NEMPAC‘s Winter Holiday Recital was held at St. Stephen’s Church on December 6, 2013. We had over 50 children and adult students perform in two recitals. We are so proud of our student performers!
Year: 2013
Piles of Toys to Italian Home for Children Donated in Honor of Mark Frattaroli
The Frattaroli family has been overwhelmed by the generosity toward their 2013 Holiday Toy Drive benefiting the Italian Home for Children and held in memory of Mark Frattaroli. Drop-off locations included Filippo Ristorante, Ducali Pizzeria & Bar, Ward 8 Restaurant & Bar and Lucia Ristorante & Bar. Mark Frattaroli would have been 22 years old Read More…
Boston Fire Responds to Mariner Building Alarm on Commercial Street
Boston Fire Department responded to an alarm on Wednesday night around 7:00 pm at the Mariner Building, 300 Commercial Street. Essentially closing the street, the fire trucks extended their ladders although it did not appear as though residents were evacuating. The street was cleared about 15 minutes later.
Meeting Report: Causeway Street Redesign Project Update
Despite the winter-weather conditions Tuesday night, over three dozen residents trekked through the snow to get to Canal Street for the Causeway Street Redesign presentation. As part of the Connect Historic Boston Initiative, pedestrians were the first priority of the project while a large emphasis was put on cyclists to attract more cycling throughout the city. Improvements and Read More…
Location Change to Mariner’s House for Thursday’s Public Meeting on Proposed Cycle Track
PUBLIC MEETING Date: December 19, 2013 Time: 6:00 PM Place: Mariner’s House, 11 North Square, 2nd Floor (Note Location Change from Nazzaro Center) PROPOSED CYCLE TRACK FOR ATLANTIC AVE./COMMERCIAL STREET The City of Boston will present a Revised Concept Plan for Atlantic Avenue/ Commercial Street (from Christopher Columbus Park to Hull Street) in the North Read More…
Snow Photos from North End / Waterfront
The Tuesday afternoon snowstorm was forecast, arrived on time, caused a typical amount of havoc and for a bit, was actually pretty. Here are some local snow photos we found on the interweb. [View the story “North End / Waterfront Snow Photos” on Storify]
Pizzer Makers Episode Seven – The Radio Drama
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI0Zw-Sn1EI] It’s out! The next big episode of the popular Pizzer Makers series, The Radio Drama. All your favorite PIZZER MAKERS characters are at it again after the food critic disaster last episode. This time around Fred The Jukebox Repairman finally returns the record machine to Frankie and Louie’s Pizzer Palace. But, it comes Read More…
The North End Waterfront and Sea Level Rise in Boston Harbor [Video Presentation]
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVQ2tkdfN5g] The Boston Harbor Association gave an updated presentation to the North End community with their latest information and outlook regarding the rising tide in Boston Harbor and its potential flooding impacts on neighborhood residents, businesses and property owners. Most recently, a new preliminary flood zone map was issued by FEMA that includes much Read More…
Copp’s Hill Moment: Preoccupied – A Remembrance
(On the second anniversary of the dispersal of the Occupy Boston movement, North End resident Thomas F. Schiavoni recalls the mid-December 2011 removal of squatters from their Dewey Square encampment.) I. A Long Distance Call The phone rang as I was scarfing down breakfast. The tentative voice of my 21-year-old Italian cousin greeted me. Two Read More…
Downtown View: It Takes a Village
Have I ever told you about the time I caught a criminal? It was spring in the early 1970s. My husband’s mother and father were visiting. My husband’s father had had several heart attacks. We were spending a quiet afternoon. I heard an unfamiliar sound upstairs where our little girls were taking their naps. I Read More…
Billy Tse Restaurant Receives Good Neighbor Recognition Award
The Good Neighbor Recognition Award for December 2013 was presented to Billy Tse and his namesake restaurant at 290 Commercial Street. The award was given by the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). The presentation was made by NEWRA President Jim Salini, Recognition Committee Chair Janet Gilardi and member Michele Morgan at Billy Tse Read More…
Proposed Redesign of Union Street and the “Blackstone Block”
Designers, representatives from Boston Transportation Department, MassDOT, and the BRA (Boston Redevelopment Authority) presented their proposal for the redesign of Union Street and the “Blackstone Block” at a public meeting on Monday, December 16, 2013 at City Hall. As part of the Connect Historic Boston Initiative, the goal is to create streets and sidewalks that Read More…