NEMPAC “Amore” Opera Concert at Old North Church – February 2013 (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) 43

North End’s Ross Garrity Brings Home the R-A-V-I-O-L-I in City’s Spelling Bee

The North End’s Ross Garrity, 13, won Boston’s Spelling Bee on Saturday earning him a trip to the national level competition. Appropriately, the Boston Latin 7th-grader won by spelling “ravioli” as his final word. Ross is a repeat winner from 2008 in the city’s competition. He is the son of Ilene Gladstone and the late Judge Read More…

Gas Leak on Commercial Street Brings Extensive 24 Hour Street Work

National Grid had been working 24 hours to resolve a major gas leak on Commercial Street between The Mariner and Union Wharf properties. Crews have been working since Sunday night to repair the underground gas pipes. A second excavation is underway with work expected to continue into Tuesday.

Another Sexual Assault in North End

At tonight’s North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council Public Safety meeting, Boston Police reported that another indecent attack against a woman occurred this week on Salem St. in the North End. On Monday, November 1st at 4:30 pm, a woman reported that a man came up behind her as she was entering her apartment building Read More…