The Celtics basketball season may be over, but they’re still waging battle against another formidable adversary, more formidable than the Heat, Spurs or Pacers-HUNGER! And they have assembled an All*Star cast to help with a full court press against this relentless opponent. With a starting line-up of ‘Project Bread’, Sal’s Pizza, the Eliot school and Read More…
Celtics mascot Lucky @celticslucky18 throws one down for Eliot School students at the Nazzaro Center gym on Wednesday morning. The visit with former Celtic Dana Barros was part of the Teaming Up Against Hunger program presented by Sal’s Pizza. Photo courtesy of Boston Celtics.
With literally thousands of 6th and 8th graders across the city trying to place the first step of their future on the most solid footing possible, 13 North End/Nazzaro youth hit the equivalent of the academic lottery by gaining entrance into one of the three prestigious public schools in the Boston school system. But unlike Read More…
The City of Boston, under the supervision of its Centers for Youth and Families department, staged the 7th annual Scripps Spelling Bee regional finals at the Copley Library on Saturday March 22 and once again, the North End and the Nazzaro Center were well represented. Three Nazzaro participants, Domenic Orlando (St. John’s), Jacob Stein (Eliot) Read More…
The NEAA-Nazzaro Center Basketball League held its annual award banquet on Sunday, March 30th at Filippo’s Ristorante, celebrating its 41st season this year. The Knights and Small Fry Leagues are among the most popular programs run out of the Nazzaro Center. The various levels of the league provide winter long basketball instructional and (mildly) competitive Read More…
Chris Herren, former NBA player and High School All-American, spoke at a community forum on Saturday, March 29th in the North End hosted by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. The Nazzaro Center gymnasium was filled with many youths and residents of all ages to listen to Herren’s story of drug addiction and recovery. The event was Read More…
Thanks to the continued generosity of the Police Athletic League (PAL), 56 members of the Nazzaro Center Ski Club enjoyed the long St. Patrick’s Day week-end skiing Killington Mountain, the “Beast of the East” ski resort in central Vermont. Aided by a most fortuitous two feet of new snow just two days before the trip, Read More…
I have made arrangements with Aliza Rodriguez, from the Boston Police Department’s Neighborhood Crime Watch Unit, to have 100 police whistles dropped off at The Nazzaro Center sometime today. To the right is a picture of the police whistle: The number of whistles being made available is currently dictated by supply. Ms. Rodriguez said we Read More…
April 9, 2014 Update: In an apparent case of mistaken identity, the Suffolk District Attorney’s office has dropped the charges against this North End man, Ross Currier, who is no longer considered a suspect. See this post for more information. [hr] After being spotted by the victim on the Nazzaro Center basketball court in the Read More…
Sgt. Gary Eblan from the Boston Police Department will be on hand to teach his self-defense class “Street Smarts: Reducing Your Odds” in response to the recent sexual assault that occurred in North End. The class will take place on Thursday, March 6th from 6-7:30pm at the BCYF Nazzaro Community Center, 30 North Bennet St. Read More…
A LOVELY time was had by all at a Valentine’s Day Celebration held in the Nazzaro Center gymnasium on Sunday morning. Kids ranging in age from 1 month to 13 years attended, along with their parents, grandparents, friends and neighbors.True to the spirit of community, many helped out – setting up, cleaning up, overseeing an arts and crafts Read More…
On February 18, 2014 at 4:00 pm, the Nazzaro Community Center (30 N. Bennet St.) in the Boston’s North End will host Interactive Readings: Stories Alive! Celebrate the Legacy of “I Have a Dream.” More information is shown in the flyer.