After nearly 12 years, NorthEndWaterfront.com will be winding down over the next few months and cease publishing in January 2021. This announcement comes with great respect and much gratitude to our strong and supportive readership. Simply put, the site has over-stretched our technical and spare-time limits as an ad-hoc operation. Year after year, I wondered Read More…
The time has come after twelve terrific years of community news to say goodbye to NorthEndWaterfront.com. I have put off this sad day many times driven by the enthusiasm of our passionate readership, but the time has finally come to close up shop here at NorthEndWaterfront.com. You can read more about the ‘why’ in my Read More…
The North End/Waterfront Residents Association (NEWRA) will host their January meeting on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The Association will vote on two items—the first is a purchase and transfer of an all alcohol beverages license to Nando Trattoria, opening at 391-395 Hanover Street; the second is a proposal for a Read More…
Check out the residential closings in the North End / Waterfront area during the month of December 2020. Selling Price Address Sq. Ft. Price/Sq.Ft. Beds Baths One Bedrooms: $527,000 480 Commercial Street #2B 542 $972 1 1 $570,000 440 Hanover Street #1D 672 $848 Read More…
Anna (Ciampa) Guarino, 81, a lifelong resident of Boston’s North End, passed away peacefully on January 6, 2021. She was born in Montefalcione, Avellino, Italy, a daughter of the late Gaetano and Antonietta (D’Amore) Ciampa. She was a devote Catholic and a member of St. Leonard Church Choir, loved cooking and shopping at the “old” downtown Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, January 11, 2021, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. In addition to the monthly committee reports, the council will hear one petition to change the legal occupancy at 81 Prince Street from a four-unit residential dwelling and one store to a Read More…
Today is Tuesday, January 5 and some celebrities have been spotted in the North End recently. Actress Cate Blanchett enjoyed lunch at Casarecce Restaurant on January 4th with her son, according to owner Frank Pellino. Last week, Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Camila Morrone were spotted at Table Mercato picking up an Italian feast for Read More…
A few weeks ago, Anthony Riccio sent me this picture taken in the North End and asked if I could identify the men. Anthony is writing a book about the North End that will be published later this year. The book will consist of pictures and interviews collected by Anthony when he worked at the Read More…
By Bernie Sapienza For anyone who lives or works here, we all know how intrinsically tied together the business and residential communities are in the North End. Over the past five decades, the North End has had a few transformational events—the harbor clean-up of the 70s and the Big Dig of the 90s come to Read More…
The following are recent incidents reported by Boston Police District A-1 for the North End / Waterfront area. Larceny 12/23/201:30 – 3:00 p.m.Male suspect approached the female victim inside a Hanover Street pharmacy asking her questions. The suspect suddenly walked away and the victim noticed her wallet, which was on top of the shopping cart, Read More…
Joseph P. Sablone, 89, of Revere, born and raised in the Boston’s North End, passed away peacefully of January 3, 2021. He was born in Boston a son of the late Enrico and Angelina (Luongo) Sablone. Joe was the manager for Martignetti Liquors for 60 years and co-owner of Fulton Realty with his wife. He Read More…
Today is Friday, January 1 and did you know that the annual ball drop in Times Square used to happen daily in Boston and other U.S. coastal cities? The daily occurrence was to help mariners calibrate their shipboard clocks, vital to determining their location once at sea, read more on Universal Hub. Notable News: The Read More…
The most important community spots are often the least celebrated. When I first moved to the North End in 1991, the Italian section of Boston had largely gone unchanged for decades. It was the affordable part of Boston back then. My street level two-bedroom apartment at 4A Prince (currently the location of the restaurant Artu) was Read More…