Ruth Webster East Boston Resident Ruth E. (Corey) Webster of East Boston died on July 28. She was the beloved wife of the late George; devoted mother of Debra Oliveri of Winthrop, Donna Roberts of New Hampshire and the late…
Author: Times Staff
The Summer of 2012
The tragedy in Colorado has touched Americans in different ways everywhere during this otherwise lovely summer of 2012. At the Showcase Cinema complex in Revere Monday evening the theaters were evacuated during a showing of Batman. Some theater goers were…
Tammi Piermarini Becomes Third-leading Female Rider of All-time
Jockey Tammi Piermarini, who last year became just the fifth woman ever to reach the 2,000-win milestone, recorded three victories on Monday at Suffolk Downs to surpass Patti Cooksey as the third-leading female rider of all-time with 2,139 career wins.…
Obituaries 07-25-2012
Frances Baldassare East Boston Resident Frances (Surette) Baldassare of East Boston died on July 22. She was in her 92nd year. The beloved wife of the late Pasquale Baldassare with whom she shared 70 years of marriage, she was the…
Reporting For Duty
Youth from the East Boston YMCA’s summer program got to take a trip to tour the Tall Ships in Boston before the city’s Fourth of July Celebration. The tour was made possible by Save the Harbor / Save the Bay…
The Heat
July is generally hot but not generally as hot as this July has been. The entire nation, from coast to coast, from North to South from East to West, is in a slow roast bakethon with temperatures soaring into the…
An Angry Dumpster
As a result of our front-page story about the nasty dumpster on Faywood Avenue it got cleaned up. But the fact remains that this dumpster must be emptied twice a week if necessary and three times a week if necessary.…
Police Briefs 07-18-2012
July 8, 2012 An East Boston man was arrested and charged with violating an existing restraining order. German Mejia Salmeron of 44 West Eagle Street, East Boston was arrested and charged with attempted unarmed robbery. An East Boston man was…
Obituaries 07-18-2012
Elizabeth Graziani East Boston Resident Elizabeth (Visconti) Graziani of East Boston died on July 15. The beloved wife of the late Gennaro I. Graziani, she was the loving mother of Theresa Battista and her husband, Russell of Lexington, Ann Graziani…
Revere Beach to Host 9th Annual Sandcastle Event This Weekend
Under a microscope, grains of sand appear unique, colorful and majestic pieces of natural art. And they’re even more stunning when billions of those grains are corralled by professional sand sculptors and formed into amazing works of sculpture. That’s exactly…