Mayor Thomas Menino recently met with editors of Boston’s various community newspapers to discuss the budget he submitted to the City Council this month and the impacts his FY2011 budget would have on each editor’s respective communities. In a frank…
Special Anniversary – Here’s to hoping Suffolk Downs celebrates another 75 years in East Boston
In our rapidly changing society, just about nothing remains the same forever. Not much remains the same for five years anymore. How about an East Boston business being around for more than seven decades and announcing it is celebrating its…
Arrest Report 04-28-2010
Monday, April 19 Juan Fernando of 121 Bloomingdale Street, Chelsea, was arrested on several outstanding warrants. Victor Gonzalez of 12 Elm Street, Lynn, was arrested and charged with operating without a license. Tuesday, April 20 Ernesto Gonzalez of 249 Lexington…
Obituaries 04-28-2010
Alberto Carrion New Bedford resident Alberto Carrion of New Bedford, formerly of Mission Hill, died on April 23. He was the beloved father of Minerva "Minnie" Carrion of Revere and Kenneth "ABJ" Carrion of East Boston; cherished grandfather of Reinaldo…
A better shade of green
East Boston resident Tina St. Gelais and her daughter, Natalia, got a thrill of a lifetime last Thursday afternoon as Mayor Thomas Menino personally delivered a new single-stream recycling bin to the family’s 11 Princeton Street home. Menino and the…
Basile helps lead House effort to prevent closings
Representative Carlo Basile stands in front of the soon-to-be closed Orient Heights Branch Library Monday afternoon and says he’s sick of seeing churches, schools and libraries close in his neighborhood. Now, Basile is playing hardball against the Boston Public Library’s…