By John Lynds Late last week, the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) announced the list of neighborhoods that will be included in the city’s Slow Streets program. Out of 47 neighborhoods from across the city that applied to in the program,…
Author: Times Staff
Imagine Boston 2030
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh “We will listen. We will learn. We will lead.” That is a promise that I made to Bostonians after being sworn in as the 54th Mayor of the City of Boston. Now, almost four years…
Letter to the Editor
EXCITING PROPOSALS Dear Editor: The new owners of Suffolk Downs, HYM Investment Group, have an exciting proposal to transform their approximate 160 acres of land in East Boston and Revere. HYM representatives have met with various community members and groups…
Outstanding Appointment
We wish to take this opportunity to congratulate State Rep. Adrian Madaro for his recent appointment by House Speaker Bob DeLeo as House co-chair of the newly created Italian Caucus of the Massachusetts legislature. The establishment of the Italian Caucus comes at the…
Sports 07-26-2017
Blue Jays reign in Senior League Festa twins, C.J. Cassaro spark team to title By Cary Shuman The Blue Jays are the champions of the East Boston Little League Senior League as a result of a potent combination of hitting,…
Obituaries 07-26-2017
Rocco “Rocky” Schirripa Former owner of Meridean Market Rocco “Rocky” Schirripa of Peabody, formerly of East Boston, died on Monday, July 24 at the age of 80. Rocco was born in Marina Gioiosa Ionica, Italy, on Aug. 21, 1936, to…
Eastie Week
Danielle Vecchio (front) looks within during a meditative portion of the Kundalini yoga class, led by yoga instructor Peggy McClellan, at the East Boston Social Centers on Thursday, July 13, as part of Eastie Week. The event was a combined…
Two Eastie Students Picked for the Umana Fellowship
By John Lynds Williams Rodriguez and Guadalupe Pena, both heading into their junior year in high school after this summer, have been picked as this year’s Mario Umana Fellowship in Public Service. Rodriguez, a student at the John D. O’Bryant…
NOAH Holds Second Climate Ready Workshop
By John Lynds Amphitheater-like seating on the water’s edge, community swimming pool docks, hilly lawns, a living marsh were some of the ideas that community members came up with at East Boston’s Neighborhood of Affordable Housing’s first Climate Ready Workshop…
Eastie Murder Suspect Caught in Texas
By John Lynds A month after 16-year-old Carlos Villatoro-Nunez’s family reported him missing, his body was found near the Bennington Street entrance of Belle Isle Marsh on December 9, 2016. His murder was part of a string of brutal gang…