Month: March 2011
Business Health & Environment

North End Community Health Center Celebrates 30 Years of Electronic Medical Records

by Marianne Aiello

Thirty years ago, physicians at the North End Community Health Center put down paper patient charts for good as the health center became the first in Massachusetts to begin using electronic medical records.

In 1981, the health center was chosen for a pilot program to adopt the then-new technology. No other community health center in the state was utilizing electronic medical records at that time.

“It was an exciting time because it was new, groundbreaking, and a pilot program,” says Diane Tanso, transportation supervisor at the health center.
Arts & Culture Schools

Spring Offerings from NEMPAC’s Private Music Instruction Program

The North End Music and Performaing Arts Center (NEMPAC) invites you to participate in our Private Music Instruction program.  This Spring, we will continue to offer guitar, voice, piano, saxophone, trumpet, percussion and violin lessons as well as improvisation and small adult ensemble classes. Children and adults, beginner or more advances musicians are all encouraged Read More…

Arts & Culture

NEMPAC’s Production of “On Golden Pond” at Improv Asylum

NEMPAC has announced the ACT I Players’ upcoming performances of Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond, directed by Lauren B. Nelson and starring the North End’s own Laurie D’Elia and Bill Lane. Four shows will be held on Sunday, 3/27, at 2pm and 7pm, Monday, 3/28, at 7pm, and Tuesday, 3/29, at 7pm, at the Improv Read More…

People

North End Residents Help Research Italian Estate Willed to City

North Enders are helping research the Italian estate left by Luciano Visocchi and willed to the City of Boston, recently reported by the Boston Globe.  The article cites an estimated property value of $700,000 which also comes with the responsiblity to take care of the dogs and cats living there, a proposition not favored by Read More…
Arts & Culture Business

2011 Old North Church Mardi Gras Gala Fundraiser

News from The Old North Church, Boston, MA 617-523-6676, www.OldNorth.org      2011 OLD NORTH CHURCH MARDI GRAS GALA FUNDRAISER by  RONALD T. DOUCETTE  Christ Church in the City of Boston, known as, The Old North Church, successfully held a Mardi Gras Gala March 5th, 2011.  More than 170 parishioners, friends, and North End residents Read More…
Food & Drink Photos & Videos

Neighborhood Council, NEWNC, Votes to Support The Living Room’s 2:00am Closing Extension & DJ

The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council voted to support two proposals from The Living Room, a restaurant, bar and lounge at 101-107 Atlantic Avenue in the Mercantile Building, on the corner of Richmond and Commercial Streets. In a vote of 5-3, the Neighborhood Council supported The Living Room’s request for an extension of its Read More…
Health & Environment

Spazzare! Brooms of the North End – New Initiative by the Clean Streets Committee

“Spazzare” means “to sweep” in Italian. In the North End, it is also the name of a new concept to clean up trash on the streets. “Spazzare!, Brooms of the North End” is being proposed by David Grant, the new Chair of the Clean Streets Committee, part of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association Read More…