North End News

Police are searching for the suspect in a brazen assault in the North End on Saturday in which a man put a knife to a woman's neck and tried to kiss her.

Gerry McSweeney , Wendy McSweeney, Becca McSweeney, Santa, Molly McSweeney, and John Linehan, general manager of the Stone Zoo.

There are six state in America which are known as New England and are located in the northeast.

A Worcester mechanic devoted five years to building the red 1978 MG Midget he was driving Sunday morning when he and a childhood friend from Honduras were hit head-on by an allegedly drunken downtown financier headed the wrong way on the Mass Pike.

He also covers music for "The Edge" entertainment section. I t was another felony-filled year on Beacon Hill, as a slew of pols were slapped in cuffs, paraded before judges or otherwise publicly disgraced.

"Spite House" In 1874, two brothers in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, got into a dispute.

Certainly an all-expenses paid gourmet tour of Italy would be a fabulous holiday gift idea, but it might not be in the budget this year.

It's somehow already December, and you're struggling to drum up the enthusiasm for holiday shopping.

Rats are wreaking havoc in the North End, burrowing through walls, gnawing through wires, and feasting on the neighborhood's surfeit of discarded pizza boxes and restaurant garbage, aggrieved residents and the neighborhood's frustrated city councilor testified yesterday.

Want to break away from the usual retail locales this season? Try one of these neighborhoods for surprising, affordable gifts to dazzle everyone on your list.

It's Thanksgiving, time to reflect on the things for which we are grateful: family and friends, good fortune, and - of course - good food.

Share + Comments Nov 20, 2009 11:18 pm US/Eastern Reporting Christina Hager Have you ever smelled the air on Blackstone Street after the weekend Haymarket produce vendors pack up and leave? "I think it probably attracts rats and things like that.

You can buy a plane ticket to Italy for several hundred dollars, or you can take the T. The North End's small streets are lined with bakeries, specialty shops and quaint restaurants similar to those that populate Italian cities.

Boston Herald Chief Enterprise Reporter Wedge is the Herald's Chief Enterprise Reporter and writes Sunday's "Pols & Politics" column.

Joseph Spellman, a master sommelier from California, will be at Sea Glass at Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth on Dec.

The 2009 holiday tree lighting celebrations hosted by Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will kick off with the Trellis Lighting at Christopher Columbus Park in the North End on Monday, November 23, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The lighting display, sponsored by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park and the ...

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Nino Ricci, an award-winning Canadian author, is currently teaching creative writing at Bridgewater State College.

The made-in-Boston movie madness continues with three films shooting in Medford, Charlestown, Melrose and the Fenway Park area throughout the Halloween weekend.

Mary Pierce posts video of gun-toting nuns at Commercial Street and Foster Street as part of, naturally, Ben Affleck's roving art installation, Guns on the streets of Boston .