Adrian Madaro was elected to the First Suffolk District seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in a special election Tuesday in East Boston. Madaro, the Democratic nominee, garnered 90 percent of the vote in besting Independent candidate Joanne Pomodoro.…
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Breakfast Fundraiser for Y Scheduled for this Thursday
National studies show that the quality of care that infants and toddlers receive has a direct and long-lasting effect on a child’s healthy development and future success in school. Yet in Massachusetts, child care cost are among the highest in…
Neighbors Hear More about Loftel Project
Paul Roiff, a hotel developer and restauranteur known for several high-end projects in Boston, has had his sights set on a former industrial building on Orleans Street in East Boston for several months. Roiff, owner of such celebrated restaurants as…
No Fooling, Street Cleaning Starts on April 1 in Boston
Mayor Martin Walsh and City Councilor Sal LaMattina are reminding residents that street sweeping in East Boston will begin today (April 1) and are urging residents to help the city begin to clean up the streets. With one of the…
Madaro or Pomodoro? East Boston Voters Set to Pick Their New State Representative March 31
East Boston voters will head to the polls Tuesday to select Adrian Madaro or Joanne T. Pomodoro as their new state representative. Madaro, 26, former chief of staff to State Rep. Carlo Basile, defeated four other candidates in a hard-fought…
East Boston’s Marion Costigan: Sweeps Her Sidewalk Daily
Marion Costigan is being hailed as an example of community pride-an example we should all follow in East Boston. Each day Costigan heads outside with a broom and trash bags and cleans in front of her Bennington Street home in…
ZBA Approves Mixed-Use: Development in Jeffries Pt.
With the support of the Mayor’s Office, Senator Anthony Petruccelli and Councilor Salvatore LaMattina the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a mixed-use development in Jeffries Point. The project approved by the ZBA will reuse the now defunct Oscar’s…
Community: News Briefs
East Boston “K” Trust 2015 College Scholarships The East Boston “K” Trust is now accepting college scholarship applications from qualified high school seniors. Applications are accepted from all high school seniors who are East Boston residents (one year minimum) regardless…
You Might Not Know His Name; But Everyone Knew His ‘Sinkers’: William Scantlebury, Owner of Betty Ann’s, Dies at Age 65’
William J. Scantlebury, arguably the baker of the best donuts on the eastern seaboard, has died. Scantlebury, who continued a 75 year old family tradition as the owner of Betty Ann Food Shop on the corner of Bennington and Moore…
Airport Impacts Released:Study Shows That There Are No Significant Enviornmental Impacts
At a community meeting Monday night, Massport released the findings to an eight-year study that measured the environmental impacts of Logan Airport’s Centerfield Taxiway that was constructed in 2008. As part of its Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) commitment Massport…