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Taste of the North End Co-Chairs, Donato Frattaroli and Jim Luisi with Eliot School Principal Traci Walker Griffith - September 2012 - Photo by Matt Conti

Thursday’s News & Views: Big Bellies, Tree Pits, Easy Cannoli, Tasty Donations

What’s Going On Thursday, September 20, 2012: Check out the Events Calendar! What’s new on the blog: We posted photos of community leaders coming together through Taste of the North End to help neighborhood organizations. See the gallery. So far, you like the new Big Bellies. If you haven’t voted yet, go here. What people [...]

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Big Dig resurfacing needed where tunnel slopes up to meet Zakim Bridge (Photo by Matt Conti)

Globe: Big Dig Needs Early Repaving Work

The surface pavement for the Big Dig is crumbling about 20 years earlier than expected, according to state officials and reported in the Boston Globe. The repairs could cost $1 million, adding to the Central Artery project’s $22 billion price tag. The work will cause weekend and night lane closures at the tunnel openings where [...]

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Contractor Dumping

Busted Dumping!

A contractor is caught dumping a pile of construction garbage in this photo taken at the end of Greenough Lane at the intersection of Commercial Street. Left on the curb Friday night, the trash will stay there until the next regular trash pickup on Monday morning. A neighbor captures the violation – a situation all [...]

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Clean Streets Committee Chair, David Grant, (left) and Public Works Liaison, Frank O'Brien.

Public Works Listens to Trash Complaints at Clean Streets Meeting

Public Works liaison, Frank O’Brien, heard an earful about trash issues from North End / Waterfront residents at the NEWRA Clean Streets Committee meeting, held on April 17, 2012 at the Nazzaro Community Center. Many residents brought photos of trash scattered throughout the neighborhood. O’Brien sympathized with the complaints and responded, “Of all the neighborhoods [...]

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North End Christmas Tree Pickup

Christmas Tree Collection – First Two FULL Weeks in January Public Works will collect Christmas trees for composting from January 2 to January 13. Remove all ornaments, decorations, and stands from trees and place trees at the curb by 7am on your recycling day. For the North End, the two pickup days by Public Works are Friday, January 6th and 13, 2012. [...]

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Johanna Coppola of 3 Margaret Street Wins Good Neighbor Recognition Award

Johanna Coppola of 3 Margaret Street received the November 2011 Good Neighbor Recognition Award from NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee. Shown in the photo, committee member Janet Gilardi, presents the award to Johanna Coppola on Margaret Street in the North End. (Photo by Phil Orlandella.) The Clean Streets award is voted by committee members on a [...]

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Photo: Janet Gilardi (left) is shown with Good Neighbor Award winner and property owner, Michele Tirella (photo by Phil Orlandella)

Michele Tirella Receives Good Neighbor Recognition Award From Clean Streets Committee

  Michele Tirella received the October 2011 Good Neighbor Recognition Award from NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee. The Clean Streets award is voted by committee members on a monthly basis in recognition of businesses and property owners that keep their sidewalk and gutter free of trash and debris. View previous recipients of the Good Neighbor Recognition [...]

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Volunteer Opportunity – Placing Water-Cleansing Oysters in Boston Harbor on October 1st

Volunteer Opportunity — Placing Water-Cleansing Oysters in Boston Harbor On Saturday October 1st from 1:00-4:00 the Massachusetts Oyster Project will be placing oysters on the bottom at the mouth of the Charles River.  This is a great opportunity to participate in an exciting and fun afternoon.  Kids will have the opportunity to see numerous creatures that inhabit our harbor [...]

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Green Tickets, Rats & Missing Spazzare Brooms Discussed at Clean Streets Meeting

Green Ticket Law – Code Enforcement Code Enforcement Officer, Chris Stockbridge, updated the NEWRA Clean Streets Committee on Green Ticket law enforcement in the North End. Stockbridge works the night shift and said they are finding 15-20 violations per night. He noted that bagging is better with less CVS-type bags being put out by residents. [...]

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Clean Streets Committee Preps for Spazzare Rollout on Saturday, April 30, 2011

Clean Streets Committee Chair displays a stenciled “Paul Revere with a Broom” dustpan for Spazzare.The NEWRA Clean Streets Committee is busy getting ready for the Saturday, April 30th rollout of its new “Spazzare” (“to sweep”) program. The launch is scheduled with this year’s annual Boston Shines clean-up. Chair David Grant reviewed the plans at this [...]

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Spazzare Poll: Skepticism on Broom Program Mixed With Willingness to Give It a Try

Related posts: Spazzare! Brooms of the North End – New Initiative by the Clean Streets CommitteeClean Streets Committee: “The Brooms are Coming! The Brooms are Coming!” Disclaimer: This is not a scientific poll. Polls are offered for those readers interested in expressing an opinion. The results are representative only of those self-selected Internet users.This poll [...]

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Will you turn off your lights at 8:30pm on Saturday?

Boston will be among thousands of cities world-wide that have pledged to shut off their lights for Earth Hour, raising awareness about climate change through World Wildife Fund’s Earth Hour 2011 event on March 26th from 8:30 to 9:30 pm.  Earth Hour asks participants to turn off all non-essential lighting during this one hour time period. Visit Boston Earth Hour to for more information and [...]

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Clean Streets Committee: “The Brooms are Coming! The Brooms are Coming!”

It was a “Spazzare!” brainstorming session at the Clean Streets Committee meeting this week, led by new chairman David Grant (center in photo above). Joining the clean-up effort was District 1 City Councilor Sal LaMattina (right in photo) and Public Works’ Frank O’Brien (left). As announced last week, Spazzare (“to sweep” in Italian) is a [...]

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Sea Level Rise: What is the Forecast for Boston Harbor?

Courtesy of The Boston Harbor Association, www.TBHA.org

Scientists and officials from the U.S. stuffEnvironmental Protection Agency, Princeton University, and UMASS Boston, along with local designers, advocates, public officials, and representatives of the real estate agency joined more than 425 guests for The Boston Harbor Association’s first ever “Sea Level Rise Forum,” supported by the Barr Foundation, in late November.  Discussion centered around the potential impacts of sea level rise on the city of Boston.

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Snow Emergency Update

The City of Boston has declared a Snow Emergency & Parking Ban effective 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 1, 2011. In the North End / Waterfront, snow emergency streets are primarily Hanover Street, N. Washington St. and Commercial St. Update: All Boston Public Schools (BPS) will be closed Wednesday, February 2, 2011 due to inclement weather.  [...]

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Corner Cafe Receives Good Neighbor Award

The owner of Corner Cafe on Salem Street, Richy “Shy” Loungo, was recently presented with the Good Neighbor Recognition Award from the Clean Streets Committee of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). The monthly award is researched and voted on by committee members and awarded to local businesses that consistently keep their sidewalks [...]

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Recycling the NEW Yellowbooks

Recycling the New Yellowbooks

Eddie O. posts this North End photo on Flickr of the newly delivered Yellowbooks out in the trash piles on the same day they were delivered. “Took this picture on 12/17/10 (the first “recycling day” after the Yellowbooks were delivered). I could have taken DOZENS of pictures just like this one. What a HUGE waste [...]

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