North End Moment: “Or Worse”

Friday News & Views – Feast A Palooza!

[forecast] What’s Going On Friday, August 17, 2012: It is the peak of feast season in the North End as the Hanover/Battery Street feasts transition to the Big Two … Fisherman’s and St. Anthony’s.  This weekend is the 102nd Fisherman’s Feast in Honor of Madonna Del Soccorso Di Sciacca opened on Thursday night with the Read More…

Neighborhood View: Postcard from the North End Waterfront

This postcard was mailed to someone in Ohio May 18, 1917, according to North End / Waterfront resident Bob Skole who scanned it into this digital image. He notes, “You can see the elevated railway on Commercial St. I guess the wharf at the far right is T-wharf. And the one at far left is Read More…

Photo of the Day: Supermoon Lights Up Boston Harbor

The full moon on June 23, 2013 is a “supermoon” meaning it’s the closest and largest full moon of the year. The moon’s orbit around the Earth is slightly elliptical so when it’s as close as this, the moon looks much larger than usual. That’s a plane flying over the moon as it takes off Read More…