The 100th Anniversary of the annual Fisherman’s Feast in the North End is something to note and to celebrate. The Society of Madonna Del Soccorso Di Sciacca sponsors the feast, which has its roots in Sicily. Legend has it that…
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DiMasi’s pension reinstated
The old adage that an indictment is not a conviction has never been truer following the decision of a Boston Municipal Court judge overturning the state pension authority’s ruling that suspended former Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi’s pension. In…
The tax free weekend
We urge all our readers and those who have major retail items to purchase to take advantage of the sales tax free weekend coming up. In this instance, the state legislature has done retailers a great service by taking away…
The perfect summer
Forgive us our obsession with the New England weather and its nuances. However, we are endlessly fascinated by the weather. Watching the weather and measuring its heartbeat is almost as interesting as being inside the chambers of the State House…
Mayor shows strength with his view prevailing
A developer hoping to place a casino in South Boston along the waterfront was told last week, point blank, by Mayor Menino that such a project and development would never have a chance of being built there as long as…
Fires lessen the sting after recent string of fires
The 17.5% raise recently granted to the city’s firefighters after tremulous debate becomes less a bone of contention following two serious fires on Beacon Hill and another serious fire in Charlestown. A man jumped from the third floor of a…
Fighting the beetles
A groundskeeper at the Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain recently spotted the voracious and vicious Asian long horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) feasting on a mature shade tree last week. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection…
Saturday’s rain
When the first rain in weeks finally fell Saturday afternoon, it came in a magnificent torrent. That rain caused the dried up grass, bushes and flowers to rejoice. The streets were swept clean of soot and dust. Everything was soaked…
Everyone is away
The 4th of July holiday was a great success. Hundreds of thousands swarmed for music, food and fireworks and virtually no arrests, no outrageous violence and very little in the way of inconvenience. It was a quintessential American weekend with…
Musings on the coming of the 4th
It is the summer of discontent as we approach the 4th of July holiday. In the 234th year of American Independence, there is a feeling held among Americans that the business life of the land is unnatural, strained, weak, and…