Larry DiCara remembers his first encounter with Mayor Kevin White. It was 1971. DiCara was newly elected to the Boston City Council. The mayor phoned. Would DiCara meet with him? The young DiCara, outfitted in his best suit, entered the…
Category: Editorials
ABCD’s Grandparent Program Celebrates Half a Century of Service
The Regional Review recognizes the effects of Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) on its half a century of caring through its Foster Grandparent Program and the hundreds of volunteers that were recently honored for their dedicated services over 50…
Mayor/Council Take Action on Fuel Emission
The Regional Review applauds Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston City Council, including North End Councilor Sal LaMattina, for putting together and passing an ordinance to protect air quality throughout the city by reducing harmful fuel emissions created by…
Opinion
Neighborhood Walks produce positive results Neighborhood engagement walks with the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services and other city departments turned out to be positive events, based on a report issued by Mayor Martin J. Walsh. The report, a comprehensive evaluation…
Opinion
NEWNC totally disregards abutters’ concerns The North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) was elected by residents to represent their interests and concerns, not their personal opinion on each issue that goes before them. Case in point, every abutter to a proposal…
Love in the Lab
Kerfuffle. Brouhaha, contretemps, a wrangle, rumpus, melee, a ruckus, a to-do. It is curious that some of the best words in the English language describe a commotion, a disturbance, a fuss. My big American Heritage dictionary, published in 2000, strangely…
Head Start Celebrates 50 of Service
Head Start, a program of Action of Boston Community recently celebrated fifty years (1965-2015) of providing low-income children and their families on the path to success in school and life. Head Start has served tens of thousands of children from…
St. John School Celebrates 120 Years of Service
Saint John Parochial School in the North End has celebrated 120 years of quality teaching and neighborhood commitment. For well over a century St. John School has provided education and social skills to thousands of students and many out of…
Opinion
Boston 2024 Olympic Report will answer tax question Having the 2024 Summer Olympics with Boston as a host city without using taxpayer’s money is the real question on just about everyone’s mind, especially the Governor and Mayor. Boston 2024 will…
Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile
The world has changed. Our cars are more efficient and safer than they were a couple of decades ago. We used to be concerned about the Soviet Union. Now it is Russia. At one time women stayed home and took…