[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF6ilkIY8gw] After an 8-hour Grand Procession through the streets of the North End, the statue of the Madonna returned home to North, Fleet and Lewis Streets where thousands had gathered for the famous “Flight of the Angel” at 102nd Fisherman’s Feast in honor of Madonna Del Soccorso Di Sciacca. Watch the video for excerpts Read More…
News release from the Massachusetts Bar Association: North End resident and Boston attorney Douglas K. Sheff has been elected president-elect of the Massachusetts Bar Association for its 2012-13 year, beginning on Sept. 1. Senior partner at Sheff Law in Boston, Sheff is a nationally renowned brain injury litigation expert and specializes in all aspects of Read More…
In addition to last weekend’s trash photos, North End resident and Connah Store owner, Mark Petrigno, shared this photo of the Big Dig tunnel entrance/exit across from the North End’s Cross Street plaza, by the N. Washington Street intersection. (See where J. Pace’s store sign is in photo.) Noticing rebar sticking out of concrete in Read More…
NEMPAC’s Summer Concert Series on Thursday, August 16th was held in the Old North Church and featured three very talented, piano students (Sarah Connolly, Grace Connolly, and Carlo Crocini). Following the student performers, the Cambridge Chamber Singers (a group of ten singers from all areas of Boston) performed a self-directed choral concert featuring 15th and Read More…
[forecast] What’s Going On Wednesday, August 22, 2012: It’s the lazy, hazy days of summer and a good time to catch up with neighborhood friends. NEWRA’s Annual Summer Party starts at 6:30pm at the Pilot House, Lewis Wharf (2 Atlantic Ave.). All North End / Waterfront residents are welcome. Virgil and ROC Teen Saturday are Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vap74wIOP8o] Not many North End traditions go as far back as the Fisherman’s Feast procession through the streets in honor of Madonna Del Soccorso Di Sciacca. This Grand Procession video from the 102nd Fisherman’s Feast captures great moments from Sunday’s 8-hour procession. The Fisherman’s Feast is the North End’s oldest continuously running Italian festival and Read More…
It was another weekend of illegal trash dumping in the North End. These photos by resident and Connah Store owner, Mark Petrigno, show the mess of garbage on Friday afternoon at Bartlett Place and on the Hanover Street Freedom Trail. The trash stayed like this for much of the weekend until the City responded to Read More…
Please join us on Sunday, September 16, 2012 for NIASHF New England Chapter’s 9th Annual Annual Bocce Tournament! The festivities will begin at 10:00 am at the Langone Park Bocce Courts on Commercial Street in Boston’s North End. The costs are just $50 per person to play and dine (including a team t-shirt) or $25 Read More…
It was an Old Fashioned Picnic in the Park on Sunday afternoon at Christopher Columbus Park. Friends, families and neighbors gathered with picnic blankets and enjoyed games, lemonade and cookies thanks to the efforts of the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park and their sponsors (Tia’s, Marriott Long Wharf and Greenway Conservancy). Despite all that was Read More…
[forecast] What’s Going On Tuesday, August 21, 2012: Chess Camp at the North End Branch Library from 2-4pm Kids ages 7-12 can join in for 2 days (Tues & Thurs) of intensive chess instruction with a mentor. Beginners welcome! Call 617-227-8135 to sign up with the Children’s Librarian. 6pm – Opera and Celtic Music at Read More…
The hysterics are back. This time it’s the mural on the Greenway that two Brazilian brothers painted on a ventilation building. To hear the moral outrage folks, it’s not just questionable art, it’s anti-American, terrorist-derived, anti-Christian, you name it, but name it only in extremes. Get over it. It’s a painting. But hysteria is now Read More…
This video shows the opening night of the Madonna Della Cava 2012 Feast held on August 10th at Hanover & Battery Streets. The ceremony includes the exposition of the image of the Madonna to the feast chapel. The image of Maria SS Della Cava, Principal Patron of Pietraperzia, Sicily was rediscovered miraculously in the year Read More…