Year: 2011

Community

Final Meeting on DeFilippo Playground (“The Gassy) Wall Improvements on January 20th

DeFilippo Playground Community Meeting Thursday, January 20, 6:30 p.m. Nazzaro Community Center 30 North Bennett Street, North End, Boston The Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services invite the public to a community meeting to finalize the design scheme for wall improvements along Snow Hill Street, DeFilippo Playground, located at Read More…
Arts & Culture Community Schools

NEMPAC Winter Session Registration Now Open

The North End Music and Performing Arts Center Winter Session Courses  and Private Music Instruction registration is under way. To register online:  www.nempacboston.org.  Payments will be collected at your first class, or pay online. For more information, contact Becca Griffin, NEMPAC’s Executive Director at becca0923@yahoo.com.
Business Event Notices

Tour the Otis House Museum with the North End Historical Society

Otis House MuseumA new event from the North End Historical Society: On Wednesday, January 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the Otis House Museum, 141 Cambridge Street, West End Lorna Condon, the Curator of the Historic New England Library and Archives, will lead a rare and exclusive showing of photographs, advertisements, postcards, architectural drawings, and other Read More…
Community

NEWRA Meeting Agenda for Thursday, January 13, 2011

January Meeting Agenda Date:  Thursday, January 13, 2011 Time:  7:00 PM Location:  Nazzaro Center, 30 North Bennet Street Reports 7:00 PM – 7:20 PM President’s Report Membership Committee Clean Streets Committee Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee Parks and Open Space Committee Zoning and Licensing Applications 7:20 PM – 7:40 PM 99 Salem Street, Mercato del Mare, Read More…
Police & Fire

Police Blotter: Christmas Tree Thrown Out of Window Damages Car on Hanover Street

Notable in this week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End / Waterfront area: Vandalism 12/31/10          3:45pm Victim reports 2007 Honda Civic received damage to the front hood after an unknown person dropped a Christmas tree from an upper floor window on Hanover Street. The full police blotter is shown below:
Government

Inauguration Interview with State Representative Aaron Michlewitz – Part I

Aaron Michlewitz is the Massachusetts State Representative for the Third Suffolk District, the Boston area that includes the North End / Waterfront, South End, Chinatown, Bay Village and parts of Beacon Hill/Downtown. In 2009, he won a competitive Democratic primary and special election to fill the seat left vacant by former House Speaker, Sal DiMasi. Read More…
People

Obituary: Anthony Greco of the North End

 GRECO, Anthony 88, entrepreneur, candy maker, hotelier, philanthropist, on January 3, 2011. Born in East Boston, MA in 1922, Anthony was the oldest of five children to Cosmo and Rosa (Bonsinalli) Greco. The family traveled back to Italy after a short stay in the United States and, as a teenager, Anthony enlisted in the Italian Read More…

Schools

BPL Announces Funding for FY11 to Avoid Branch Closures

News from the Friends of the North End Branch Library: Dear Branch Friends, BPL President Amy Ryan asked me to share this wonderful news with you. Yesterday, Governor Patrick signed a $330M supplemental funding bill for FY11 that included an additional $350,000 for the Boston Public Library. Thanks to the support of the legislature and Read More…