The June 2012 calendar for the North End Branch Library is out. Children’s Program Highlights Read Your Way to Fenway summer essay contest runs from June 1 – July 20, and kids ages 5-17 are eligible for entry. Read at least three books, write an essay about your favorite, and you could win tickets to Read More…
NORTH END SUMMER MOVIE NIGHTS……Only one month away……Because of our annual 4th of July Party that falls on a Wednesday, the first movie night will be held on July 11th at Gassy Park, Prince Street, North End at 7 pm. ROC Teen Saturday Movie Night now in its 7th year, and this promises to be Read More…
The North End’s Francis Shea and his candy bar charity drive makes it big in the Boston Globe today where columnist Yvonne Abraham writes the story. After winning a 5 pound Hersey Bar, the 10-year old St. John School student decided to hold a raffle for the bar to benefit a cystic fibrosis charity. From Read More…
Coming off the well-received expansion news for their school, parents and friends of the John Eliot K-8 School celebrated at a fundraiser on Friday to benefit the North End neighborhood school. Supporters perused an extensive silent auction before enjoying a full-course dinner followed by dancing to a DJ at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel. Photos Read More…
Hundreds of Italian culture supporters gathered on Friday night at Louis Boston for italianissimo! The event was hosted by the Italian Consulate of Boston to raise money for Italian language programs and the creation of an Italian Cultural Center in New England. Photos by Matt Conti
Dr. Phil Budden Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul General, Boston, invites you to join him in celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee on Sunday 3rd June at a British-style Jubilee service at the Old North Church, followed by a free, public British Street Party at the Old State House. Date: Sunday 3rd June Time: Read More…
Congratulations to lifelong North End Boston residents, Anthony “Tony” and Anna Gaeta, who will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, June 3, 2012. They met at age 14 and married at Sacred Heart Church when they were 21 years old. What a love story! The Gaeta’s have two children, Maria and Joseph, and Anthony’s Read More…
A contractor is caught dumping a pile of construction garbage in this photo taken at the end of Greenough Lane at the intersection of Commercial Street. Left on the curb Friday night, the trash will stay there until the next regular trash pickup on Monday morning. A neighbor captures the violation – a situation all Read More…
Benefiting the Zack Heger Foundation for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, it was a picture-perfect sunset Thursday night filled with “Blazers & Baubles” hosted by WCVB-TV Channel 5’s Bianca de la Garza. Joining Bianca at the Fairmont Battery Wharf was North End resident Jess K. Williams along with 28 Degrees owner Bill Emery, Lauren Fish, Rodney Heger, Read More…
Due to the forecast of rain and strong winds on Saturday, June 2nd, organizers have cancelled the planned “Summer on the Waterfront” event on the Greenway. The Greenway’s Open Market and FIGMENT Boston have also been canceled.
Reported incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log, courtesy of District A-1: Assault & Battery 05/28/12 2:35pm Male victim reports the known male suspect punched and choked the victim on Hanover St. after a dispute over the victim working in the North End.