BOSTON – One of the leaders of a local MS-13 clique has agreed to plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy.
Edwin Amaya Mejia Alvarado, a/k/a “Duende,” 22, a Salvadoran national previously residing in East Boston, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, commonly referred to as racketeering or...
Wide coalition organized and applied pressure as the clock ticked on this year's legislative session. What follows is an open letter from the Italian American Alliance.
Dear Honorable Speaker Ronald Mariano,
Thank you for supporting the cause of social justice and standing up for the Italian-American community of Massachusetts by preserving Columbus Day. In the month of July we had written...
This past weekend, East Boston was bursting with all kinds of activities. Bravo making the diverse neighborhood all the more attractive.
One of the busiest weekends in recent memory. Here's what we saw South to North in East Boston.
The East Boston Latin Music Festival (Photo credits: EastBoston.com and the office of Senator Lydia Edwards)
Up at Constitution Beach a fundraiser for...
Update 9/13/22. After contacting the office of District 1 City Councilor Gabriela Coletta yesterday, we were mildly delighted to see most of the filth removed from underneath the overpass. Thank you Councilor Coletta for hearing us out. What's striking, as we said earlier, is that no resident bothered to do something about the problem. Sometimes it pays to shame...
New England premiere of short film about East Boston artist set for September 17
The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival (NDFF) has selected the short film “The Beautiful Worlds of David Riley” for their 2022 film festival. The film will be shown Saturday, September 17 at 11:30 AM at The Screening Room theater on State Street in downtown Newburyport as part...
Today the MBTA announced a new ferry service project that will operate between East Boston at Lewis Mall and the downtown Boston area at Long Wharf beginning Monday, September 12. The MBTA last offered ferry service from Lewis Mall in the spring of 2022 as an alternative to shuttle buses when Blue Line service was suspended for tunnel maintenance....
by MIKE FREEDBERG
SPECIAL TO EASTBOSTON.COM
On Tuesday, a very small turnout of Democratic primary voters of East Boston chose their nominees for statewide office, and doing so, made a significant statement about that they want the Democratic Party message to be: moderation. Common sense reforms, competence over ideology.
That was the chief takeaway in the most competitive local race. Suffolk District...
2nd Annual Anna’s Monster Dash 5K and 1 Mile Kids Fun Run will be held Sunday October 16, 2022 at Salesian Boys & Girls Club of East Boston. Anna Coviello Noviello Memorial Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charity that will award a deserving student(s) receiving a catholic education.
This foundation was established in 2021 by Anna’s twin sisters Antonietta O’Toole...
For some kids in Eastie, half ball was the game of choice. All you needed was a stick (an old broom) a "pimple ball" cut in half, a curb and a nice quiet street. No gloves were needed. Concrete took the place of grass, which was in short supply back in the day.
Today, current and former residents who...
Three graduates from East Boston will receive the Thomas M. Menino Scholarship, a prestigious four-year, full-tuition scholarship awarded to high school seniors graduating from Boston Public Schools. And, five students from East Boston will receive the Boston University Community Service Award program, which fully funds calculated financial need without loans for any admitted Boston Public Schools graduate and transfer...
The Committee in Support of an East Boston Haul Road has been launched. Members of this committee include Joseph Steffano, Deysi Gutierrez, Michael McCormack and Mariellen Dalton.
Its purpose will be to create a Haul Road and Waterfront Pedestrian and Bike Pathway from the abandoned MassDOT property along Chelsea Creek. The result will remove significant truck traffic from McClellan Highway...
East Boston Republican Ward Committee endorses Diehl and Allen
Members of the East Boston Republican Ward Committee met in August and voted unanimously to endorse Republican candidate for Governor Geoff Diehl and Republican candidate for Lt. Governor Leah Cole Allen in the upcoming Statewide Primary to be held on Tuesday September 6, 2022.
The East Boston Republican Ward Committee...
