Month: December 2021
Up for Grabs: After Edwards Wins the Special Election for State Senate; A Field of Candidates Begins to Emerge for District Councilor
District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edward’s impressive victory over Revere’s Anthony D’Ambrosio last week for the First Suffolk & Middlesex State Senate seat will spark a Special Eelection for her district council seat after the formality of a January 11…
North End City Liaison Leaving His Post
John Romano, Jr. has announced he is leaving his North End, West End, Waterfront liaison position with the City of Boston Neighborhood Service Department to take another job with the state.               “When I took this position, I had no…
North End Bank Robbery Suspect Caught
The Boston man wanted in connection with a September bank robbery in the North End has been apprehended. Just before 9:30 am on Sunday, December 19 Boston Police arrested Rolando Gala, 39, of Boston. Gala was wanted on an outstanding…
North End, Surrounding Area’s Weekly COVID Infections Increase
With the Omicron COVID variant now the most prevalent variant sweeping across the US–making up nearly 75 percent of all new cases–the North End and the surrounding areas’s weekly COVID positive test rate rose once again ahead of the Christmas…
At Boston Premier Dentistry, Patients Are like Family
What sets Boston Premier Dentistry, PC (formerly Ficociello and Ficociello D.D.S, PC) apart from the competition, according to Dr. Kourosh Asha, DMD, the owner of and one of the practitioners at the longstanding downtown dental office, is the warm, familial…
Have a Merry — and Safe — Christmas
The holiday season usually is the most wonderful time of the year. But Christmas, 2021, is anything but wonderful, even for those of us who are among the most fortunate in our society. Our collective stress and anxiety levels are…
Enchanted Trolley Tour
First Suffolk & Middlesex Primary Set for Dec. 14
On Tuesday, December 14 North End voters will head to the polls during the First Suffolk & Middlesex Special Election Primary and cast their ballots for state senator. The election to fill the seat vacated by Joseph Boncore will take…
New Year’s Eve Harbor Fireworks Return
For the first time since 2020, Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP) and Boston Harbor Now will conduct a New Year’s Eve fireworks celebration which will take place over the inner Boston Harbor between the North End and East Boston…