A message from the Chairman of the North End Columbus Day Parade to be held in October 2015. This parade was started back in the early 50’s by the V.F.W of our neighborhood. Every year they would celebrate their Italian American Heritage with a Grand Parade through this great North End neighborhood, our “little Italy”. Through the Read More…
You’ve been sentenced to an evening of sumptuous food, drinks, music, and dancing and a live auction! Join the Eliot School Community June 19th at the Liberty Hotel. Proceeds from the Gala help support our extraordinary enrichment programs. Tickets are now available at www.biddingforgood.com/eliotgala! Early bird tickets are $75 until May 22nd or $100 after that. We are Read More…
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 18, 2015) USS Constitution enters Dry Dock 1 in Charlestown Navy Yard to commence a multi-year planned restoration period. This is Constitution’s first time in dry dock since its 1992-1996 restoration. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter Melkus/Released) More photos on Facebook.
So many people decide to move into the city—what might they be expecting? Convenient trips to the movies, the opera, the symphony, the theater. Walk-to restaurants, bars, parks and libraries. Shops and supermarkets that make deliveries. All these benefits exist. The most frequent activity, though, may be a surprise to a former suburbanite shedding an Read More…
In a presentation at this week’s North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) meeting, Boston Public Market Executive Director, Liz Morningstar, announced that the market will open in mid July 2015. Occupying the ground floor of the Parcel 7 garage, adjacent to the Haymarket T Station, the non-profit indoor market will be open 8am to 8pm Read More…
Following up on the success of his fiction thriller, Necessary Assets, longtime North End Boston resident James Ring has released his second book titled 784 Broadway. Taking a different path this time, the new book recounts Ring’s own immigrant Italian heritage and recounts summer visits to his family’s small greengrocer store in New York’s Hudson Valley. The book release of 784 Read More…
Representatives from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Patricia Desmond and Tom Taranto, introduced the U. Mass. Boston’s OLLI programs and curricula to the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). OLLI offers life-enrichment and educational opportunities for adults 50 years and older. OLLI’s courses last 4 to 12 weeks and meet once a week at the UMass Read More…
Christopher Romano a volunteer music instructor at the Nazzaro Center and student at the North End Music and Performing Arts Center’s Private Music Instruction program for many years was the opening act at the 22nd Annual Taste of the North End. Thanks to Donato Frattaroli, Chris and his friend Jake Fulkerson (on the drums) played Read More…
Communities thrive when residents are active with local events and engaged in the public process. Take a look at all the local events the North End / Waterfront has to offer this week. The first step, see below to know when and where the events are: Monday, May 18 5:30pm NEAD Family Dinner & Scholarship Awards at Nazzaro Center [30 North Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) met this week on Thursday, May 15, 2015. A number of reports were provided by the group’s executives and committee chairs. A video timeline is noted below so you can jump to specific parts of the presentations. (00:00 in video) Welcome and Introductions by NEWRA President Ford Cavallari Read More…
Native North Ender and editor of the Regional Review, Phil Orlandella received a special birthday wish from the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). NEWRA presented a cake and NEMPAC trumpet student Victor Brogna played “Happy Birthday” for the occasion. It was all captured in video at the May 14, 2015 meeting at the Nazzaro Read More…
A note from Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh: On October 8th of last year, I had to make a painful but necessary decision. The Long Island Bridge, after years of neglect, had to be shut down. The decaying 63-year-old structure posed imminent danger to the clients and staff of the shelter, transition, detox, and treatment Read More…