[forecast] What’s Going On Today: FOCCP is like the energizer bunny. They don’t stop. After a huge Columbus Day family event at the park, the group meets on Tuesday, 6:30pm at the Mariner’s House (11 North Square) to plan the next series of park projects. Old, new and potential members welcome. The North End / Read More…
The design phase for the DeFilippo (Gassy) Dog Park is nearing completion with construction expected later this Fall or early in 2017, according to Kelly Thomas, Dog Park Project Manager for the Boston Parks Department. Located on the ‘flights’ area of the Gassy, there are two fenced in terrace areas … larger dogs on the lower 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…
