Park Permit Questionaire If you have applied for parks permits before, either for athletic fields or special events, or if you have ideas about park permitting, please fill out this brief survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T5LHSQJ. If you have more comments about permitting than the survey can capture, feel free to send an email to me or Read More…
Month: February 2010
The North End’s Senior Playground
Sam Allis opines in the Globe: “Senior playgrounds apparently are popular in Europe and Asia, but not here. The closest thing to a senior sandbox in Boston are the boccie courts in the North End. They’re fine as far as they go, and they’re located near good cannoli, but boccie’s a guy thing. The city Read More…
Group Sues For Testing of “Dirty Water”
A lawsuit was filed against the Boston Water & Sewer Commission for failing to test for pollutants in Boston Harbor and numerous rivers in the city, as reported by Universal Hub. “The Conservation Law Foundation formally accused the city of failing to stop high levels of bacteria, oil and dissolved metals and chemicals pour into Read More…
North End Friends of St. Francis House Looking for Donations for Flea Market
The North End Friends of St. Francis House will be having the 6th Annual Bake Sale and Flea Market on Friday March 19 from 8am to 6pm and Saturday March 20th from 10pm to 2pm. As many of you have in the past, we need donations of great household type items so we can sell Read More…
Visitor Tricks for North End Parking
Zoe at Clutches & Cobblestones says, ”Garages are for Quitters.” She gives a lesson on finding visitor street parking in the North End. Perhaps surprisingly, her first recommendation is Hanover Street. “Yes really. Do not dismiss <Hanover> street just because it is the epicenter of the North End. Half of the spots are valet but the other half are Read More…
Valentine’s on Ice
Valentine’s Day ice sculpture at Quincy Market:
NEAA To Run New 6-8 Year Old Baseball Program
The North End Athletic Association is trying to jump start a baseball program for 6-8 year olds. Boys and girls ages 6-8 as of April 30th 2010 are invited to join this great new fun program. Minor league baseball was once a great league when I was a kid growing up in the North End. Read More…
Ward 3 Democratic Caucus
An announcement from Jason Aluia, Chair of the Ward 3 Democratic Committee: Registered Democrats in Ward 3 Boston will be holding a caucus at the Nazzaro Community Center, (30 North Bennett Street) on Saturday February, 20, 2010 at 10:30 AM to elect delegates to the 2010 Massachusetts Democratic Convention. The Convention will be held on Read More…
Governor Signs “Green Ticket” Bill Into Law
Governor Deval Patrick signed the Green Ticket bill into law bringing new trash disposal compliance mechanisms closer to reality. Currently, if the city wants to issue a citation to property owner for a trash violation they have no authority to collect on the fines they hand out. With the ‘Green Ticket Bill’ these unpaid citations Read More…
Community Meeting on Greenway Parks
The Greenway Leadership Council Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy invites you to a Neighborhood/Community Meeting on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the New England Aquarium’s Harborview Café This is the first of two community forums to hear ideas and gather feedback from the public on Greenway operations and maintenance, programming and Read More…
Weekly North End Library Activities
Tue Feb 16 10:30 am African Dance with Wyoma Learn African and Caribbean dances with Wyoma at this lively, interactive event. Ages 5 and up. February is Black History Month. Wed Feb 17 2:30 pm Fun with Shrinky Dinks Draw, color, and bake a Shrinky Dink creation to wear or display! Ages Read More…