It was his first piece of legislation back when he was a young state representative almost a decade ago. And Senator Anthony Petruccelli is still fighting for funding for a comprehensive study by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)…
Author: John Lynds
Better Beaches Small Grants program makes for a better summer at the ‘Y’
The highly successful grant program that allowed for community-wide beach activities sponsored by the East Boston YMCA is back. Last week, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay announced the return of their Better Beaches Small Grants Program, made possible by a…
What it means for the neighborhood
Mayor Thomas Menino recently met with editors of Boston’s various community newspapers to discuss the budget he submitted to the City Council this month and the impacts his FY2011 budget would have on each editor’s respective communities. In a frank…
A better shade of green
East Boston resident Tina St. Gelais and her daughter, Natalia, got a thrill of a lifetime last Thursday afternoon as Mayor Thomas Menino personally delivered a new single-stream recycling bin to the family’s 11 Princeton Street home. Menino and the…
Basile helps lead House effort to prevent closings
Representative Carlo Basile stands in front of the soon-to-be closed Orient Heights Branch Library Monday afternoon and says he’s sick of seeing churches, schools and libraries close in his neighborhood. Now, Basile is playing hardball against the Boston Public Library’s…
Basile casts a vote for an Eastie-only referendum
Representative Carlo Basile added a local referendum amendment to the House casino bill that passed last week to ensure East Boston residents would be able to vote whether or not they want a resort-style casino in their backyard. Basile’s amendment…
Rev. Kilmartin, at 50; revived St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Church
Reverend John Kilmartin, F.D.P., a man credited with awaking a parish that was sleepily heading into extinction, has died. Rev. Kilmartin, pastor of St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Church in East Boston passed away on Saturday, April 17 following a brief illness.…
What community policing is all about
On a warm Friday afternoon Sergeant George Carino and Community Police Officer Gary Marino were in the neighborhood working a traffic detail for East Boston’s annual Good Friday procession when they were approached by a group of teens hanging out,…
Project is on time and on budget
The very attractive, and very tall, Chelsea Street Bridge being built to replace the aging drawbridge is still on track and on budget according to Consultant for the project, John Vitagliano. Now visible from East Boston, the set of steel…
Meetings scheduled on New Street Development
It could be the waterfront development project that gives other developers that have been dragging their feet for the better part of decade the confidence to put shovels in the ground along East Boston’s shoreline. This month there will be…