Author: Times Staff

Lending a Helping Hand

Mayor-elect Marty Walsh pitches in during Representative Carlo Basile’s annual Thanksgiving Day dinner for low-income residents in East Boston. Walsh spent over an hour in Eastie handing out meals to families in Eastie.

Orient Heights MBTA Station

Orient Heights MBTA station was the forgotten child in the MBTA’s Blue Line modernization project. As Wood Island, Suffolk Downs, Airport and Maverick stations were all refurbished, the first two mentioned in rapid succession, budget woes and state fiscal problems…

Marty Walsh

Putting political differences aside is never an easy thing but Mayor-elect Marty Walsh showed he is a man above the fray. Last week Walsh reached out to Representative Carlo Basile, who was a supporter of John Connolly during the Mayor’s…

Police Briefs 12-04-2013

November 25, 2013 Phillip Larosa of 262 Lexington Street, East Boston was arrested on Saratoga Street and charged with breaking & entering of a dwelling in the daytime and disturbing the peace. November 26, 2013 No Arrest. November 27, 2013…

MEB Hockey Roundup

M.E.B. skates into the holiday season. Don’t miss the Home for the Holidays Adult Street Hockey Tournament being held outside at the Linden School in Malden on Nov. 30 starting at 8:00 am. Boston Bruins alumni will be on hand,…

Obituaries 12-04-2013

Helen Papa Accomplished Woman, Worked Until Age 90 Helen J. ( Pucillo ) Papa of Revere, formerly of East Boston, passed away on November 30. She was in her 95th year. Helen was an accomplished women who held several jobs…

Give Thanks for Thanksgiving

Although a Harris poll a few years back revealed that Christmas is the favorite holiday of the year among all age groups of Americans, we think that Thanksgiving, our uniquely American holiday, has much more to recommend it than Christmas.…

Remember Those in Need

Although the economists tell us that the recovery from the Great Recession is still a slow one, the bottom line is that for most Americans, things are going well and getting better compared to a few years ago. But for…

Obituaries 11-27-2013

Theresa ‘Chickie’ Cipriano School Supervisor for the Boston Police Department, East Boston Community Activist Theresa M. “Chickie” (DeFronzo) Cipriano of East Boston died on November 23 surrounded by her loving family. A school supervisor for the Boston Police Department, Chickie…