Fall is here, and NEMPAC has more to offer than ever before! New Children’s Courses -Kids Rock Band -Drama for Kids -Children’s Spanish Returning Children’s Courses -Family Music Makers: Little Music Makers -Family Music Makers: KIDSTOMPERS! -Yoga For Kids -Gymnastics -Children’s Italian New Adult Course -Music Improvisation for all Instruments Adult Italian & Private Music Read More…
Yes, that was Ben Affleck filming at Salem Street’s Neptune Oyster today as he directs (and stars in) “The Town”, an adaption of Chuck Hogan’s Prince of Thieves. Also starring in “The Town” is Mad Men’s Jon Hamm (Don Draper and Rebecca Hall (“Frost/Nixon”). Affleck plays a bank robber in a love triangle with FBI Read More…
Boston Police unveiled a new voluntary program to reduce motorcycle noise on North End streets, called “Pipe Down Please.” The Boston initiative is mirrored after a successful program in Golden, Colorado named “Silence is Golden.” The police will be handing out cards requesting cooperation from bikers on the neighborhood’s residential streets. Police intend to initially Read More…
North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:00 pm, ABCD Center, 1 Michelangelo Street ***NOTE LOCATION CHANGE FOR THIS MEETING*** This meeting will be held at the ABCD Center at 1 Michelangelo Street (off Charter Street) This is a 1-time change as a courtesy to the flea market that will be held from 3pm-7pm Read More…
North End infants and toddlers rejoice! In a piece of good news, the Parks Department replaced the vandalized swing at the DeFilippo Playground (“the Gassy”). Resident Emily Lapkin reported the damaged swing on the Neighbors for Neighbors social network site for the North End over the Labor Day weekend. She found matches around the Read More…
Residents have something to look at as they pass by the old Edison Powerhouse building on the corner of Salem & Prince Streets. Many folks are actually going out of their way to see what once was a barren building. Thanks to artist Nathan Swain, this eyesore has been transformed into a colorful canvas of Read More…
Emily Lapkin reports via Neighbors for Neighbors: “I’m just writing to tell everyone the sad news that the infant/toddler swings at the “Gassy” park on Prince Street have been vandalized. Today we took our daughter there to play, and were greatly disappointed to find a pile of matches on the ground and partially melted/warped rubber Read More…
There has been a series of articles and public comments leaning toward the conclusion that Parcel 9 will be awarded to Eastat Reality Capital and their residential plan for 78 apartments over a ground market. The site is along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway by the Haymarket pushcarts and Blackstone Street, one of the oldest Read More…
Here is a roundup of incidents and updates discussed with Boston Police at the North End’s September 2009 Public Safety meeting. Flasher Update The Police gave an update on the investigation of the “Flasher Incident” that happened on August 15th on Unity Street where a man tapped a woman on on the shoulder and exposed Read More…
While still considered very low versus other areas of the city, North End crime incidents are now 8% of the total in Area A-1, up from 3% last year. Area A-1 covers 9 neighborhoods in the City. Year to date, there have been 199 reported crime incidents in the North End, an increase of 30 Read More…
In the public comment period of the September 1st Annual Meeting of the Greenway Conservancy, I summarized my comments on their proposed improvement and development protocols, imploring the Conservancy to incorporate basic conflict of interest language in their guidelines to stop a slippery slope that has already raised ire in the community. As a private Read More…