-By Phil Orlandella The second of three scheduled meetings to plan for the rehabilitation of DeFilippo Playground was recently held by the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the consulting firm of Crosby Schlessinger Smallbridge. A good size…
NEWRA Nixes 2am Closure Requests
-By Phil Orlandella A request by Nasser Buisier seeking to change the zoning at 357 Commercial Street by enclosing two existing outdoor patios to create additional living space was approved 49-9 by NEWRA at last week’s monthly meeting held in…
Chamber Proposes Delivery Time Change
–By Phil Orlandella A formal letter was sent out by the North End Chamber of Commerce to their prevayers asking that North End deliveries be completed by 12 noon, according to Chamber President Frank DePasquale who owns and operates several…
City Attempting to Control Health Insurance Costs
-By Phil Orlandella Meredith Weenick of the City of Boston Health Insurance Agency was the guest speaker at NEWRA’s monthly meeting held in the Nazzaro Center last week. Meredith spoke on controlling dramatically escalating health insurance costs for city employees…
Helping Out the Japanese to Overcome the Tragedy
The ongoing disaster in Japan brings home to all of us the fragile nature of everything we build and create for ourselves as a society and how quickly all of it can be reduced to a pile of rubble. The…
Obituaries 03-15-2011
Ginni LaColla North End resident Ginni (Tenore) LaColla of Boston’s North End died on March 8. She was the beloved wife of the late Vito; devoted mother of Gaspar LaColla and his wife, Joanne, of Medford, Mary Garofalo and her…