Duane Lucia, a local historian, community activist and arts enthusiast, has returned to his role as the Executive Director for the West End Museum. Lucia will replace Susan Hanson, who served from July 2015 through December 2018. Prior to Hanson’s leadership, Lucia actually served as Executive Director for the Museum from 2012 – 2015, before Read More…
Today is Wednesday, January 23 and the 23-year-old woman who went missing on Saturday night has been found alive in a Charlestown apartment and a man has been charged with her kidnapping, read more on Universal Hub. Here’s what else you need to know for today… 6:30PM Seven x Salt. Stop by the North End Read More…
Boston Police Department has reported that 23-year-old Olivia Ambrose has been found alive in an apartment at the Bunker Hill housing development. Boston Police arrested Victor Pena of 49 Walford Way in Charlestown with kidnapping. Pena is scheduled to be arraigned in Charlestown District Court on Wednesday. See more at BPDNews.com. Before BPD found her, Olivia “Liviy” Read More…
il Molo in Boston’s charming North End neighborhood will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with three courses of romance inspired by the Mediterranean and New England coasts. A loving creation of the restaurant’s Executive Chef Pino Maffeo, the prix fixe menu was made with your sweetheart’s cravings in mind, featuring a variety of creative seafood, meat Read More…
Boston Harbor Now’s Director of Policy Jill Valdes Horwood and Director of Planning Alice Brown have started a bi-weekly video blog covering topics related to the harbor. Watch their most recent episode about water transportation signage below. In this six-minute vlog (video blog), Horwood and Brown discuss the importance of clear and accurate signage related to water transportation. Brown uses San Francisco’s Read More…
Join the Freedom Trail Foundation’s African-American Patriots Tours on Saturdays and Sundays in February to learn about and celebrate the African-American patriots who played a vital role in the start of the American Revolution in Boston and in the formation of our country. Revolutionary figures such as Crispus Attucks, Phillis Wheatley, Prince Hall, Peter Salem Read More…
Downtown JournalAn occasional column about city life The New Year is now three weeks old. Are you tidied yet? Or still bound up with resolutions to tidy? Oh. OK. You want me just to shut up and go away. You don’t want to be reminded of that determination to pare down, clean up, throw out Read More…
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has provided a construction look ahead of the North Washington Street Bridge project for January 20 through February 1, 2019. The western sidewalk and Harborwalk underpass (both already closed to pedestrians and cyclists) will be demolished. Inbound traffic will be reduced to one lane to allow for a work Read More…
Carmela (Accolla) DiPaola of Medford and formerly of Boston’s North End, passed away on January 19, 2019. Beloved daughter of the late Giuseppe and Antonietta (D’Augusta) Accolla. Loving wife of the late Domenic DiPaola. Adored mother of Damien DiPaola of the North End, Geni Magliano and her husband Nick of Medford, Loredana DiPaola of Medford, Read More…
What music did the Pilgrims hear? The Plimoth colonists were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists. They brought with them music as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World in 1620. Plimoth Colony heard not just solemn English psalms, but also humorous catches, ballads, Dutch songs, Read More…
Today is Tuesday, January 22 and a 23-year-old woman is still missing after last being seen leaving Hennessy’s Bar this past Saturday night. Anyone that may have seen her or has any information is being asked to contact the police or her sister, continue reading here. Here’s what else you need to know for today… Read More…
Stephanie Acquario, Boston’s Disposable Bag Reduction Coordinator, spoke at the January North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council meeting about the plastic bag ordinance that went into effect on December 14, 2018. The plastic bag ban requires all retailers in the City of Boston to transition away from plastic bags to paper, compostable or reusable bags Read More…