One of local entrepreneur Frank DePasquale’s signature restaurants, Bricco, is seeking a take out license. The Hanover Street restaurant would like customers to be able to purchase food to go, bread and pastries, et cetera from a new bakery to…
Category: Editorials
And Speaking of Crime … Statistics
The North End has the enviable distinction of being Boston’s safest neighborhood. And so it did not come as a surprise that statistics released by the Boston Police Department last week revealed that crime is down substantially this year as…
Worth the Wait
The special memorial dedication held two weeks ago in honor of Boston’s first Italian/American policeman killed in the line of duty was a long time coming. Even in a world where it sometimes takes years to bestow honors on those…
Steve Jobs
The death of Steve Jobs at 56 brings to an end the life of an extraordinary American inventor. The i-Phones held by so many millions across the face of the earth announcing his death were designed by him. He was…
The Parade
Everyone loves a parade appears to be a phrase more about the past than the present. The Columbus Day Parade held Sunday in the North End was sparsely attended, so sparsely attended that some observers said there were more cars…
Columbus Day 2011
At the time he lived and sailed during the 15th Century there was no man dead or alive who was more gifted at navigating the seas than Christopher Columbus. When speaking or writing about him, the same things have been…
Hub Protests
Sitting in your North End condo or apartment and watching the news or hearing about the protests going on in the financial district makes you wonder – what is it all about? Why are all these young people protesting? What…
Terry Francona, the Red Sox and the Way of the World
All weekend, wherever you went in the North End on Hanover Street for a coffee and some conversation, the firing of Red Sox manager Terry Francona was at the top of the A-list of breaking news. Bostonians tend to treat…
Hanover Street in the Fall
A walk down Hanover Street when the leaves are falling and it is still warm enough to be in short sleeves at the end of September makes life worth living. A stroll through Paul Revere Park with a mixture of…
The Patriots
That was a fabulous game, the Patriots loss to Buffalo with three seconds to go. The Pats were 7 point favorites. So if you bet based on the victory they achieved the week before, that’ll teach you…to bet. There is…