-By Phil Orlandella North End Against Drugs, the Nazzaro Community Center and several donors made it possible for fourteen local students to receive scholarships to help with their all important education. The awards were announced through a raffle held at the Center following a musical concert by the Nazzaro Center’s Band under the direction...
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Second Annual North 2 South Baseball Classic
Little League teams from the North End Athletic Association and the South End Baseball League will play a two game tournament series, one game at each other’s field on Sunday June 26 and Tuesday June 28. Sponsored by State Representative Aaron Michlewitz the second annual North 2 South Baseball Classic games will start at...
The City’s Response to the Bruins Victory was on the Mark
Some sports purists and civil libertarians said they felt let down by Boston’s official response to the Bruin’s Stanley Cup victory last week. They were miffed because crowds weren’t allowed to get out of hand on the night of the victory or to roam freely throughout the city burning cars and breaking windows and...
Indians Claw Tigers 10-6
Lead off Tigers hitter Mike Leavitt legged out a double, took third on a wild pitch and crossed the plate on an RBI groundout by Jackson Stanton for a 1-0 first inning lead over the Indians in a NEAA Majors Baseball contest at Langone Park. The tribe tried to answer back in the home...
NEAA Majors All Star Game June 25
The North End Athletic Association will conduct its annual Major’s Youth Baseball All Star Game on Saturday, June 25 starting at 7pm at Puopolo Park on Commercial Street. “The nine inning family event, which showcases all of the talented girls and boys who play in the 9-12 year old league,” NEAA Baseball Commissioner John...
NEAA Junior Dodgers Post 3-0 Record
The NEAA Junior Dodgers traveling baseball team ran their record to 3-0 with a 8-5 win over the Parkway Nationals. Dodgers pitcher Vincent LoPriore hurled a complete game striking out eight batters for the team’s third win in a row. LoPriore also had a good day at the plate with three hits. Anthony Coppolla...
Cardinals Beat Cubs 2-1
The Cardinals took over second place in the North End Athletic Association Majors Baseball League edging the Cubs 2-1. Cubs took a quick first inning 1-0 lead on a walk to Colman Shea and a triple by Michael Pittore who was cut down at the plate trying to stretch his hit into an inside...
NEAA Freshman Dodgers Drop 2
The Freshman NEAA Dodgers traveling baseball team dropped the last two games 8-7 to the Mission Hill Blue Jays and were completely trounced by their long time rivals the South End Astros in the second weekend contest. Dodger pitcher Richard Perez struggled with his control and some suspect defense and fell behind 4-0 in...
Red Sox/Cubs in Championship Series
The first place Red Sox played their way into the NEAA Majors baseball finals shutting out the Indians 4-0 gaining a spot in the 2 out of 3 games Championship Series against the Regional Review Cubs who knocked off the favorite St. Agrippina Cardinals. Five Red Sox pitchers, Lorenzo Pantaleo, Anthony Ruzzo, Timmy Martin,...
NEAA Dodgers Start Season
The NEAA Dodgers have kicked off their 2011 baseball season. The Dodgers play in the RBI (reviving baseball in the inner-city) League which is sponsored by Major League Baseball and the Boston Red Sox. This year the Dodgers will field teams at all three levels. The Dodger’s Freshmen team is comprised of 13-14 year...
Obituaries 06-21-2011
Vincent Buccieri North End resident Vincent J. Buccieri of Boston’s North End died on June 11. He was the cherished son of Anna (Manganiello) Buccieri of the North End and the late James; beloved brother of Anthony Buccieri and his wife, Patti, of Medford, Angela Passacantilli and her husband, Robert, of Medford, Paul Buccieri...
Graphic Boomer Tell All Memoir – The Evening News with Walter Cronkite
The Evening News with Walter Cronkite evokes a time, the years 1967-1971, and the shift in ideals and experience through the closely observed eyes of Jack Krivitsky. He goes off to college in 1967 straddling two worlds: the upper middle class Jewish world where he’s grown up privileged on Boston’s North Shore, and is...
Lord Stanley, Meet Captain Chara
One of our photographers grabbed this historic shot Thursday morning of Boston Bruins Captain Zdeno Chara exiting the charter plane at Logan Airport while hoisting the Stanley Cup into the air. A small group of fans were there to cheer on the team as they arrived back in Boston just after 8:30 a.m. on...
Summer in the City
In this fabulously colored Michael Clough photograph some of the well- known locals on their favorite corner are shown enjoying a summer day. Can you identify where in the North End this photograph was taken?
Head House Expansion Proposal Rejected by NEWRA
By Phil Orlandella A severe thunderstorm was enough to keep numerous residents from attending NEWRA monthly meeting held at the Nazzaro Community Center. Besides the usual committee reports, NEWRA’s agenda has three request items that required action votes. The Association voted 18-4 against a proposal by Peter McGinnis who is seeking zoning relief to...
DiMasi Waiting
In the quiet of his home in a Commercial Street condominium, former Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi has been pondering his fate. Where he spends the next 10 years of his life is on the line right now with a Federal jury about to decide his fate. It is hard to know where...
New Tot Lot and Drainage Topics at next DeFilippo Meeting
By Phil Orlandella Another public meeting to discuss the potential design of the DeFilippo Playground, which borders Prince and Snow Hill Streets, is being proposed by the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department. The suggested date is between June 27 and July 8 to discuss the Tot Lot with what’s referred to as...
Neighborhood Parks Map in the Making
By Phil Orlandella Once its finally ready, NEWRA Parks and Open Space Committee plans to widely distribute the Neighborhood Parks Map that include public places in the North End and along the Waterfront, according to committee chairperson Anne M. Pistorio. The maps will also be posted on NEWRA’s website www.newra.org. Local resident Sean Sanger...
Boston Bikes Peddles Lane in Neighborhood
By Phil Orlandella Once again it was a low turnout of residents at a public meeting in the Nazzaro Community Center to hear a proposal by Boston Bikes to create a bike lane from the Greenway to Hull Street along Commercial Street and Atlantic Avenue. Several other meetings produced very low attendance prompting NEWRA...
The Rev. John Unni Sets a Wonderful Precedent
Father John Unni delivered a homily of historic proportion for a Catholic church in Boston at Sunday’s Mass at St. Cecilia’s Church in the Back Bay, The homily supported St. Cecilia’s gay and lesbian churchgoers as members of the much larger and more diverse congregation. Reverend Unni did not disappoint the men and women...
Congressman Anthony Weiner
New York Congressman Weiner has apparently checked himself into a rehab of some kind to give him counseling on how to better control himself from doing the kinds of things he has been doing. He has basically ruined his life and has shown himself to be damaged material. What he did is not normal....
NEAA Fields Three Dodgers Traveling Teams
Three traveling baseball teams have been fielded in the RBI Inner City Baseball League by the North End Athletic Association for the 2011 season. All three teams carry the name Dodgers and are in three separate age brackets. The Freshman Dodgers range from ages 13-14 and play a ten game regular season. The team...
NEAA Freshman Dodgers Take Two
Scoring 37 runs in their last two games got the Freshman Dodgers back in the winner’s circle with convincing a 20-8 and 17-0 wins in the RBI inner city league. The Dodgers came out slow in the first game but just kept scoring and scoring beating the Tigers 20-8. The Tigers scored first on...
Cards Beat Cubs 10-1
The Cardinals evened their regular season record at 3-3-1 in the NEAA Major League Baseball program with a 10-1 convincing rout of the Cubs. Most of the damage came in the 2nd inning when the Cards sent several runners across the plate with two outs and one on. Owen Locke singled to start the...