It is the right time and we are in the right place to urge the Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, to make haste in bringing to the floor of the House a new version of the expanded gambling bill.…
Author: Times Staff
Smooth Sailing: EBYC Clinches Top Seed as Playoffs Approach
With two weeks remaining, EBYC has secured the #1 seed in the EBMHL playoffs and the Regular Season crown. As the remaining 6 teams jockey for position you can be sure that it is going to come down to the…
Police Briefs 03-09-2011
Monday, February 28 Phillip Falcucci of 120 Winthrop Parkway, Revere, was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Tuesday, March 1 Richard Nunez of 30 Falcon Street, East Boston, was arrested and charged with assault & battery by means of a dangerous…
Obituaries 03-09-2011
Angelina Rotondo Nurse’s Aide, Member of Red Hat Society and Winthrop Senior Center Angelina L. Rotondo of Lewis Avenue, Winthrop died at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston on February 28 after a brief illness. She was 81 years old. Born…
Strike Up the Broadband
Councillor Sal Lamattina, Comcast Senior VP Steve Hackley and Mayor Thomas M. Menino are picturedwith Juliana Grillo of the East Boston Salesian Boys and Girls Club at last Friday’s broadbandinternet event at the Chinatown Neighborhood Center. The Salesians Boys and…
Woody’s Makes a Pitch for Expansion at OHNC Meeting
By John Lynds [email protected] Neighbors of Woody’s Liquors on Saratoga Street in Orient Heights are unwilling to support any expansion of John Wood’s business until he cleans up his act and shows he can be a better neighbor. At…
East Boston Man, 40, Faces Numerous Charges Following a Shooting on Maverick Street
By John Lynds [email protected] An East Boston man led police on a wild chase through the Sumner Tunnel after shooting a man on Maverick Street. Richard Nunez, 40 of East Boston was eventually arrested and charged with Assault…
From the Top Down – Decorated Officer Convicted of Fraud
By John Lynds [email protected] He was picked as America’s Top Cop, was a candidate for Ward I City Council and the 2005 East Boston Times Man of the Year, but now Boston Police Detective Eliezer Gonzalez can add a…
And They’re Off! – Live Racing Set to Return to Suffolk Downs
As we head toward spring and the rebirth of everything frozen and covered with snow and ice for months already, at least we do so in the knowledge that there will likely be 80 days of professional horse racing taking…
Expensive Holidays – This Experiment isn’t Adding Up
The so-called Suffolk County hack holidays – Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day – were literally done away with last year when the governor agreed with the Legislature that more money would be saved than is spent keeping Suffolk County…