Representative Carlo Basile added a local referendum amendment to the House casino bill that passed last week to ensure East Boston residents would be able to vote whether or not they want a resort-style casino in their backyard. Basile’s amendment…
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Rev. Kilmartin, at 50; revived St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Church
Reverend John Kilmartin, F.D.P., a man credited with awaking a parish that was sleepily heading into extinction, has died. Rev. Kilmartin, pastor of St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Church in East Boston passed away on Saturday, April 17 following a brief illness.…
What community policing is all about
On a warm Friday afternoon Sergeant George Carino and Community Police Officer Gary Marino were in the neighborhood working a traffic detail for East Boston’s annual Good Friday procession when they were approached by a group of teens hanging out,…
Petruccelli abstains, but bill moves forward
Senator Anthony Petruccelli, who represents the district most likely to host a full-scale, resort-style casino, was one of five senators who abstained from taking part in a vote by a key legislative committee supporting casino gaming in the state. The…
Project is on time and on budget
The very attractive, and very tall, Chelsea Street Bridge being built to replace the aging drawbridge is still on track and on budget according to Consultant for the project, John Vitagliano. Now visible from East Boston, the set of steel…
Meetings scheduled on New Street Development
It could be the waterfront development project that gives other developers that have been dragging their feet for the better part of decade the confidence to put shovels in the ground along East Boston’s shoreline. This month there will be…
BPL meets with East Boston residents about closures, how they affect the neighborhood
By John Lynds [email protected] At a meeting hosted by the Boston Public Library’s President Amy Ryan inside the Harborside Community Center Saturday, the discussion ranged from the inability of one strategically placed ‘new’ library in East Boston to serve the…
LaMattina partners with NUBE to boost participation
By John Lynds [email protected] Two weeks ago, Mayor Thomas Menino was in East Boston to encourage the immigrant community to take part, and pride for that matter, in this year’s census. However, elected officials and community leaders are concerned that…
Cahill gets to work
By John Lynds [email protected] Treasurer Tim Cahill was right back where he feels most comfortable campaigning–here among the blue collared people of the North Shore. In his bid to capture the Massachusetts Governor’s seat, Cahill made campaign stops last week…
Is there any way to clean up these dishes?
Last week while driving down Saratoga Street I noticed a Direct TV employee up on a ladder drilling a satellite dish onto the side of a home that already had four other dishes hanging off the side of the building.…