After 110 years in the North End, Boschetto’s Bakery has announced that it will close its doors on July 6, 2013 due to an “excessive raise in rent” at 158 Salem Street. Although the retail operation will shut down, a sign in the window announces the bakery will continue to supply commercial customers through an Read More…
I’ve received so many comments about the double rainbows that I thought it was a good subject for a picture puzzle. Here it is with 50 jigsaw pieces. Enjoy! A few more of my rainbow photos here and many more from that June 2013 day are shown in this post.
Boston Harborfest 2013 starts on Tuesday, July 2nd and wraps up on Sunday, July 7th with the popular Chowderfest. A schedule and link to the main event listings is shown below and there are over 200 daily events. Many North End / Waterfront organizations host events during the annual festivities. Note the 4th of July Read More…
Neighborhood View of the Day: North End / Waterfront Events on the Calendar: The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) presents a fully staged opera production of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, to be performed in Italian with English subtitles. The opera will come alive during a FREE outdoor community outreach performance on Sunday, Read More…
The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park held an Independence Day celebration in the park featuring a full day of fun family events on Saturday, June 29, 2013. Free activities included a parade through the park, led by Uncle Sam on stilts followed by entertainment from Big Joe the Storyteller, T-Bone the modern pied piper, Tanglewood Read More…
Roseann Sdoia, a North End victim of the Boston Marathon bombings, continues to make strides including intense physical therapy to replace her right leg with a prosthetic limb. The Associated Press’ Bridget Murphy filed a report on Boston.com including the video embedded above. On April 15, she saw a flash of light at her feet Read More…
It’s the annual ROC Teen Saturday Fourth of July BBQ at the Mirabella Pool, 12-7pm on July 4, 2012. There will be a free BBQ, Music, Water Slides, Entertainment – The Classics. All are welcome. Non-pool members may have to purchase a $3 1-day pass. The North End Pool sits on the harbor and a stone’s Read More…
Neighborhood View of the Day: Saturday is the 2nd Annual Independence Day Celebration by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park. This free celebration invites kids of all ages to decorate their bikes, scooters, strollers and themselves for an 11AM parade through Christopher Columbus Park. Other entertainment through the day will include visits by Big Joe Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKHSaRAdQQw] After a “vacation” while their turf was rented out to the Giant Ocean Tank inhabitants, the African and rockhopper penguins are back in their colonies at Central Wharf. The New England Aquarium made this video of the penguins settling back into their exhibit. Read more at NEAQ.org.
OFFICINA 189, the Italian Shopping Experience, is a new boutique that has opened at 189 North Street in North Square, across from the Paul Revere House in Boston’s North End. Officina translates from Italian to “workshop” and 189 is the address number on North Street. Owner Fabrizio Di Rienzo is from Milan and comes from Read More…
POSTPONED: Closure of Haymarket onramp to I-93 North and Sumner Tunnel onramp to I-93 North scheduled for tonight and tomorrow night is POSTPONED The closures scheduled for Friday, June 28, at 8 p.m. until Saturday, June 29, at 9 a.m. and Saturday, June 29, from 10 p.m. to Sunday, June 30, 10 a.m. have Read More…
CHARLESTOWN/EVERETT – ALFORD STREET BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: SULLIVAN SQUARE UNDERPASS (ROUTE 99 SOUTHBOUND) TO CLOSE THIS WEEKEND Friday, June 28, at 7:00 PM to Monday Morning July 1, at 5:00 AM In order to continue reconstruction work of the Alford Street Bridge, MassDOT needs to close the underpass through Sullivan Square that carries Route 99 Read More…