Congratulations go to out to 6th grader Vinnie O’Byrne who represented St. John School in Saturday’s Boston Centers for Youth and Family Citywide Scripps Spelling Bee. The spelling bee was held at the Mildred Avenue Community Center. Vinnie finished in 5th place out of twenty students for the spelling bee that went 36 rounds before crowning Read More…
The body of Zachary Marr was recovered from the Charles River on Tuesday night by State Police after being spotted by someone walking nearby. Marr is the 22-year-old man who went missing on February 13th after leaving the Bell in Hand Bar on Union Street near Haymarket. His body was found behind the locks at Leverett Circle near Read More…
Boston has a lot going for it. But even one of the best cities in the world can be improved. Enter Imagine Boston 2030, Boston’s first citywide plan in 50 years. After a series of visioning sessions, residents put forth affordable housing, better transportation and quality education at the top of their wish list. Subsequently, Imagine Boston 2030 established Read More…
On Sunday, March 6th, seventy-one North Enders assembled in Del Ray Beach, Fl. to celebrate the 8th annual reunion of the Friends of the North End South. The reunion is organized by Camille and Louie Gilardi each year. Their time and effort in keeping this tradition ongoing is sincerely appreciated by all those who attended. The Read More…
Nicole Rafter (Nicky), an internationally-known and much-honored writer and scholar in the fields of social history and criminology, the author of more than a dozen books (most recently The Crime of All Crimes, Toward a Criminology of Genocide), and a long-time professor at Northeastern University, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, on February 29, 2016, at Read More…
The Good Neighbor Recognition Award was recently presented to Cynthia and Michael Malm, residents of the Prince Building at 63 Atlantic Avenue. The award was presented by NEWRA President Ford Cavallari and Recognition Committee Chair Janet Gilardi on behalf of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). Since 2008, the Malms have designed, pruned and weeded Read More…
Burns, Thomas David (April 4, 1921 – February 27, 2016), trial lawyer and co-founding partner of the Boston law firm Burns & Levinson LLP passed away due to cancer. The son of Joseph Lawrence and Catherine Horne Burns, he was born in 1921 in Andover, MA. An avid skier, golfer and traveler, his two passions Read More…
Boston Councilor Annissa Essaibi George and Alana Olsen, Chief of Staff, Office of Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George visited St. John School’s 4B class with Mr. Christopher Coleman this past Friday. Councilor George talked with the class about her current job as a city councilor, what her day is like, how she helps her Read More…
(This column was adapted from a eulogy given at a Mass of Celebration of the life of Mary Louise Schiavoni of Bradford, Massachusetts who passed away on January 28, 2016.) Imagine a time when there was not the sound of airplanes overhead or jet contrails streaked across a sky. Imagine a time when there were Read More…
Boston Community Collaborative is so pleased and proud to congratulate it’s drama and dance teacher, Ingrid Oslund for her role as Assistant Director of Emerson Stage’s production of William Shakespeare’s Richard III. Congratulations also to North End involved kids Nicolette Teti who played the Young Princess, Fiona Shine Duncan who played the Young Prince, and Read More…
CAMMARATA, John J. “Shoes” Lifelong resident of Boston’s North End, suddenly, on Feb. 20, 2016. Beloved husband of Sandra (Piccadaci). Devoted father of John and his wife Darlene of Revere, Linda Ryan of Melrose and Cheryl Panetta and her husband Steven of Billerica. Loving grandfather of Alyssa, Steven, Brendon and Gabrielle. Dear brother of Josephine Read More…
The Boston Police Department, in collaboration with the Harvard, MA Police Department, is seeking the public’s assistance in efforts to locate 22-year-old Zachary Marr. Mr. Marr was last seen outside of the Bell in Hand bar in the area of 45 Union Street, Boston at about 1:40 AM on Saturday, February 13, 2016. Mr. Marr Read More…