Editors at The Italian News were so confident that Tony DeMarco of the North End would win the 1955 title bout, they wrote the story before the fight. The article was distributed at Boston Garden ringside and well before it was reported in the papers and radio. North End reporter, Bob Skole, shares this clipping Read More…
Neighborhood Photo of the Day: It’s been non-stop tree lightings in the North End and around Boston. One with a bit less ceremony, but seen by hundreds each day, is at the Nazzaro Community Center where North Ender Nick Verrocchi put it all together, shown below adding the final touches. Did you take a great Read More…
St. Patrick’s Day is an auspicious time to recall that before the North End was Italian it was Irish, inhabited by refugees trying to escape the terrible famines of the 1840’s. When they arrived here the Irish met an unyielding wall of prejudice and enmity. The original settlers of Boston, mostly Swamp Yankees, used to Read More…
