Two popular North End restaurants that have made a name for themselves outside the confines of the neighborhood are now featured in The Food Lens’s first digital cookbook “Dining in Bostonâ€. The Food Lens, an online dining resource that helps…
Month: April 2021
Guest Op-Ed: Don’t Let Pandemic Delay Advance Care Planning
By Catherine Duffy, NP, ACHPN Note: This article is published in observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day. Times of our lives may be forever defined as what happened “before the COVID-19 pandemic†and everything after that. One thing that hasn’t…
Guest Op-Ed: Mask Wearing in America
Dr. Glenn Mollette Like most everyone else, I’m tired of wearing a mask. Every time I go to the grocery, a restaurant, church, or work I have to put on a mask. Not long ago, if we wore a mask…
Opinion
By Phil Orlandella Brackenbury helped make The Greenway a great place Jesse Brackenbury, Executive Director of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, is moving on to take a new position as the CEO of the Statue of Liberty of the Ellis…
Obituaries 04-15-2021
Stanley Alfonso Reppucci Grew up in the North End Stanley A. Reppucci, 84, was called to Heaven on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. He joins his mother, Elizabeth (The Boss) Reppucci, his father, Alfonso Reppucci, sister, Philomena Cordisco and nephew, Peter…
Former Mayor Walsh Sworn in as Labor Secretary by Vice President Harris
Last Thursday, former Mayor Martin Walsh was sworn in as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Labor – and the first secretary that is also a member of a trade union – with Vice President Kamala Harris administering the Oath. Walsh…
Michlewitz Hosts COVID Recovery Virtual Forum
Last week Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, hosted the third in a series of COVID Recovery Forums. The forum last week focused on equity within the state’s economic recovery efforts. “When you’d see those maps…
Project Notification Form Filed for North End Hotel
Cross Street Ventura LLC has filed a Project Notification Form with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) to construct a 134 key boutique five-story hotel at 42 Cross Street in the North End. BPDA is conducting a series of…
Edwards Named One of the Most Impactful Black Women in Boston
Last week Get Konnected!, a local business networking organization, released its first ever list of Boston’s Most Impactful Black Women and District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards was on the list. Get Konnected! CEO Colette Phillips said the honors included…
The Markey-Warren-AOC Build Green Act is Needed
The recent catastrophic winter-weather event in Texas has highlighted the degree to which our national infrastructure (among other things) has fallen victim to the penny-wise and pound-foolish thinking that has dominated our national politics for the past 40 years. The…