A message from the ABCD NE/WE NSC: Happy holidays! Many of the 2,400 clients we serve a year in the North End, West End, and surrounding neighborhoods are immigrants, elderly, non-English speaking, homebound, disabled, and alone. They are the “hidden poor” and without the NE/WE NSC, would have been forced out long ago by gentrification, Read More…
Month: December 2010
11 Sheafe Street Up For Auction
An auction date is set for 11 Sheafe Street on December 16, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. Mortgagee’s Sale of Real Estate at Public Auction Located in Boston’s North End this brick, 5 story, former apartment bldg recently underwent a total rehab & conversion into 16 condominium units. There are (9) 2 bdrm, 1 bath, Read More…
Six North End Restaurants Join Together For CityFeast Diabetes Benefit
On January 30, six of the North End’s finest restaurants are joining together to celebrate the 6th annual CityFeast: Dining Out to Conquer Diabetes to support the Joslin Diabetes Center by hosting special five-course dinners with wine pairings. This local event is a great way for North End residents to get involved in the fight Read More…
Tresca Restaurant Receives Full Support of NEWNC For Later Closing Hours
Tresca Restaurant at 227-237 Hanover Street received a unanimous vote of support (9-0) from the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council for its application to serve alcohol until 1:00 a.m., one hour later than its current closing hour of midnight. The later time would apply to its existing C.V. All-Alcohol Beverage License, 7 days per Read More…
Holiday Shopping Poll Results
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NEWRA’s Brogna Presents Zoning Q&A
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association hosted a discussion on zoning variances, led by Attorney Victor Brogna who is also serving as NEWRA’s Vice-President and co-chair of the Zoning, Licensing & Construction Committee (ZLC). The tenor of the discussion was that Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) is loose in granting variances given the Read More…
At-Large City Councilor Ayanna Pressley Visits NEWRA
In the middle of her first term, At-Large City Councilor Ayanna Pressley visited the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) at their December monthly meeting. Reviewing her recent activities on the City Council, Councilor Pressley noted that she created a standing committee on Women and Healthy Communities and is also serving as vice-chair of Read More…
Extended Street Sweeping Enforcement Begins December 14th
As broadcast on these Commercial Street electronic signs, the Department of Public Works is telling North End residents that it will start ticketing and towing cars that are not moved on street cleaning days, starting December 14th. The notice is part of the expanded pilot program which continued mechanical street sweeping into December. For the Read More…
North End Christmas Parade Postponed to December 19th
Due to forecasted bad weather, the North End Christmas Parade is officially postponed until Sunday, December 19th. The parade will start at 1:00 pm with a helicopter arrival of Santa at Puopolo Park on Commercial Street. The parade was originally scheduled for Sunday, December 12th, sponsored by the North End Athletic Association. More information on Read More…
NEWRA’s Year-End Review and Outlook
This week’s North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) meeting included a year-end review of 2010 issues and priorities going into 2011. President’s Report Celebrating 15 years as a neighborhood group, NEWRA President Stephanie Hogue began with a statement about the goals of the organization. “It is important to preserve this neighborhood as a neighborhood.” Read More…
Report Issued by NEWRA’s Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee
At this week’s meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association, the following report was issued by the Zoning, Licensing & Construction Committee, co-chaired by David Kubiak and Victor Brogna. The report contains a tentative agenda for the next ZLC meeting on December 29th, a review of NEWRA ZLC efforts and decisions in 2010 Read More…
Holiday Market at Downtown Crossing
North End resident Nino Sambataro has been creating some dynamic videos. This one is a little outside the North End in Downtown Crossing of the local artist holiday market. See more of Nino’s YouTube videos.