North End Family Pride Day brought out hundreds to Langone Park for a day of music, bocce and fun kids programs. The annual barbecue was organized by North End Against Drugs (NEAD) with activities including: petting zoo, balloon art, arts and crafts, art contest, kids talent show, baseball tournament, musical entertainment and information tables from Museum Read More…
Natale DeMarco and Matteo Norcia, sponsored by Voga Italia, beat out Andrea Justin and Henly Dunne (St. Joseph’s Society) in high level bocce at the 13th “Taste of the North End” Bocce Tournament. Coming in third were consistent winners, Peggy and Bob Magri. The teams played in the charity event with an Italian-style barbecue by J. Pace Read More…
This particular City Toilet, at the North End’s Langone Park athletic fields / bocce courts on Commercial Street, has not been operational for over two years. It’s shameful, to say the least, that both this community as well as its many visitors are treated so poorly. I think a modest community organization effort is in Read More…
Summer in the North End / Waterfront always requires more police presence due to an abundance of warm weather events including feasts, concerts, park activities, and the many visitors to the neighborhood. North End Public Safety Committee Chair, David Marx, invited Captain Kenneth Fong and Office Teddy Boyle to this month’s North End Waterfront Residents’ Read More…
Now in its 8th year, the North 2 South Baseball Classic used the spirit of baseball to bring together two downtown neighborhoods, the North End and South End. South End handily won this year’s classic, but the scores were not the most important part of the 2-game event, sponsored by State Representative Aaron Michlewitz. “As Read More…
It must be summer in the North End as 50-100 teenagers are seen regularly gathering along Commercial Street around the bocce courts and skating rink on weekend nights. A resident sends in this photo from Friday night expressing concerns of trash, broken bottles, and a huge mess left for others to clean up. The location has a history Read More…
The Alvaro “John” Paolo Bocce Court at Langone Park was dedicated on Saturday, August 1st by Mayor Marty Walsh and local officials. The late Johnny Paolo was a committed bocce player and involved in the North End community before his June 2012 death in an accident on Commercial Street. The Paolo family was on hand including daughter Linda LoPriore who Read More…
Capital projects in the North End area have been announced as part of the City’s FY16 budget, recently approved by the Boston City Council and the Mayor. In the North End specifically, the following projects are in different phases within the Capital Plan process: New Projects included in the FY16 Plan: Christopher Columbus Park: $260,000 to address Read More…
In what has become an annual tradition going back almost 20 years, the Tuesday after Patriots Day has seen the entire youth program moved outdoors to the grassy area between Puoplo and Langone Parks. A bocce tournament, pick-up baseball and basketball, playground area activities and all the hamburgers and hot dogs one can eat all Read More…
The North End’s Langone Park on Commercial Street will be getting a facelift, courtesy of Boston Parks Department, Highland Street Foundation and the Boston Red Sox. The $125,000 partnership will fund upgrades to ten baseball fields throughout the city. Each ball field will receive fresh baseball diamond mix clay, pitcher’s mound clay, home plate clay, Read More…
North End Family Pride Day concluded a weeklong series of events, programs and activities held at numerous venues throughout the neighborhood as part of North End Against Drugs (NEAD) North End Family Pride Week. Held at Langone Field on Commercial Street, hundreds of people attended the neighborhood endeavor which took place from 12 noon to Read More…
After the North End Athletic Association Baseball Opening Day was rained out twice, the annual barbeque was held as a Family Day with lots of little league baseball on a sunny Saturday at Langone Park. The late Ralph “Arzie Bo” DeMarco was honored for his lifetime of contributions to the NEAA kids. Many of DeMarco’s Read More…