L-R, Mike Magnar, Nick Verrochhi, Jason Aluia, Ralph Verrocchi, Lillian Ferrullo and Maria Lanza (1)

NEMPAC Film Festival Videos

The Second Annual NEMPAC North End Film and Music Festival featured local filmmakers, musicians and plenty of friends and neighbors who enjoyed Valentine’s Day at the Hard Rock Cafe for the event. A portion of the proceeds will go toward visual arts education.

From the NEMPAC website:

“Congratulations to Sal D’Girolamo and all the crew of “Strangers” and thank you to all who participated and we hope to see you again next year!”

PLTV taped this interview with the founder of the NEMPAC festival, Jon Sproul:

Most of the films are available for viewing online, with those available for embedding shown below along with some other PLTV interviews.

Concrete Poured at Boston’s Fan Pier Site

  The first concrete pour that began this week at the Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ site at Boston’s Fan Pier.  The pour consists of 2500 cubic yards of concrete dumped into a 42-feet below grade foundation site and marks the first of five concrete placements necessary to support what will eventually hold two 18-story buildings totaling 1.1 Read More…

Obituary: Carmine Martignetti

Carmine Martignetti, of Malden and formerly Boston’s North End, entered into eternal life on Friday, October 11, with his loving family by his side, after a courageous battle with cancer. Carmine was born in Boston, a son of Elena (Iantosca) and the late Beniamino Martignetti of Medford. His early years were spent in the North End Read More…