[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lPbRCdRwUI] Historic New England is producing a four part series called The Haymarket Project, of which Part One is currently available. The project features historic photos and vendor interviews. From the producers: Ask anyone who lives in or has visited Boston, and they inevitably have a story about a trip to Haymarket – an Read More…
The symposium MATHER REDUX: New perspectives on Cotton Mather culminated on Mather’s home turf this weekend in Boston’s North End. Alex Goldfeld, Board President and Historian of the North End Historical Society expertly led a tour exploring places related to the much-misunderstood cleric, physician and philosopher. Sites included the corner of Richmond and North Streets Read More…
As Halloween slowly approaches us, The North End Beautification Committee (NEBC) pilot program which began Memorial Day weekend has proven to be a great success! This pilot program partnered with Work, Inc. and the Dept. of Public Works to beautify the streets throughout the North End. The primary goal of this program is to collect Read More…
Ernest J. Carpenito Jr. of Boston’s North End on October 21, 2013. Beloved husband of Maureen A. (Lally) Carpenito. Loving son of Ernest J. Sr. and Clementina (Baldassarre) Carpenito of Boston’s North End. Dear brother of Frances Gilardi and her husband Richard of N. Reading. Also survived by loving nieces and nephews. A Mass of Read More…
NORTH END/WATERFRONT RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 7:00 PM Mariners House, 11 North Square, 2nd Floor (PDF Version of Agenda) Zoning Appeals and License Applications 7:00 PM – 7:15 PM 28-30 Cooper Street, Patricia Trodella, seeks to change the legal occupancy from a two (2) family dwelling and store to Read More…
Katharine Kane died last week at age 78. She lived in downtown Boston almost all her adult years. If there was a person who showed how one should live a full life, it was Katharine Elizabeth Fitzhugh Daniels Kane. I know her full name and much about her, not because we were good friends, although Read More…
As the Long Wharf legal case continues at Superior Court, repairs have commenced on the pavilion structure. The area is now fenced off with a sign by owner Boston Redevelopment Authority identifying “Painting and Masonry Repairs.”
North End Against Drugs took 40 plus family members, mostly children who go to the Nazzaro Center after school program and who performed at Pride Day, on a Super Duck Tour with their parents. Thanks to our good friend, North End Native and former Boston City Councilor Paul Scapicchio and his friends at Diversified Auto Read More…
Nothing New Under the Sun. Some legislation isn’t easy, on Beacon Hill or in Washington. The Italian News reported on Feb. 17, 1956, that 118 legislators backed a bill to make Columbus Day a legal holiday in Massachusetts, to be celebrated on October 12. Hearings on the bill, held by the Committee on Constitutional Law, Read More…
This week is a work week like none other – the Red Sox will start their World Series journey against the St. Louis Cardinals. Some of us might feel like garbage on Monday, but Tuesday is the day of garbage with a big meeting at City Hall to talk about Residential Trash Contracts. Also, a Read More…
The new basketball court at Polcari Playground is just about done with a new surface and transparent boards. Missing are nets, however. Maybe that’s because of what happened to the ones on the old court as captured below by Lauren Nelson.
Boston continues its #2 ranking for Halloween revelers on the 2013 Zillow Trick or Treat Index. Within the city, the North End was listed as the fifth most attractive neighborhood. The index represents areas with the most candy potential, best walkability and the highest safety. The top three cities have not moved in the rankings Read More…