by Mary Wright, RN, health educator at North End Waterfront Health Summer is almost here and it’s time to think about protecting yourself and your children from the harmful rays of the sun. Everyone should practice sun safety year round but it is especially important during late spring and early summer when the UV rays Read More…
A North End resident pointed out a recent flyer from Boston Water & Sewer that highlights the fact that storm drains are not sewers. In addition to the environmental damage, she notes that dumping trash and dog poop into these drains makes them smell pretty bad, especially in the hot weather.
Our story begins in Southern Italy from where almost all North Enders originated especially the hill towns surrounding Avellino and Sicily. The Italians who traveled to America were desperately poor and led an agrarian life which had changed little since the Middle Ages. The voyage itself was perilous and they all traveled in Third Class Read More…
Preserve Boston’s Waterfront is an emerging neighborhood group working so that the height and massing of new development is compatible and in proportion with existing neighborhood architecture. Resident Joanne Hayes Rines and committee members recently presented the following information to the Wharf District Council. Additional presentations are scheduled at North End and other Downtown Boston neighborhood Read More…
With this weekly post, it has never been to easy to keep up on all the North End / Waterfront happenings! A North End power player readies to shake up, expand his restaurant empire Frank DePasquale, the North End restauranteur is making a series of big moves in the neighborhood. He is planning to expand his Trattoria il Read More…
The rain did not dampen the festivities for the annual Festa Della Repubblica Italiana that was moved inside to Filippo’s Ristorante instead of the usual Christopher Columbus Park. Featuring Consul General of Italy, Nicola De Santis, the event was held to recognize the 69th Anniversary of the Italian Republic that falls on June 2, 2015. Scholarships were Read More…
It has been six years since the Rose Kennedy Greenway’s first spring. It has been even longer since the Greenway was established, since the non-profits that hoped to cover the ramps abandoned their plans, and since frustrated horticultural volunteers fled the park leaders as too annoying to deal with. Things are looking up though. With Read More…
Residents on Endicott took time to paint a bench in Italian colors. Photo by Phil Orlandella. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your best photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a sentence (or more) telling us about your photo. See past neighborhood photo posts.
Francesco “Frank” J. Angiulo, age 94, of Boston’s North End, passed away on May 30, 2015. Frank was a proud Veteran of WWII and served as a Naval Merchant Marine. He was the son of the late Cesare and Giovannina (Femiani) Angiulo. He was predeceased by his six siblings, Nicole, Gennaro “Jerry”, Donato, Antonio “Anco”, Read More…
The Christopher Columbus High School Class of 1957 sponsored a Commemorative Mass at St. Leonard Church in the North End on Sunday, May 31st. The Mass was followed by an informal gathering in the Church hall with coffee and pastries. Over eighty people attended from various graduating classes of CCHS, Julie Billiart HS, St. Leonard Church clergy and guests. The event was Read More…
How about that heat wave?!? Just in time, the North End Park fountains are now operating on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Get in the mood with this jigsaw picture puzzle scene. Move and drag the pieces around just like a regular jigsaw puzzle. If you are “missing” a piece, move the other pieces aside to look behind Read More…
The first planning meeting was held on May 28th to discuss improvements to Rachel Revere Square Park, adjacent to North Square in Boston’s North End. Rachel Revere Square is maintained by the Boston Parks & Recreation Department that has currently budgeted $180,000 for this project, with an additional $172,000 requested by planners for a total spend of $352,000. Read More…