[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lckjn-f3LjU] Highlights and video index timeline: 00:00 Welcome by Captain Thomas Lee & Sgt. Thomas Lema of District A-1 02:00 Overview of Crime Stats (see summary sheet below) 04:00 Warrant Arrest, 3/19/13, Hanover St., stopped for aggressive panhandling 05:20 Warrant Arrest, 3/23/13, 6am, Cleveland Pl. & Snow Hill St., stopped for climbing fire escapes Read More…
Local artist Nathan Swain took a space formerly used for billboards and transformed it into public art. The space is located on Cambridge Street above the Red Hat in Beacon Hill. The North End resident hand painted the murals with images of a forest of dandelion wishies. They are each 25 feet wide by 37 Read More…
Mary Romano got laid off at ABCD in the North End last week. She has worked there tiredlessly for around 20 years or more. She worked to help many seniors with Fuel Assistance, food stamps cooked lunches for them, ran trips and held parties at each holiday. She had special parties for those turning 90 Read More…
The Eliot School Daisy Girl Scout troop spent Thursday afternoon on the Prado with RUFF, Responsible Urbanites for Fido. North End dog owners, Sarah, Holly & David, stopped by to teach the girls about the responsibilities that come with owning a dog in the city. The Eliot School Daisy Girl Scouts are led by North Read More…
The North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) is holding its annual election on Saturday, May 18, 2013, 10am-2pm at the Nazzaro Center, 30 N. Bennet Street. All North End/Waterfront residents age 18 and older are invited to seek election to one of the six seats to be filled. Candidate information and nomination forms can be picked Read More…
Please look at these disgusting sanitary conditions on Cooper Street. Theses photos were taken on March 30, 2013 in front of 17 and 19 Cooper Street. This is not the first instance for these two buildings. I have repeatedly observed food and bottles (meat, vegetables and fruit) being thrown out in paper bags in front Read More…
Head chef representative Jose Duarte of Taranta in the North End will participate in the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s 5th annual “Chefs for the Cure” charity event on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at The Residences at W Boston. “Chefs for the Cure” is an exclusive culinary tasting-style event which gives Read More…
Hubway, the citywide bike sharing system, reinstalled its stations in the North End / Waterfront this week at Lewis Wharf (Atlantic Ave.), Cross St. & Hanover St. Intersection, Aquarium T Station, Rowes Wharf, Government Center and North Station. Local officials have discussed having more stations in the interior North End, but none are scheduled for Read More…
Reported incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log are shown below, courtesy of BPD District A-1. Unarmed Robbery 03/30/13 3:40am Male victim stepped outside of a Wiget St. apartment and was approached by 2 male suspects who alighted from a tan motor vehicle. At this time, the suspects demanded the head phones he was Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvzQ_dTaSH4] Video: 244-246R Hanover St. & 20 Parmenter St. presentation, discussion and NEWNC vote on April 1, 2013 Silverline Development Company, the new owner of 244-246R Hanover Street and 20 Parmenter Street, received a unanimous 7-0 vote in support of its zoning relief requests from the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council, NEWNC. The Read More…
New Greenway Conservancy (GC) Board Members from the North End, John Pregmon and Robyn Reed, along with several Conservancy staff members, hosted a well-attended community workshop. The goal, according to Pregmon was to help “serve as catapult and bridge” between the community and the non-profit that manages the North End Parks. The Greenway parks have Read More…
Join the North End / Waterfront community in a celebration of Spring and the blooming of thousands of daffodils on the Greenway’s North End Parks. The family friendly event will be held on Sunday, April 14, 2013 from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm. There will be a daffodil hat contest, RUFF daffodil doggy parade, children’s Read More…