East-Boston News

But this time not because of past arrests. A probation worker at Charlestown District Court was arrested there yesterday on charges she helped her boyfriend sell OxyContin out of their East Boston apartment.

"We've worked with all sorts of folks, from people in Falmouth, Maine, to Honeywell," Emergent Energy Group partner Jesse Gossett said last week from his office in Boston's Maverick Square.

Rafael Esquilin of 21 Staples Avenue, Everett, was arrested and charged with assault & battery with a dangerous weapon.

To find out more about ZUMIX, click here. ZUMIX, a non-profit youth music organization, is set to open in a former East Boston firehouse later this month.

While some East Boston commuters have complained the new Blue Line trains are less comfortable then their outdated and older counterparts - others like the sleek new look and added capacity.

The New England Institute of Art recently unveiled a mural on Sumner Street near Maverick square that depicts the history of East Boston and its people from the age of the clipper ship to the jet age.

Michael Bocchino, 50, allegedly swiped more than a dozen checks from the Holy Rosary Church, where he had been hired this year to do masonry work on a parish building, Conley said.

The state Senate last night passed a sweeping education bill, the most significant in more than 15 years, giving Massachusetts an edge in a scramble to compete for $250 million in federal education grants.

Governor Deval Patrick today urged the Legislature to extend its stay on Beacon Hill so lawmakers can complete work on an education reform bill that would allow the state to compete for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money.

District A-7 reports a man entering his Princeton Street apartment Wednesday night was robbed at gunpoint.

It was the first Boston Public School to earn a coveted National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation back in 2004.

An East Boston teen has been accused of carjacking a Revere pizza deliveryman at gunpoint Friday in East Boston and was arraigned in Chelsea District and will face additional charges in East Boston District Court.

Did District E7 just make UH news for something other than a stabbing or "head punching"? Progress! Speaking of which, why By Alex Howell Wed, 11/18/2009 - 5:56pm Speaking of which, why doesn't UH cover other police districts with the same intensity as they do E-7? There definitely is news concerning Dorchester, but you never see anything about ...

Boston school superintendent Carol R. Johnson tonight is revealing the names of 14 schools slated for massive overhauls, reinvention or possible closure, under a plan that would affect more than 6,000 students.

Speaker Robert A. DeLeo called Patrick's request "absurd" this afternoon and chided the governor for making his demands in the Speaker's back yard.

John Murray of Glasgow is scheduled for arraignment in East Boston District Court this morning on charges of "interfering with the flight crew" on a flight from Philadelphia to London overnight.

Revere police say the two aged 17 and 14, used a gun to hold up a Domino's delivery man and steal his car Friday night.

The MBTA is taking its first significant step toward offering real-time information on where its buses are and when they'll get to the next stop.

Of all the candidates vying for the State Housea s corner office next year, therea s one gubernatorial candidate who, if elected, would be standing up for the average Joe.

A Mattapan man was arrested on a default warrant early Wednesday morning on Randolph Street after he allegedly swiped a gold chain, worth $1,400, from an "associate" this past April.