The 2012 Roc 7th Haunted Halloween Carnival was a huge success with an estimated 500 Children and Parents in attendance at the Nazzaro Playground last Friday. Hope everyone had fun! Thanks to all the supporters that helped ROC Teen Saturday with this event: Aaron Michlewitz, North End Against Drugs, Nazzaro Center, Madonna Della Cava society, Read More…
The NEAA–Nazzaro Center Small Fry Basketball League, one of the most popular programs run out of the center, is about to begin again for its 40th season! The various levels of the league provide winter long basketball instructional and (mildly) competitive basketball for Boys and Girls Ages 4-14. The games/instruction are held on Thursday/Friday Evenings Read More…
It was a night of charitable giving on Tuesday as Taste of the North End celebrated with its supporters and community groups that benefit from TONE’s fundraising. Donato Frattaroli hosted the evening at Lucia Ristorante and credited the North End restaurants, cafes and food/drink suppliers that take part in the annual Taste of the North Read More…
On a rainy Wednesday night in July, over 100 patrons of the Joi Salon on Atlantic Ave. packed the salon (and the adjoining parking lot when the rain let up), to treat themselves to one of the services regularly offered there; hair styling, seated massages, polish changes and spray tanning to name a few. The Read More…
Bigger and better than ever, the volunteers at North End Against Drugs along with the Nazzaro Center and NStar have organized the 2012 North End Family Pride Week in memory of “Bobby D” Decristoforo, starting on August 6, 2012 and ending with the big Family Pride Day on August 12, 2012. Free admission to all Read More…
It was a surreal scene at the Nazzaro Center on Thursday night when a drugged out young man, accompanied by his somewhat less impaired girlfriend, was shooting up in Polcari Playground before passing out inside the youth center. A large group of residents showed up at 6:30 pm for the monthly North End Public Safety Read More…
Joi of Summer Event to Benefit the Nazzaro Community Center July 18, 2012, 5:30 – 7:30 pm 2 Atlantic Avenue $20 will be donated for each service: Surf hair style lessons seated massage OPI polish changes spray tanning Light refreshments donated by local eateries and great raffle items. Call 617-723-6330 for priority booking.
The North End’s Francis Shea and his candy bar charity drive makes it big in the Boston Globe today where columnist Yvonne Abraham writes the story. After winning a 5 pound Hersey Bar, the 10-year old St. John School student decided to hold a raffle for the bar to benefit a cystic fibrosis charity. From Read More…
Witness the Fitness – Youth Summer Health Program Monday, June 25, 2012 at 1pm Nazzaro Center Join us for activities, live music, healthy snacks and special guests! Sponsored by the NEAA in conjunction with NEW Health, NEAD and the Nazzaro Center
Video: Nazzaro Center Youth Band performs the “Nazzaro Theme” and “Pipeline.” This week was the annual music concert by the Nazzaro Center’s Youth Program Band, led by Music Director Jeremy Sarzana and Assistant Band Director Christopher Romano. The event was coordinated with the NEAD Scholarship Awards and Family Dinner. Also speaking to the audience was Read More…
In their ongoing efforts to educate youth about the devastating effects of drug and alcohol abuse and to stress alternative adolescent activities, North End Against Drugs and the Nazzaro Center recently hosted a workshop at the center conducted by Kevin Sheehan a substance abuse clinician who works in the Criminal Justice Services department of the Read More…
In what has become an annual tradition, North End Against Drugs punctuated the Nazzaro Center’s year ending concert with the selection of its scholarship recipients, 11 North End students in three categories who received a total of $7,000 towards their future tuition costs (in addition, in an ongoing effort to somehow incorporate the Eliot public Read More…