On Monday evening May 18th, the Nazzaro Center, North End Against Drugs and North End Waterfront Health all came together at the center for a true community collaboration. Traditionally, the Nazzaro Dance Program holds their year-end recital as a table setter for North End Against Drugs to select and present their yearly scholarship awards to North End students enrolled in Read More…
For the past two week-ends, Mayor Marty Walsh has continued the tradition of Boston Shines, a civic engagement initiative that sees contingents from every neighborhood take to the streets and do their share of spring cleaning. And in keeping with their commitment to be civically responsible youth, the members of the Nazzaro Center’s Youth Program manned the brooms, shovels, gloves and Read More…
The perfect coda to the vacation week was provided courtesy of theBoston Foundation. For the 2nd year in a row, the good people at that charitable organization made a gift of 50 tickets, including a voucher for a snack, available to the center. Rapidly becoming the circus of choice with families and children, this year’s edition, entitled “Metamorphosis” featured Read More…
The Nazzaro Center and Public Action for Arts & Education marked their 10th year together as they did the previous 9-with and art contest. The partnership began in 2005 when PAEE President Joseph Hill approached the center and proposed a collaboration between the two agencies. In return for a generous donation from PAEE towards our 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…
Announcement from North End Against Drugs: The NEAD Family Dinner / Family Talk event for tonight has been cancelled and rescheduled for May 18th as part of their scholarship night. Please e-mail John Romano at jromano45@gmail.com for any questions or comments. Further announcements for the scholarship night are expected to follow in the next couple of weeks!
Residents and neighborhood pet owners walked their way to the Nazzaro Center for an update on the pilot dog park set to move into the flights of the DeFilippo playground, or “The Gassy.” If all goes as planned, the formation of the dog park will take place over the next couple of weeks, leading up to the opening Read More…
A record number of Nazzaro Center program members were accepted into the prestigious Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the country and arguably its best. These seven young men and women, all entering the 7th grade, will begin school in the fall as the class of 2021 and will follow in the footsteps of such Read More…
Once again, the Nazzaro Center teamed up with the Police Activities League, the North End Athletic Association and North End Against Drugs to provide families and friends of the North End with an incredible grand finale to the center’s ski program, a week-end of skiing at arguably the best ski resort in the east, Killington Mountain. After various day trips run by the Read More…
For as long as anyone can remember. the Nazzaro Center has been hosting North End Against Drugs’ annual Easter Party, and for as long as anyone can remember, the party gets bigger and better every year. By most estimates, this year’s party played host to about 150 children and parents which would make it the biggest yet. Read More…
Seven years ago, the city of Boston joined the national Scripps Spelling Bee competition and announce that it would begin to send a representative to the finals in Washington DC. And right there at the beginning, the Nazzaro Center has been instrumental in seeing that the North End community was included. And so, for the Read More…
Former North End resident, Regional Review Editor At Large, Phil Orlandella recently received the Nazzaro Center / North End Athletic Association’s first ever Pioneer Award for the many programs, he sponsored and directed over the 50 years of the non-profit agencies. The award is named in honor of the late Dom Campocchiaro who was a Read More…