Author: Times Staff

The Mayor’s Charity

Mayor Thomas Menino has named everyone who has given to the mayor’s city charity. Everyone included in that long and generous list of donors should wear their names being on that list as a medal of honor – for it…

Obituaries 03-28-2012

Patrick Pisano Saugus Resident Patrick C. Pisano of Saugus, formerly of East Boston, died on March 23 following a brief illness. He was 84 years old. A US Army veteran of World War II, he was the beloved husband of…

Interest Rates

There is one advantage to the low interest rates even in an economic environment where there appears to be no upside to real estate investments. That is, with interest rates so unbelievably low, investment in real estate causes our interest…

Obituaries 03-21-2012

Joan Porcelli East Boston resident Joan A. Porcelli died unexpectedly in East Boston on March 6.She was the beloved daughter of the late Elizabeth (DePalma) and Joseph Porcelli; sister of the late Gloria McLaughlin, Lorraine DiGiorgio and John Porcelli. She…

What’s Holding Eastie Back?

It has been about three months since Mayor Menino announced that he was creating a development scenario for East Boston’s waterfront that would reincarnate the waterfront. The East Boston waterfront was to go from something largely underutilized to something booming…

Obituaries 03-14-2012

Sophia Maria Tuttavilla Helped Establish Community Center Sophia Maria “Mary” (DeFilippo) Tuttavilla died in East Boston on March 10. Mrs. Tuttavilla and her daughters were one of the first families to take up residence in Brandywyne Village and she had…