Former North End resident, Roseann Sdoia, lost her leg in the Boston Marathon bombing and is now engaged to the firefighter who saved her. Roseann Sdoia, 48, tells The New York Post that she and Boston firefighter Mike Materia were engaged on Nantucket in December. “He’s seen me on my worst day,” Sdoia told the New York Read More…
A North End tradition, the annual Elephant Brunch, has come to an end with the announced closing of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Typically held in mid-October, the circus elephants would parade down Causeway Street onto Commercial Street before reaching their brunch destination near the Hanover Street Fire House. There, to the delight of onlooking children and Read More…
Of the twelve million immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954 four million were Italian and my grandmother, Colomba Cordani, was one of them. She left her small Northern Italian village of Ponte del Olio near Piacenza and arrived in New York on April 27, 1909 aboard the French Line steamship Chicago. Read More…
These are the residential real estate sales that closed in the North End / Waterfront area during January 2017. $0 – $699,999 16 Stillman #4: studio with 498 sf. sold for $400,000 62 N. Margin #2: 2 bed, 1 bath with 710 sf. sold for $550,000 Lewis Wharf #519: commercial condo w/ 825 sf. sold Read More…
The North End Younger Seniors social group says farewell to President Ida DePasquale who has decided to retire to enjoy her golden years. We thank her for her many years of dedicated service. The new president of the group will be Deb DeCristoforo. The club is seeking new members to come and join the fun! We Read More…
by Mayor Martin J. Walsh Looking back on this week, I am so proud to be a Bostonian — and to be your Mayor. Last Friday, President Trump made good on his divisive campaign rhetoric, and signed a series of executive orders that are designed to promote American isolation, intolerance and fear. Boston didn’t sit Read More…