This week — April 4 to be precise — marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King as he stood on a balcony of a Memphis motel room. Dr. King had come to Memphis to support…
Santos and Chisolm Take Over the Marty Pino Basketball Division of EBYBL
For seven seasons Anthony Pino did a great job directing “The Marty Pino Division” of the East Boston Youth Basketball League. In April of last year he accepted the position of Executive Chef at the Cunard Tavern on Orleans Street.…
Obituaries 04-04-2018
Theodore Jeveli Owner and manager of Jeveli’s Restaurant for over 40 years Theodore A. ‘Ted’ Jeveli of Winthrop passed away on March 16. He was 94 years old. Ted was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and the…
Trucks Getting Stuck Again Under Neptune Road Viaduct
East Boston’s elected officials and District 7 Captain Kelly McCormick have expressed their frustrations over the lack of use of the Marty Coughlin Bypass Road—a half-mile road extending under Day Square to Chelsea Street designed to remove Logan Airport related…
Mayor Walsh Adds Second Ambulance to East Boston
A bone of contention for decades in East Boston is the fact that the neighborhood has had only one dedicated ambulance stationed. With Eastie geographic isolation from the rest of Boston, coupled with the fact that the only dedicated Boston…
Appreciation:Benny Tauro, Businessman, Community Leader, Passes at 85
Benito “Benny” Tauro, the soft-spoken East Boston businessman, community leader and philanthropist who spent a lifetime fighting to protect the quality of life for residents and preserve the neighborhood’s Italian-American culture, has died. Mr. Tauro, or ‘Benny’ as he was…