Another year of our lives is coming to a close. The year is ending not with a bang, but rather, with a whimper, as TS Eliot might have written of it. It was the best of years. It was the…
Police Blotter 29-12-2010
Monday, December 20 Joshua David Lepage of 22 Marion Street, East Boston, was arrested and charged with assault & battery and destruction of personal property. Tuesday, December 21 Frank Chaparro of 268 Princeton Street, East Boston, was arrested on a…
Obituaries 29-12-2010
Dorothy Carco Formerly of East Boston Dorothy E. (d’Este) Carco, formerly of Malden and East Boston, died on December22. She was in her 94th year. She was the wife of the late Louis J. Carco; devoted mother of Emanuel J.…
An Open Book
Details Unveiled During Meeting; New Facility Will Be Built Near the Bremen Street Park; Cost Estimated at $11.3m By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com Planners of East Boston new state-of-the-art library unveiled their plans to the community at a special meeting held…
La Vigilia; Christmas Eve Means Fish for Italian Families
For the Free Press On Christmas Eve in Boston, while little tykes will lay nestled in their beds dreaming of sugar plum fairies and such, many Italian American families will be feasting on fishes. For generations of Italians, Christmas Eve…
Developer Plans to Turn Savio High School into Condos
By John Lynds john@eastietimes.com There’s a plan in the works to turn the former Savio High School into 24 market-rate condominiums, a development that could be another positive impact for East Boston’s Star of the Sea neighborhood. The Coliseum Investment…