North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association www.NEWRA.org July Meeting Agenda Date: Thursday, July 12th, 2012 Time: 7:00 PM Location: Nazzaro Center, 30 North Bennet Street Print-friendly version of this agenda (PDF) Reports 7:00 PM – 7:20 PM President’s Report Membership Committee Parks and Open Space Committee Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee Zoning and Licensing Applications Read More…
“More of the same vulgarities,” says Vincent Santaniello who sends in this photo from yesterday of a dog owner with his unleashed pet on the Puopolo Park ballfields. Residents have suggested additional signs be posted. Janet Gilardi finds this graphic “no poop” lawn sign that might get the point across. (Ed: Is anyone else worried Read More…
Video: Acts III and IV of Bizet’s Opera, Carmen, presented by NEMPAC at Christopher Columbus Park. (See Acts I and II in this previous video post.) Watch it in HD! An awe-inspired outdoor audience gave an enthusiastic response to the Sunday afternoon opera performance of Bizet’s Carmen by the North End Music and Performing Arts Center, Read More…
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center, NEMPAC, presents the 2012 Summer Concert Series on the Prado – Paul Revere Mall in Boston’s North End. The series is on Tuesdays in July and Thursdays in August. Sponsored by My Summer in the City and North End Against Drugs, NEAD. More information on NEMPAC at Read More…
This commentary recently came in from a Mirabella Pool regular that wants to raise the issue of smoking at the pool. I am a North End resident and enjoy everything the North End has to offer including the beautiful pool. However, why is it that people think they can just smoke even though there are Read More…
The Globe profiles life in the 1940’s based on the recently released 1940 census which included details about employment and education. Boston had an unemployment rate of 13% then with only about 10% of the working population identified as “professionals.” The vast majority of workers were in the trades or clerical/sales. The article profiles several Read More…
North End native, Frank Imbergamo, shares one of his favorite recipes in a video that first appeared on Wicked Local Medford. In this piece, Frankie makes Haddock Pizzaiola for the summer when people like to eat light and healthy. A favorite dish for Fridays, often served with broccoli rabe when he was growing up in Read More…
After posting some of my images from the 4th of July, I happily received more great photos from neighbors as shown in the gallery below. The scenes include the Navy Seal “Leap Frogs,” Tall Ships, Blue Angels, USS Constitution, US Coast Guard Barque Eagle and depict events commemorating the War of 1812 Bicenennial, Navy Week, Read More…
Reported incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End / Waterfront area of District A-1: Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Bottles) 07/04/12 12:25am Police Officers walking patrol on Hanover St. had 3 beer bottles thrown at them from the roof of a Hanover St. apartment building. At this time, the officers Read More…
North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council Email: info@newncboston.org Website: www.NEWNCBoston.org NEWNC AGENDA Monday July 9, 2012, 7:00PM Nazzaro Center, 30 N. Bennet St. 1. Welcome – NEWNC President 2. Call to order & Roll Call – NEWNC President 3. Meeting Protocol – NEWNC Vice President 4. Report from the Office of Neighborhood Services – Nicole Leo 5. Read More…
A Boston Best Cruises ferry collided with a docked private yacht, the Water Ranch, on Thursday around 9am near Commercial Wharf’s Yacht Haven, according to a Boston.com report. A 65-foot ferry boat may have experienced a mechanical problem before it hit a private yacht as it attempted to dock this morning near 87 Commercial Wharf Read More…
The following letter was sent this week to City Hall by the Boston Finance Commission, a watchdog group within the city system, regarding two issues related to the pending sale/swap of North and Richmond Street city properties to the North Bennet Street School. The agreement allows for the Eliot K-8 public school to expand into Read More…