Huzzah! Salute to Service Block Party! Constitution will depart Charlestown Navy Yard, cruise through Boston Harbor, and pass Fort Independence in South…
MassDOT Advises Travelers to Plan Ahead for Busy Fourth of July Travel
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is advising travelers to plan ahead and expect increased volumes of traffic for the Fourth of July holiday period. If traveling, MassDOT recommends utilizing “real time” travel tools, checking holiday schedules for public transportation, and planning…
Happy Fourth of July
With the Fourth of July falling on a Thursday this year, many of us will be enjoying an extra-long holiday weekend for which the weather hopefully will cooperate. The Fourth of July brings back fond recollections from our youth, when…
Enjoy a “Safe and Sane” Fourth
Back at the turn of the last century (i.e., 1900), newspapers exhorted their readers to observe a “safe and sane” Fourth of July. That’s because in communities big and small all across America, the founding of our nation had become…
Obituaries 07-03-2024
Vincenzo “Jimmy” Grasso A proud, hardworking and friendly person Vincenzo S. “Jimmy” Grasso of East Boston passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at 98 years of age. He was predeceased in 2013 by his wife of 63 years,…