A neighborhood is in shock and a family is grieving after a bank robbery in Saugus Friday turned deadly a few miles away in Malden and left one suspect from Eastie dead and another behind bars. Gabriel Megna, 48, of…
Representative Basile’s Night with Supporters Proves a Point
The upstairs function room at Spinelli’s last Thursday night was packed from front to back and all around with the supporters of Rep. Carlo Basile who attended a fundraiser there for their man. The fundraiser proved several things. First, Basile…
The Mayor’s Charity
Mayor Thomas Menino has named everyone who has given to the mayor’s city charity. Everyone included in that long and generous list of donors should wear their names being on that list as a medal of honor – for it…
EBMHL Playoff Stage is Set, EBYC Claims Regular Season Crown
The third season of the EBMHL came to a close last Tuesday evening at Eastie’s Porazzo Rink. After 27 weeks of fantastic hockey action, for the second season in a row, the East Boston Yacht Club clinched first place, the…
Obituaries 03-28-2012
Patrick Pisano Saugus Resident Patrick C. Pisano of Saugus, formerly of East Boston, died on March 23 following a brief illness. He was 84 years old. A US Army veteran of World War II, he was the beloved husband of…
City Aid Now Available for Triple Deckers
They are what give East Boston much of its character. Triple-deckers built at the turn of the last century provided blue-collar families the opportunity to own homes and keep family close. For decades the first, second and third floors of…