State Treasurer candidate Steven Grossman made a campaign visit to the North End last week. He ate a great lunch here and then for dessert, he received the endorsements of State Senator Anthony Petruccelli, Boston City Councillor Sal LaMatinna and Representative Aaron Michlewitz. Grossman and the others ate together with a number of local...
Frank O’Brien, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Public Works, recently addressed members of the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association Clean Streets Committee meeting on the City’s plans to extend mechanical street cleaning in the North End through the four winter months starting on December 1. O’Brien made it perfectly clear that mechanical street cleaning...
Charlie Baker’s visit here Sunday brought him back to where the campaign began many months back. He had just hired his campaign director when he first came to the North End to meet with local people last November. Then he sipped coffee with a group of influential North Enders at a time held in...
The North End Athletic Association, celebrating its 50th Anniversary, is once again partnering with the Nazzaro Center sponsoring the popular Small Fry Basketball League at the Center. The league, for boys and girls ages 5-13, consists of two divisions. The younger division 5-8 year olds will use 8 foot baskets and meet most Saturdays...
With the election next week, many of you who plan to vote already know who you will be voting for and why. The onslaught of radio and television advertisements and the general overhanded nature of newspaper and Internet coverage, will not further persuade or dissuade those who are already satisfied with the choices they...
Louis ‘Gino’ Siciliano Retired Educator and Administrator Louis J. “Gino” Siciliano of Melrose died on October 7 at his home following a brief illness. He was 85 years old. Mr. Siciliano was born in Boston’s North End and lived in Revere from 1950 until 1980 when he and his family moved to Melrose where...
Nine elephants, and four clowns from Ringling Brothers Circus enchanted hundreds of local children and their parents as well as visitors to Hanover Street Thursday morning. At about 11:30 a.m., the elephants made their way from outside the Coast Guard Base onto Hanover Street for a triumphant march to a table loaded with bananas,...
While this year’s Columbus Day main activities took place on the other side of the tunnel in East Boston, that didn’t stop the Friends of Christopher Columbus from holding their Annual Columbus Day Celebration at the popular park. Hundreds of people were at the park for the opening day parade which was led by...
About the only thing that could take many people away from their televisions and the New England Patriots game Sunday afternoon was Governor Deval Patrick who came to the Improv Asylum on Hanover Street for a anti-drug rally at the famous location. About 150 parents and their children gathered at the Improv to eat...
There are six agenda items scheduled at the next NEWRA Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee meeting on Tuesday, October 26 at 7pm at the Pilot House, 2 Atlantic Avenue. Paul Barker is seeking to change the legal occupancy and use of the first floor at 65 Salem Street from retail with take-out to restaurant...