Neighborhood View of the Day: Yes, there are signs of spring as shown here along the Greenway Wharf District Parks in a photo titled “Greenway Colors on Easter Sunday” by Dr. Joe Mendola. Did you take a cool photo? Have it featured by emailing it to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a title, date taken and a Read More…
Year: 2013
NEAD Easter Party & Puppet Show Photos
On Saturday March 31, North End Against Drugs (NEAD) held its annual Easter Party at the Nazzaro Center. There were more than 100 adults and children in attendance all enjoying pictures with the Easter Bunny, egg coloring and a goodie bag containing a stuffed animal and candy and toys. City Councilor Sal LaMattina hosted the Read More…
Downtown View: Introducing Josh Dawson
Last week in an effort to help you become familiar with candidates in a special election, this column described Jay Livingstone, who is running for state representative in the Eighth Suffolk District, the position Marty Walz left vacant when she resigned in late January to take a job with Planned Parenthood. Josh Dawson, 30, is Read More…
North Street Callahan Tunnel Vent Building Work to Begin in Mid-April 2013
Rehabilitation work is scheduled to start in mid-April at 201 North Street on the eight-story Vent Tunnel Building over the Callahan Tunnel. MassDOT and its contractor, GVW Inc., explained at a March 27, 2013 meeting that while the structure is sound, the bricks on the outside are literally falling off the building. All four sides Read More…
After a North End Weekend, Wild Turkey Heads Downtown
After spending Friday on the waterfront, it was a long weekend in the North End for the Wild Turkey with several sightings. Shown above in front of Caffe Vittoria, Tim Griffin saw it on Easter morning walking on Hanover Street. “He sauntered right by Mike’s Pastry crossing from Prince Street by St. Leonard’s Church,” Tim Read More…
Jigsaw Picture Puzzle: A Polcari’s Coffee Evening
Enjoy solving this night scene picture puzzle of Polcari’s Coffee and the Sulmona Meat Market on the corner of Parmenter & Salem Streets. I heard the last jigsaw puzzle was a little tough, so there are only 60 pieces in this one. [Your web browser does not support frames or is currently configured not to Read More…
Monday 4/1/13 News & Views: Puppet Show Photo, New School Hearing, Pasquetta & NEWNC Meeting
Neighborhood View of the Day: The puppet show entertained dozens of kids at Saturday’s Easter Party hosted by North End Against Drugs. The puppet show was sponsored by Councilor Sal LaMattina. Photo by Laura DiPaolo. Did you take a cool photo? Have it featured by emailing it to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a title, date taken Read More…
April 2013 NEWF Wallpaper Calendar
For April 2013, this month’s wallpaper calendar photo recognizes Patriot’s Day. If you walk up to the bell tower at the Old North Church, this is one of the windows you see on the way up where two lanterns are appropriately placed on the sill. Patriot’s Day falls on Monday, April 15th this year. I Read More…
March 2013 North End / Waterfront Real Estate Sales
$300,000-$499,999 23 Fleet Street #9: 1 bed, 1 bath with 452 Sq.Ft. sold for $340,000 33 Charter Street #2: 1 bed, 1 bath with 740 Sq.Ft. sold for $395,000 300 Commercial #410: studio with 602 Sq.Ft. sold for $395,000 $500,000-$699,999 121 Salem Street #B4: 3 bed, 1.5 bath with 1,000 Sq.Ft. sold for $550,000 135 Read More…
NEMPAC Class Profile: Adult Women’s Chorus
Does the spring make you want to sing? It sure does for us at NEMPAC! If the warm weather makes you want to burst into song, you are not alone! Here at NEMPAC, we are gearing up for the spring session of our women’s chorus class. This class is run by Rachel Carpentier, a NEMPAC Read More…
Spring 2013 Events at the Paul Revere House
If the annual arrival of Spring makes you feel like making art, writing poetry, listening to music, or commemorating the anniversary of Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride we encourage you to attend one or more of our April Vacation week programs! If the preservation of colonial crafts is important to you, please consider one of our Read More…
Easter Sunday 3/30/13: Mass Schedules and the Easter Bunny
Neighborhood View of the Day: A new arrival this year to the North End, Matthew Bamonte, Jr., meets the Easter Bunny for the first time. Kids generally seem to take more of a liking to Santa Claus than the Easter Bunny. I think it’s the big eyes. Still, super cute. Submitted by Marie ReRe Bamonte. Read More…










