Owner Ken Rothman has decided to retire and close his family’s longstanding hardware store, Salem Street True Value Hardware & Urban Home Center. Signs at the store express thanks to the community with a plan to liquidate inventory for an early 2016 closing. A few years ago, Ken Rothman taped an interview for North End Read More…
While Boston’s streets have significantly emptied during the current public health crisis, City Councilors Michelle Wu (At-Large) and Liz Breadon (District 9) discussed options for using the reduction in traffic to reallocate street space to create a safer environment for pedestrians and cyclists. Many cities across the country have started expanding crowded sidewalks and increased Read More…
The Boston Globe highlights the continuous efforts of North End resident Peter Trovato who founded the Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund. “At his North End apartment, in a ritual repeated time and again over the past five years, Trovato took out a frayed, hand-written list of children of fallen service members from Massachusetts … He’s been Read More…
