The North End Friends of St. Francis House extend a big thank you to all who donated to this year’s winter hat and glove drive for the St. Francis House Homeless Shelter. Just over $3,600 raised, the most ever! John Romano will be delivering a second shipment of items to the shelter— 252 hats, 180 scarves, Read More…
North End Christmas Fund needs your support! For over 40 years the North End Christmas Fund has been providing help to families and seniors at Christmas time. The program was started by Uncle Fred Carangelo, working with the various social service agencies in the neighborhood to help those who may have lost their job, had Read More…
The North End Friends of St. Francis House will be doing our annual collection of winter hats and gloves this year BUT, like everything else, it will be slightly different due to the pandemic. We will not be able to collect the actual hats or gloves. We are asking anyone who would like to contribute to Read More…
North End Against Drugs (NEAD) Board of Director’s elected its slate of officers for the upcoming year at their annual meeting on September 8, 2020. The new officers are: President: John PregmonVice President: Steven SicilianoClerk: Maria LanzaTreasurer: Ann FitzgeraldPresident Emeritus: John Romano The new officers look forward to working with the community over the next year to Read More…
Lou Tompkins All-Star Baseball finished their season by crowning champions in the 17u A Division and the 15u B Division. In 17u, Medford rallied as the #5 seed and took home the title with dominant pitching. They beat #1 Acton-Boxboro in the semi-finals and #3 Brookline for the title. In 15u #2 Woburn took down Read More…
North End Against Drugs, through the Raymond and Michelina Costa Scholarship Program, awarded $3,100 in scholarships this year to seventeen deserving students. North End Against Drugs (NEAD) held their first ever virtual scholarship drawing on June 23, 2020. Thanks to the generosity of several businesses and individuals, NEAD was able to award five $500 scholarships to students attending Read More…
North End Against Drugs (NEAD) has announced their annual Michelina & Raymond Costa Scholarship / Educational Fund. Applications for the 2020-2021 scholarship are due June 8th. North End residents who are in kindergarten through college are eligible to participate. Students who attend tuition-based schools are eligible for a scholarship. Students who attend public schools are eligible for Read More…
10 years ago, on April 19, 2010, our dear friend Bobby D was taken away from us totally unexpectedly. It was a shock to all of us that someone so kind, so caring and so loving could be gone so young. During this crazy time of Covid-19, the world needs people like Bobby D to help us Read More…
With North End Against Drugs (NEAD) unable to hold their Annual Easter Party this coming Saturday, John Romano dug out some photos of parties from years past. Below are a dozen photos from 2001, 2004, and 2007. Do you recognize the people in the photos? Some still volunteer with NEAD, and others were children then and Read More…
This event has been cancelled due to COVID-19. North End Against Drugs (NEAD) will host their annual Easter Party on Saturday April 11 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the BCYF Nazzaro Center. Come and take photos with the Easter Bunny! The children will be able to color Easter Eggs, do arts and crafts, Read More…
This event has been postponed due to COVID-19. It will be rescheduled. North End Against Drugs (NEAD) will hold another Family Dinner/Family Talk on Monday, March 23 at 5:45 p.m. at the BCYF Nazzaro Community Center, 30 N. Bennet Street. NEAD invites all North End/Waterfront families to attend this free family event. The guest speaker for Read More…
The North End Friends of St. Francis House will once again be running our annual flea market and bake sale for the St. Francis House Homeless Shelter. After a one year hiatus, the event is back this year and now is the time to start looking in your closets, drawers, and cellars for items that Read More…