This is the fifth installation of Nicholas Dello Russo’s “A Shtetl in the City”, following part one, part two, part three, and part four. Phillips Street, on the North Slope of Beacon Hill, is a small, unremarkable street. Many years ago, it was considered part of the West End and was once home to a sizable Black population. Read More…
Falling icicles broke this car window Sunday afternoon on North Bennet Street, according to witnesses that saw the incident. The above freezing temperatures melted snow and ice on the North End’s buildings causing hazardous conditions on sidewalks and streets. The icicles reportedly fell from the North Bennet Street School building near the corner of Salem Read More…
The Nazzaro Community Center has announced its new director, Steven Siciliano, who formally starts this week at the 30 N. Bennet Street location in the North End. He takes on the position previously held by Carl Ameno who retired earlier in the year. “My life has come full circle,” says Siciliano, who was a youth worker at the Nazzaro Read More…
