NEAD Awards $8,000 in Scholarships Forty-four students were the recipients of the 2019-2020 North End Against Drugs (NEAD) Raymond and Michelina Costa Scholarship awards program. Since its inception over ten years ago, this is the first time that students not…
Month: June 2019
NE Library Offers Many Activities During the Month of June
June will be a very active month at the North End Library, 25 Parmenter Street. The library will present many activities for all ages including Wednesday and Friday films, computer assistance, MahJongg Club, lectures, workshops, games, book club discussions, and…
City Hall Plaza Renovation Concept Design Announced by Mayor Walsh
A renovation concept design for Boston City Hall Plaza has been put forth by Mayor Martin Walsh. Renovation plans will apparently transform the Plaza into civic space, improve environmental issues and improvements ensuring the Plaza is safe and assessable. The…
Mayor’s Garden Contest Deadline is July 10
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced that Boston’s green thumbs have until Wednesday, July 10, to register for the 2019 Mayor’s Garden Contest presented by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department with a grand prize provided by JetBlue and prize…
Ali Stroker Is An Inspiration for All of Us
At the age of two, Ali Stroker was in a car accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury that paralyzed her from the chest down, leaving her unable to walk and confining her to a wheelchair for the rest…
Speaker DeLeo Prepares for the Future
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo this week unveiled the details of the plan he announced last February that will provide $1.3 billion to combat the ever-increasing effects of climate change. Among the major aspects of the plan will be the…
Guest Op-ed: Celebrate Our Rivers in June
By: Julia Blatt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance At long last, a recent weekend presented one of those pristine days that remind us here in Massachusetts why we endure those winters. With warm spring weather finally here, many of us…
Opinion
Saint Anthony Society celebrating 100th anniversary There are many feasts in the North End each year, however, there is simply nothing that compares to the Feast of Saint Anthony that draws thousands of people to the neighborhood. Celebrating its 100th…
Obituaries 06-13-2019
Judith ‘Judy’ ‘Meme’ Cammarata An extraordinary woman whose spirit will never leave those who knew her Judith ‘Judy’ (Mercurio) Cammarata was born on August 17, 1933 to Michael and Elizabeth Mercurio along with her twin sister and lifelong partner-in-crime, Janice.…