Piers Park Sailing Center on Boston Harbor last week hosted the U.S. Sailing’s Chubb U.S. Junior Sailing Championship. The country’s best junior sailors competed in the national semi-finals with the winners advancing to the National Championship in San Diego at…
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The track’s time is now – Officials honor the oval’s rich history, look forward to better days ahead
Seventy Five years ago the nation was in the throws of the Great Depression, a gigantic dust bowl raged in America’s prairie lands and Franklin D. Roosevelt was pitching his New Deal to the country. On the marshy border between…
Boston Police District 7 Annual Basketball Tournament – Sunday, June 27 at LoPresti Park in East Boston
Each year the officers from District 7 and surrounding neighborhoods join forces to run a summer basketball camp and tournament for young kids and teens. Dubbed the Boston Ballers program, the day long tournament brings young kids together, most of…
CHS Track
Senior Xavier Ortiz competed in the All-State Track and Field championship on Saturday, June 5th at Westfield State College. He competed in the 200 meters where he was seeded 15th out of 28 competitors. Ortiz ran a personal best 22.71…
Apprentice jockey notches first career victory on the Eastie oval
Apprentice jockey Jorge Fuller Vargas, son of former New England jockeys Abby Fuller and Jorge Vargas, recorded the first win of his career on Saturday at Suffolk Downs before an appreciative crowd of 6,813. After trailing the field for the…
Thanks, Senator – Petruccelli saves Logan Airport health study
We are pleased to announce officially that Senator Anthony Petruccelli has performed a small miracle by getting the funding available to complete the health study which was dropped by the state after nearly ten years of work because of a…
Give the McKay School an ‘A’ for ‘Athletic’
For the past three years the Donald McKay’s physical education teacher has been doing something remarkable for his students and school without much hype or fanfare. Each year Tom Levett made his school the host of the Clipper 5K Walk…
Sisters help power Northeastern to a club championship
Sisters Breanna and McKenzie Powers, lifelong residents of East Boston and graduates of East Boston High School play for the Northeastern University Women’s Club Hockey Team. After a perfect 24-0-0 season the Huskies were off to Minneapolis, MN for the…
Sousa and Amodeo honored by Gridiron Club
East Boston High School head football coach John Sousa and senior captain Brandon Amodeo were honored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston and the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association at their 12th annual high school football awards banquet.…
St. Mary’s Cheerleading team advances to New Englands; three Eastie residents on the squad
By Cary Shuman The St. Mary’s High School (Lynn) basketball cheerleading squad, led by coach Beverly Richards Buckley, has earned a berth in the New England Cheerleading Tournament. The squad claimed its spot among the elite as a result of…