The North Washington Street Bridge will be entering a new stage where traffic will be shifting onto the temporary bridge during the weekend of July 17–19. The replacement project for the North Washington Street Bridge (also known as the Charlestown Bridge) was approved back in March 2018 and is estimated to be completed in 2023 Read More…
When the Southern Italian immigrants first arrived in Boston at the end of the nineteenth century, one of the few professions open to them was being a barber, and the North End had scores of barber shops. My maternal grandfather had a barber shop on Haverhill Street near North Station, and my cousin’s son has a barber shop Read More…
The Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Memorial Garden at Fan Pier has a special display for Armed Services Day in Boston, leading up to Memorial Day weekend. The display shows appreciation for our fallen men and woman of the Armed Forces with American Flags representing each of the five branches of our military. For Memorial Day, the Read More…
