This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…
Sports 12-20-2017
New Leader:Guittarr begins first season as head coach of the East Boston High School hockey team By Cary Shuman As a hard-hitting 6-foot-2-inch standout defensemen for the Pope John High School hockey team in the 1970s, Kenneth Guittarr led the…
Obituaries 12-20-2017
John Spada Of Revere, formerly of East Boston John B. Spada of Revere, formerly of East Boston, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 14 at the age of 93. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was the beloved…
Orient Heights Tree Lighting
On Sunday the Ruggiero Family in conjunction with the East Boston Chamber held the annual Orient Heights Treet Lighting. Above, a young Eastie resident points as Santa arrives in Orient.
Community Holds Vigil for Slain Eastie Teen
By John Lynds Friends, family and residents gathered on the corner of Marginal and Orleans Streets Monday evening to mourn the shooting death of an East Boston teen who, by all accounts, was a good kid on the path to…
Mural on Greenway Featuring Eastie Grandmothers Unveiled
By John Lynds Last Friday under the Sumner Street overpass at the East Boston Greenway, 94-year-old Delia Trainor stood under her family’s portrait at the new mural that was unveiled as part of the City of Boston’s “To Immigrants with…