“Hidden Gems from the Old Boston Garden” on display at The West End Museum through February 13, 2012.
Month: January 2012
Boston Foundation VP to Speak February 6th at Family Dinner for North End Against Drugs
North End Against Drugs will hold its’ next FAMILY DINNER/FAMILY TALK on Monday Feb. 6th at 5:30pm at the Nazzaro Community Center. North End residents, Nazzaro Center members and NEAA members are welcome. The dinner is free. The guest speaker will be Robert Lewis Jr. He is the Vice President for Programming at the Boston Read More…
33rd Annual USS CONSTITUTION Model Shipwright Guild Exhibit Runs February 4 – March 24, 2012
33rd Annual USS CONSTITUTION Model Shipwright Guild Exhibit Hosted by the USS Constitution Museum – Sponsored by the Boston Marine Society If you build it, they will come… – Field of Dreams 1989 Members of the USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild display the finest of their craft at the USS Constitution Museum this winter. The Read More…
Governing’s “The Boss of Boston” Highlights the Mayor’s Daily Travels Through the North End
Governing’s Zach Patton shadows Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and gives the rundown in a piece entitled, The Boss of Boston, that appears in the January edition. The article contains several references to the Mayor’s favorite (and not) places in the North End. Below are three neighborhood-related excerpts: Tom Menino needs a haircut. The longtime Read More…
Shake the Tree Hosting NEMPAC Fundraising Party on February 1st
Shake the Tree is having a fundraising Wine & Cheese Shopping Party to benefit NEMPAC, the North End Music & Performing Arts Center. The event is on February 1, 2012, 7:00 pm at the shop, 67 Salem Street. NEMPAC’s mission is “to provide affordable arts-related programming to residents of the North End/Waterfront and the surrounding Read More…
2012 Boston Wine Festival Kicks Off And Runs Through March
The 2012 Boston Wine Festival kicked off this week at the Boston Harbor Hotel, located at Rowes Wharf. The annual event runs through March 30th. See their website for a calendar of events and how to purchase tickets. January is a big month for wine in Boston as the World Trade Center in the Seaport Read More…
Boston Valet Parking Crackdown: 719 Inspections in Past Month
It is past time to get serious about enforcing valet parking regulations in the City of Boston, says Thomas T. Tinlin, Commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department. A surge of complaints documented in recent media articles and attention from the city’s watchdog group has resulted in a major response by city officials. In an interview Read More…
NEWMA Group Featured in Downtown View Column
Founder and longtime publisher of the Beacon Hill Times, Karen Cord Taylor, turns her weekly column to the subject of digital groups that have formed in neighborhoods. Highlighted is the North End’s own NEWMA (North End / Waterfront Mothers Association) Google Group that currently has 645 members. The most active member and moderator is Jessica Read More…
Menino Pledges New School Assignment Process in “State of the City”
Mayor Thomas M. Menino used his annual “State of the City” address to focus on the city’s schools. In particular, the Mayor promised major changes in the school assignment process within the next year. Finishing the Job on School Assignment Mayor Menino also discussed the building of school communities, pledging that one year from now, Read More…
“Sticky, Stinky Berries” at Cutillo Park & What’s With the Knights?
A Citizens Connect user posts from Morton St. about the “sticky stinky berries” at Cutillo Park. Sticky stinky berries! And three christmas trees! Please clean out park before a big snow! On Universal Hub, where this was posted as the Complaint of the Day, an anonymous commenter adds another North End complaint: My North End Read More…
Journalist Bob Skole in Video Profile by North End Stories
Journalist and North End resident, Bob Skole, is profiled in the latest installment of the digital narrative project, North End Stories. Skole worked for The Italian News, having interviewed Tony Bennett and the Defense Secretary for the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. Check out all the entries at www.NorthEndStories.com.
Parking Attendant Robbed at Knifepoint on Commercial Street
Reported incidents from this week’s Boston Police District A-1 Journal Log are shown below: Robbery/ knife 01/10/12 5:10pm Male suspect displayed a knife and robbed a Commercial St. parking attendant of US currency. Suspect fled on foot up Fleet St. Disorderly Person 01/11/12 9:28am Male suspect arrested at Hanover and Charter Streets after causing a Read More…