Friends and supporters of mayoral candidate Marty Walsh held a Tuesday night standout on Cross Street along the Freedom Trail. Photo by Stephen Passacantilli.
Month: September 2013
NEWF Tuesday: Tree Hearing, Market District and Government Center Zoning and Park Friends
What’s Going on Tuesday, September 10: 10:30am Moovin’ and Grovin’ with Su Eaton at West End Branch Library, 151 Cambridge St 11:00am Beverly St Tree Hearing at 1010 Mass. Ave, 3rd Floor … See the post 5:30pm NEAD Monthly Meeting – Nazzaro Center 6:00pm BRA Public Meeting on Market District & Govt Center District Zoning Read More…
Downtown View: Two City Council Candidates for District 8
(Ed: District 8 includes the West End, Beacon Hill, Mission Hill and Back Bay. District map pdf.) Since Mike Ross is running for mayor, his District 8 City Council seat is open. Five candidates qualified to run to replace him. Angelica Addivinola is from the West End. Tom Dooley is from Beacon Hill. Gloria Murray Read More…
Shadowing the Government Center Garage Redevelopment After the Tower Height Reductions
The recent buzz about the proposed Government Center Garage Redevelopment project has centered around its tower heights. In response to concerns regarding shadows on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway parks and the North End neighborhood, developer Thomas O’Brien and HYM Investment Group has reduced its originally proposed tower heights from the original Project Notification Form to Read More…
NEWRA September 12th Agenda: Clean-Up, Public Restrooms, Foster St. Addition, RUFF Update and Development Overview
North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association Informed and Involved Neighbors Make a Strong Neighborhood www.NEWRA.org September Meeting Agenda Thursday, September 12, 2013 7:00 PM Nazzaro Center, 30 North Bennet Street (Print friendly version in PDF) Reports 7:00 PM – 7:20 PM President’s Report Membership Committee Parks and Open Space Committee Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee Read More…
Obituary: Maurizio Loddo of North End’s Maurizio’s Ristorante – Memorial Service September 12th
Maurizio Loddo, restauranteur and chef of Maurizio’s Ristorante in Boston, died August 27 after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his mother Enrica, brothers Nicola and Daniele Loddo all of Sardinia, Italy; as well as long time companion Mary Monaco of Winthrop, MA and ex wife and business partner Linda Loddo of Read More…
NEWF Monday 9/9/13: Neighborhood Council Meeting Tonight
What’s Going on Monday in the North End / Waterfront: At 7:00 pm, the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council meets at the Nazzaro Community Center (30 N. Bennet St.). Agenda items include a new Spin Studio on Lewis Street in the former location of Armenis Olive Oil and a zoning variance at 6 Foster Read More…
Photo Gallery – Honoring Santa Rosalia Di Palermo in Boston’s North End
The Santa Rosalia Di Palermo Society of Boston honored their patron Saint Rosalie with a mass and street procession through the North End on Sunday, September 8, 2013. The society was formed in Boston in 1939 hailing from Palermo, Italy. Santa Rosalia is also known as The Little Saint. The story of Saint Rosalia: Rosalia Read More…
St. John School Teacher Profile: Meet Mrs. Sarzana, Grade 8
Can you tell us a little about your background? How long have you been a teacher at St. John School? I am a wife, mother of Jesse, Jeremy, and Zack and I am also a very blest grandmother of Leo, 8 and Avery, 6. I have been teaching for 36 years now, first in Read More…
Nothing New Under the North End Sun
Traffic concerns are high on the list of issues regarding the ongoing redesign of North Square. (See Vision and Design for an Improved North Square). A favored proposal is to restrict traffic on one side of the square adjacent to Sacred Heart Church. As is often the case in Boston’s historic North End, no issue Read More…
Sunday 9/8/13: Santa Rosalia Procession
What’s Going on Sunday, September 8, 2013: At 1:00 pm, the last religious procession will take place in the North End in honor of Santa Rosalia di Palermo starting at North Square. Read the story of Saint Rosalie and see photos from last year’s procession. View the details on upcoming events and meetings in the Read More…
Painting Saint Anthony of Padua – By Michael Dean
The statues inside the Saint Anthony of Padua club on Endicott street were recently painted by North End artist, Michael Dean. These mini-paintings include San Antonio Di Padova Da Montefalcione, Santa Lucia, Santa Maria and even a painting of the old, unused San Antonio statue they have in the upstairs store room, among the San Read More…