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,…
Author: Times Staff
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…
BPDA Approves Three Local Projects
By John Lynds At last week’s Boston Planning and Development Agency’s (BPDA) July meeting. officials approved three East Boston projects that will add 161 residential units to the neighborhood. The board approved the projects at 114 Orleans St., 99 Sumner…
Turning 100:EBNHC Patient Frances Resnick Celebrates a Milestone
By John Lynds Frances Resnick is a ball of energy. She’s sharp as a tack, spunky and full of stories. Resnick loves to meet new people and loves to have conversations and later this month she will turn 100-years-old, on…
Letter to the Editor
We need to work together to solve the opioid crisis TO THE EDITOR, As a Reagan Democrat who voted for Donald Trump last November, I am not a Trumpocrat. What his son Donald Trump Jr. did meeting with Russians who…
Thank You, Bob Anthony
Bob Anthony compiled an outstanding win-and-loss record in his 17 years as the head coach of the East Boston High School ice hockey team, building the Jets into one of top teams in Boston, year in and year out. But…