Business

Friends of the North End Library Visit Maria’s Pastry Shop on Closing Day

Posted on Author NorthEndWaterfront.comComments Off on Friends of the North End Library Visit Maria’s Pastry Shop on Closing Day

The Friends of the North End Branch Library visited Maria Merola on closing day at Maria’s Pastry Shop, 46 Cross Street in Boston’s North End. The Friends group gave her a gift card for I Am Books in appreciation for her generosity in supporting their events over the years. Maria is retiring after 50 years at the shop, a local favorite with authentic, homemade offerings.

Related Articles
Community Featured

Open House Brings Holiday Cheer to the North End Library [Photos]

Posted on Author Steve Vilkas

Offering a warm measure of holiday cheer to counteract the chilly Saturday weather, the North End Library hosted its annual Open House sponsored by the Friends Of The North End Library (FONEL) on December 7th. The agenda featured a musical performance by the NEMPAC Children’s Chorus under the direction of Alexandra Dietrich with Valerie Osborn Read More…
Event Notices

Time Travel to Scollay Square

Posted on Author Patricia Sabbey

Walking through the expansive and somewhat barren City Hall Plaza, it is difficult to imagine the space as it was from its pre-Colonial days, through the notorious years as a seedy but vibrant entertainment destination, into the 1960s as all traces of the once lively neighborhood were demolished to become Government Center. Author David Kruh Read More…
Announcements Event Notices

What Music Did the Pilgrims Hear?

Posted on Author Friends of the North End Branch Library

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…