The common good Letter to the Editor My family has been in East Boston for three generations. We had a typesetting company that owned half of the Times Free Press for just a short time. As a teen I learned…
Never Too Early to Start
Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty has re-introduced a zoning text amendment to limit the number of marijuana shops in a certain geographic area. Flaherty is calling for no more than one shop per one mile radius. This makes sense to…
This Is Everyone’s Fight
Mayor Martin J. Walsh made clear to local parents last Thursday night that Boston, state, federal and Suffolk County officials are addressing the recent spike in violent crimes in our neighborhood, both with programs aimed at deterring local youths from…
Obituaries 02-17-2016
Joan Foster-Goggin NE Tel & Tel retiree Joan M. (O’Leary) Goggin, a 55-year resident of Revere, formerly of East Boston, passed away on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14 at the West Revere Nursing Center after a long illness. She was…
Nucci Appointment to Massport Draws Praise
By Cary Shuman East Boston residents and legislators are lauding the appointment of one of the neighborhood’s favorite sons, John Nucci, to the Massachusetts Port Authority Board of Directors. Nucci lives in East Boston and understands the impacts of Logan…
LaMattina Fights to keep MBTA Late Night Service Up and Running
By John Lynds Many of his constituents rely on the MBTA’s late night service to go back and forth to overnight shifts in Boston so it comes as no surprise that City Councilor Sal LaMattina is fighting to keep this…