Reported incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log are listed below for the North End / Waterfront area, courtesy of BPD District A-1. Assault & Battery 12/03/13 9:56pm Male suspect arrested at Thacher and N. Washington Streets for Assault & Battery on a female victim. Witness reports the suspect slammed the back of the Read More…
St. John School held their Annual Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 5th in front of a packed Sacred Heart Church audience. The K3 through Grade 8 students performed the annual holiday event with traditional Christmas songs as well as a few performance numbers. Much to the delight of the audience, the repertoire performed this year Read More…
Thanksgiving was a week ago and less than three weeks until Christmas puts this Holiday season at a dead sprint. If you’re done digesting last weeks dinner, take a look at the review about Quattro on Hanover Street. If you haven’t heard about the newly opened Ward 8, take a look at some of their recipes and Read More…
North End Waterfront Health is offering a free flu clinic on Tuesday, December 10 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Standard trivalent, latex-free vaccine provided by the Boston Public Health Commission will be used. During these times, the flu shot will be free for everyone over the age of 18. Children under the age of Read More…
Our church services for the month of December are based on Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’. (BTW – The entire original movie version from 1935 can be found here on YouTube.) Christmas is often a time in which we reflect on our past year, i.e. The Ghosts of Christmas Past. And, if we’re honest, most Read More…
MassDOT has scheduled an upcoming E-ZPass sign-up session ahead of the transition to All Electronic Tolling on the Tobin Bridge. The E-ZPass Street Team will be enrolling new customers in the E-ZPass program at the following location: Boston’s North End at the Nazzaro Community Center, 30 North Bennet Street, Wednesday December 18th from 10am to Read More…
The North End Chamber of Commerce held their monthly meeting on December 3, 2013 at the St. Leonard Church Hall in Boston’s North End. A meeting summary and video timeline is shown below so you can skip to topics of interest. 00:00 Welcome and Introductions – VP Toni Gilardi 09:00 North End Holiday Shopping Stroll Read More…
R.U.F.F., Responsible Urbanites for Fido, have started a petition to support their efforts for a pilot dog park on Parcel 12 of the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway. [button link=”http://www.change.org/petitions/parcel-12-dog-park-support” size=”medium”]Click to View the Parcel 12 Dog Park Petition[/button] Dear Members of the North End/Waterfront Community, RUFF invites you to sign this letter of support for Read More…
Bakery Boss filmed at Pellino’s Ristorante in Boston’s North End on Tuesday afternoon. The television episode is expected to appear in February / March of 2014 on TLC. The reason they were at Pellino’s Ristorante at 2 Prince Street is that many years ago this was the home of Prince Street Bakery. Prince St. Bakery Read More…
The North End Waterfront has lost treasured member of our community. Shirley Roberts passed away peacefully in the early hours on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, two weeks after celebrating her 89th year. Shirley was a lifelong resident of the Boston area, born in Brookline and graduated from Brookline High School. She and her late husband, Read More…
There are several upcoming Christmas-related events at Old North! First … we will be “greening” the outdoor spaces on our campus this Saturday beginning at 9:30. All are invited to help hang wreaths and garlands … and enjoy refreshments and lively conversation. Second … this is the first Saturday of our winter “Piccoli Regali” neighborhood Read More…
Friends and supporters of City Councilor Sal LaMattina came out on Tuesday night for a fundraiser at Bricco on Hanover Street. LaMattina was decisively re-elected as the City Councilor for District 1 (North End, Charlestown, East Boston) last month with 82% of the vote in the North End. Several candidates are running fundraisers after the Read More…