The trial of the East Boston man accused of killing a 27-year-old Everett man inside King Arthur’s Lounge in Chelsea began last week and jurors visited the crime scene Monday. Jesse Camacho, 23, of East Boston, who went by the…
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Closure of Orient Heights branch is put on hold
Following a special meeting by the Boston Public Library’s Board of Trustees and threats from the state legislature to withhold BPL funding unless they kept libraries open, the trustees approved a recommendation to delay the planned closure of the Orient…
A healthy start – Ground broken on new EBHNC development
It’s a monumental project that will forever transform Maverick Square by investing federal stimulus funds to create a brand new health care facility in the area. On Monday, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) officials, joined by local elected officials…
Suffolk officials state their case for expanded gaming
Senator Anthony Petruccelli stood with Suffolk Downs Racetrack at a Senate hearing last Tuesday on expanded gaming in the state. Petruccelli testified alongside Suffolk Downs’ Chief Operating Officer Chip Tuttle saying that the benefits for his district (which includes East…
YMCA receives a Better Beaches grant
Last year, the East Boston YMCA took advantage Save the Harbor / Save the Bay’s grant program and brought a YMCA’s Beach Kick-Off Day and an end of season beach dance to Constitution Beach. The program brought public school kids…
Leo Mahoney, owner and founder of Eastern Minerals, dead at 82
Leo D. Mahoney, a Lowell businessman with substantial holdings in Chelsea and throughout the world – and with a long history of philanthropy here and wherever he did business – has died. Mr. Mahoney, whose salt pile on Marginal Street…
Chelsea Bridge plans weekend closure to complete important construction
Construction on the new Chelsea Street Bridge has moved to the East Boston side of the Chelsea Creek and the bridge’s project consultant John Vitagliano said this week closures will be limited to nighttime only, 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.…
Major hotel development about to get underway
Representatives of Hilton Homeward Suites have applied to the Building Department for a permit to construct a 100 room hotel with a large conference facility on Beach Street adjacent to the Wyndham Hotel, City Manager Jay Ash has announced. The…
City Manager Jay Ash voices his opinion at State House on casinos
Chelsea City Manager, Jay Ash who co-chairs of the Coalition for Jobs and Growth, joined a carpenter and a painter, both of whom have experienced long-term unemployment, at a press conference about the jobs that will be created around resort…
Lighten up – Petruccelli wants to overturn ban on cigar bars
The controversial decision by Boston’s Public Health Commission (BPHC) to ban smoking establishments like Tuff’s Tobacco Cigar Shop on Bennington in East Boston may be overturned at the State House. Senator Anthony Petruccelli cosponsored a bill last week that would…