“Boston Strong” Marathon Daffodils not only line the 26.2 mile route, but potted daffodil plants are spread throughout Boston’s neighborhood parks this weekend, including Christopher Columbus Park on the North End waterfront. The respectful gesture honors those who were lost five years ago on the April 15th bombings. Organizers including the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park ask Read More…
Things to know for the Weekend Today is Friday, April 13, time to start carb-loading for Monday’s Marathon. Here’s what else you need to know for Friday… 11:00AM Meet the Musicians & Story time. Join the North End Library at 25 Parmenter Street for a special series of story time with Ms. Alyson & NEMPAC. Read More…
Saturday, April 14 Boston Athletic Association 5K and Invitational Mile. The 5K will begin at 8 a.m. on Charles Street near the Center Gate of the Public Gardens. Charles Street between Boylston and Beacon Streets will be closed beginning at 6 a.m. The Invitational Mile begins after the 5K on Boylston Street. Portions of Boylston, Newbury, Read More…
Andrea Clavijo of Boston’s North End will be running this year’s Boston Marathon in support of St. Francis House. Andrea first heard about the opportunity to join the team through one of her colleagues, a staunch advocate for the mission of St. Francis House who has made a fervent effort to make others aware of Read More…
Marathon Daffodils is celebrating its fifth year lining the Boston marathon route! Marathon Daffodils planted over 130,000 daffodil bulbs with the help of amazing volunteers along the 26.2 mile route from Hopkinton to Boston in 2015. Mother Nature has cooperated, and those bulbs have multiplied and are ready to bloom on Marathon Day 2018 weekend. Read More…
https://www.stripes.com/sports/boston-marathon-relay-to-commemorate-world-war-i-race-1.517012 Former North End resident and Veteran, Laura Piscopo, was selected for the 2018 Boston Marathon Relay Team. Piscopo will run in honor of her grandfather, Guy Piscopo, a WWI veteran born at 28 Fleet Street in the North End. The building with the Piscopo name still stands.
North End residents Kristen Cina and Shavonne Malara will run in the Boston Marathon in support of MassGeneral Hospital for Children’s Pediatric Cancer Team. The funds Kristen and Shavonne raise will support pioneering research, clinical initiatives and quality of life services such as art and music therapy which help pediatric cancer patients cope emotionally and developmentally with their Read More…
North End resident & Bangor native, Hillary Throckmorton will be running 26.2 miles in her first Boston Marathon on April 16th as part of the David Ortiz Children’s Fund charity team. A die-hard Red Sox fan, Throckmorton was further motivated to join the team given the Fund’s mission of providing lifesaving heart surgeries for children Read More…
North End resident Cara Curran is lacing up her sneakers for her first Boston Marathon this year on behalf of Joslin Diabetes Center, where two of her younger brothers receive their type 1 diabetes care. Brian, the second youngest of the family, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2004 at the age of 5 Read More…
Things to know for Tuesday Your daily roundup for Tuesday, January 2: 3:00PM Lego Club. Join the North End Library at 25 Parmenter Street for some after school fun building legos. Notable News: Walsh sworn in for second term as mayor Mayor Martin J Walsh began his second term as Boston’s 54th mayor on Monday Read More…
Marathon Daffodils is the continuing tribute to the “Boston Strong” spirit, now four years after the bombing tragedy. For the 2017 Boston Marathon, the effort expanded to neighborhood parks and public spaces, well beyond the marathon route. The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park brought our attention to the hundreds of potted plants on the waterfront shown in Read More…
Happy Marathon Monday! Events for Monday, April 17 [Patriot’s Day Holiday] 10:00am Reenactment of Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride on Hanover Street (Prado). The National Lancers will reenact the ride of Paul Revere in front of the North End’s Paul Revere Mall (Prado) on Hanover Street, view the event posting. The Midnight Ride / Patrick Chung gets a Read More…