Long-lost love letters returned to East Boston couple By John Lynds [email protected] Fifty-eight years ago he was a compositor for the East Boston Times and she was a proof reader. It was at the old Times building on the corner…
Author: Times Staff
Petruccelli: Parole Hearings Should be Put on Hold Until a Full Review is Conducted
By John Lynds [email protected] Senator Anthony Petruccelli has lead a delegation of Senate colleagues in asking the Massachusetts Parole Board to place a moratorium on all future parole hearings until a full, comprehensivereview of the Board’s policies and procedures could…
YMCA Revamps Fitness Center
By John Lynds [email protected] It’s safe to say that the new East Boston YMCA on Bremen Street has exceeded everyone’s expectations and now, five years after it first opened its doors, the staff and community are looking forward to even…
LaMattina Named City Council VP
By John Lynds [email protected] City Councilor Sal LaMattina was chosen by Council President Stephen Murphy to serve as the Council’s Vice President Monday, possibly setting up a future presidency run for LaMattina at the end of Murphy’s two year term.…
Police Briefs 01-12-2011
January 3 Lisa Ann Cavallaro of 19 Fernwood Avenue, Revere, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct & resisting arrest. January 4 Kevin Michael Hembrough of 282 Chelsea Street, East Boston, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for buying, receiving…
Tragedy in Tucson
Shooter deserves no mercy The shooting of 19 innocents, and the deaths of six more in Tucson, including a nine year-old and a Federal judge, by a lunatic who appeared to know exactly what he was doing, has shaken much…
Crystal Ball
The coming decade will bring more change During the next nine years, this neighborhood is going to change dramatically, again. Throughout the decades of this neighborhood’s modern era, it has been the example of change. The greatest changes over the…
Obituaries 01-12-2011
Joanne Ford East Boston resident Joanne M. Ford of Saratoga Street, East Boston died at the Chelsea Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on January 9 after a long illness. She was 75 years old. Born in Boston, she was the…
2010
-By John Lynds On Friday night the final seconds of 2010 ticked away and East Boston residents joined the world community and look to a new year with optimism and hope. This week the East Boston Times publishes Part II…
Murphy a Unanimous Choice to Serve as Council President
-By John Lynds [email protected] It’s been a longtime coming. At-Large City Councilor Stephen Murphy, the longest serving member of the council not to hold the presidency, was unanimously elected 12-0 Monday to serve a two-year term as Council President. “I’m…