North End resident, enchanteboston, trys the brunch at the recently opened Caffe Nuovo on 76 Salem Street and writes an enthusiastic review. “Naturally I ordered a bloody mary to compliment my favorite brunch accessory – Chanel sunglasses. Sunglasses are a necessary brunch accessory for girls who value preserving a well put together image by masking Read More…
North End Against Drugs sponsored a free family dinner at the Nazzaro Community Center on February 7, 2011. Below are photos from the event. (Click on images to enlarge.) There was pasta, meatballs, sausages, eggplant, salad and bread and butter along with cookies. NEAD President John Romano hosted the event and the dinner Read More…
At the February North End public safety meeting, Boston Police reported a sharp decrease in crime incidents, largely because of the harsh and snowy winter weather. “The bad guys don’t like going out in this weather,” said District A-1 Captain Bernard O’Rourke. “And neither do the good guys,” he added, referring to potential victims. January Read More…
Boston Globe’s Meghan E. Irons reports the idea of one-way traffic on Hanover Street, including wider sidewalks and al fresco dining, as proposed by the North End Chamber of Commerce. “We are getting more people than Faneuil Hall, Chinatown, Newbury Street,’’ said Frank De Pasquale, head of the North End Chamber of Commerce, which is Read More…
ONEin3 Boston, North End Skating Event
Saturday, February 12 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Steriti Memorial Rink, North End, Boston MA
Boston City Councilor At-Large Felix G. Arroyo sent a letter to Governor Deval Patrick emphasizing the importance of filling the vacancy on the Boston Licensing Board with an individual that values and recognizes the uniqueness of each of our neighborhoods in the city. The vacancy occurred upon the retirement of Daniel Pokaski as Chairman of the Licensing Board. All Boston Licensing Board Commissioners are appointed by the Governor.
As Councilor Arroyo explains, “Boston is a city of neighborhoods and we need whomever is appointed to the Licensing Board to be a person who knows Boston’s neighborhoods and puts them first.”
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Highlights from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End / Waterfront area:
Warrant Arrest
01/30/11 10:45am
Male operator of a 1999 Cadillac on N. Washington St. was arrested after a traffic stop for an outstanding default warrant out of Kent County Rhode Island.
Larceny
01/30/11 1:00am
Female victim reports an unknown person stole her Apple iPhone off of a bar at a Hanover St. establishment.
The Boston Licensing Board ruled this morning that two North End restaurants can extend their alcohol serving hours to 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The request is a half-hour longer than previously allowed, but not to the 1:00 a.m. that both restaurants had requested. The Board also added a condition that accordion-style Read More…
Courtesy of The Boston Harbor Association, www.TBHA.org
Scientists and officials from the U.S. 
Environmental 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.
BU Today has posted an article regarding ongoing research into the residents of a 19th century brothel through artifacts uncovered during the Big Dig. Mary Beaudry, a professor of archaeology at Boston University, describes the artifacts found at the Mill Pond site in the video slideshow by Amy Laskowski. “A team of archaeology students from Read More…