North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) 2015 Opera Project will be held at two venues during the month of June. The performances allows NEMPAC to fund their artist, orchestra and children’s chorus. A four night run of Puccini’s…
Month: June 2015
North End Neighborhood Engagement Walks Findings Released
A comprehensive report conducted by the City of Boston Neighborhood Service Department of the possible needs of every neighborhood has been released, including North End results. Neighborhood Engagement Walks was a cross-department effort with the Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS)…
Briefs
Casino Traffic Flow/Tax Money Still Not Clearly Defined Plans to open a $1.7 billion Wynn Casino in Everett is still pending on the need for a state sign-off to address environmental concerns related to increase traffic that the mega-resort will…
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…
Are Drug Prevention Programs Really Working
Drug related problems have been in existence since cavemen started eating roots and shrubs that made them touch the sky. Thousands of years have passed since mankind started to walk upright and there is still a drug problem that needs…
What about the Economic Burdens on Small Businesses
Boston’s small businesses have taken a few economic left hooks this winter, dropping sales with each punch. Only a series of standing eight counts have allowed them a little time to remain on their feet, preventing the knockout blow. Now,…
Obituaries 06-09-2015
Josette Scapicchio Member of St. Lucy’s Society of the North End Josette B. (Kaladjian) Scapicchio of Boston’s North End passed away at home with her family on May 17 after a long illness. Josette was a member of St. Lucy’s…
Inked
Bruin Milan Lucic visited the Boston Barber and Tattoo Company on Salem Street and got three tattoos in one night.
Another Public Hearing Set for Council Small Business Tax Bill
A two-percent increase on the sale of liquor has city business owners concerned about their customers going to other cities and towns to make purchases, crippling their sales. A Boston City Council meeting was held last week on the proposal…