North End Moment: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at ABCD North End/West End Center

The ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) held its St. Patrick’s Day party on Friday, March 11th.  Nearly 5 dozen members of community, almost all of them seniors from the neighborhoods, came to the center at 1 Michelangelo Street in the North End to feast on corned beef with all the trimmings, Read More…

Neighborhood Photos: From Southie to the North End for St. Patrick’s Day

“We all feel Irish today,” says Michelle Descamps Mario with this photo from South Boston. And of course, Peter Baldassari puts a North End angle on the holiday with his lighted display at All Saint’s Way on Battery Street. Plus, it doubles in its celebration of St. Joseph’s Day on March 19th. “Neighborhood Photo” is Read More…

Life on the Corner: Erin Go Bragh

St. Patrick’s Day is an auspicious time to recall that before the North End was Italian it was Irish, inhabited by refugees trying to escape the terrible famines of the 1840’s. When they arrived here the Irish met an unyielding wall of prejudice and enmity. The original settlers of Boston, mostly Swamp Yankees, used to Read More…