City Council President Stephen Murphy speaks surrounded by BPS school children

Boston Magazine Honors Two North End Restaurants, Whisk and Neptune Oyster

The November 2013 issue of Boston Magazine includes the publication’s annual list of Greater Boston’s 50 must-try restaurants.  Two North End eateries have been featured in the list: Whisk at 351 Hanover Street is the pop-up restaurant that has gained a steady following allowing for an extended stay in the location formerly known as Volle Read More…

Boston’s Fire Fighting Bachelors Auctioned Off to Benefit Local 718’s Fill the Boot for MDA Fund

BOSTON’S HOTTEST FIRE FIGHTING BACHELORS AUCTIONED OFF TO BENEFIT LOCAL 718’S FILL THE BOOT FOR MDA FUND

Who:     Boston Fire Fighters Local #718, 10 Boston Fire Fighter bachelors, Boston Cannons LAX dance team and the Muscular Dystrophy Association

What:    $10 at the door, which includes two drinks courtesy of Bacardi and Sam Adams, access to the patio cook out and the chance to win a date with one of Boston’s most eligible fire fighters

When:    Cook out 4-8 p.m., auction 8-10 p.m., Thursday June 9

Where:   Dillon’s Restaurant and Bar, 955 Boylston St. Boston

Copp’s Hill Burying Ground Receives Estate Funds

In a small windfall, three liquidating estate trusts have directed $21,089 to the City of Boston for the maintenance of Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, located in the North End. While details are sketchy, the names of the trusts imply the funds come from descendents of those interred there, including the naming Copp’s Family. The willed Read More…