-By John Lynds [email protected] East Boston’s population grew by 5.5 percent since 2000 and has officially become a minority majority neighborhood according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Department. As of 2010 the population of Eastie had grown…
Petruccelli’s Expanded Gambling Bill a Roadmap the Governor will Approve
Our State Senator Anthony Petruccelli has filed legislation that provides for an expanded gambling bill that the Senate would likely pass and which he would like to place on the governor’s desk in a matter of weeks. Our Representative Carlo…
Patrick Sullivan Awarded Boston Bruins Sportsmanship Award
By John Lynds [email protected] Patrick Sullivan, a junior forward for the East Boston High School hockey team was recently awarded the 2010 Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (MIAA)-Boston Bruins Sportsmanship Award. Sullivan is known as a team leaders on the ice…
Obituaries 04-06-2011
Rev. Rocco Crescenzi Longtime Administrator and Director of Don Orione Nursing Home Rev. Rocco Crescenzi, son of Domenic and Philomena, died at the Don Orione Nursing Home on April 3 after a brief illness. He was 95 years old. He…
Police Briefs 04-06-2011
Monday, March 28, 2011 Terina Smith of 100 Meridian Street, East Boston, was arrested on several outstanding warrants. Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Martir Jacobo Alvarez of 67 Condor Street, East Boston, was arrested on several outstanding warrants. John Giannino of…
Greenway Headway
[email protected] Proponents of the plan to connect East Boston’s park system with a “greenway extension” won a small victory this week as the Boston Conservation Commission granted a two-week delay of their decision on a buffer between the neighborhood and…