Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 7:00 PM Mariners House, 11 North Square, 2nd Floor Zoning Appeals and License Applications 7:00 PM – 7:20 PM 1-3 Lewis Street, Mai Phung for Alvaro Sandoval (owner) has applied for a variance for take-out service associated with a proposed restaurant in the space Read More…
What’s Happening In The North End / Waterfront: It is “The Bye Week” so there is no football. But, there is a lot else going on around the neighborhood. The NEAA and NEAD Skate Date Fundraiser is on Sunday from 2pm to 5pm at the Steriti Skating Rink on Commercial Street. Raffles, Bake Sale, Nazzaro Read More…
State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz presented a commendation from the State House to “North End Matriarch” Mary Romano on her 80th Birthday. Photo courtesy of the Office of Representative Michlewitz.
Longtime North Ender, Bob Skole, has co-authored a new book with Paul Dickson, Journalese, A Dictionary for Deciphering the News. Neighbors that know Bob will not be disappointed. The book epitomizes his everyday wit and knack for breaking through the nonsense. Published by Marion Street Press, Journalese is a new dictionary of journalistic buzzwords that looks Read More…
St Leonard Choral Society Music Director, Dr. Dan Drzymalski, is putting together a concert in May along the themes of Motherhood, Peace, and Mary. The potential dates for this public event are the first full weekend in May or the second full weekend. The Society is now actively recruiting more choir members for this concert. Read More…
Neighborhood View of the Day: When it gets dark early, the lights and activities from shops are much more apparent when walking down the street, such as shown here from the outside of Di Paolo & Rossi Meat Market on Salem Street. Send it your North End / Waterfront photos to be featured. Check out Read More…
Residents and local business owners probably already figured out the recession ended just by looking at the number of people in the restaurants and shops, record tourists, surging real estate prices, more traffic, no parking, crowded T trains or the cranes in the air. City Hall released its official numbers today, mostly all showing a Read More…
With 244 total votes, the Greenway Winter Lights poll results decisively show a preference for lighted trees and structures, as well as winter gardens and ice sculptures. Perhaps just as telling, the disco balls received the lowest number of votes, even less than leaving it empty. Read more in Greenway “Winter Lights” Turns to Plight. Read More…
The City of Boston is failing miserably at the Mayor’s Million Pound Challenge. Launched last Spring to great fanfare, Bostonians have only lost 74,597 pounds as the deadline approaches, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. In June, a mere two months after the challenge began, the city kicked off “Fitness on the Read More…
The Eliot K-8 Innovation School has a new website at www.eliotK8school.org. The site was created by the Eliot School Family Council to help centralize school information including classroom micro-sites accessible by parents. The Charter Street school is in the midst of a phased expansion to the former North Bennet Street School buildings and has recently Read More…
MENDOZA, George 73, of Boston’s North End, on Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Loving husband of the late Monica Maxwell-Mendoza. Cherished father of Jorge Mendoza and his wife Karen, Patrick Mendoza and his wife Elisa, Maria Mendoza, Juan Mendoza and his wife Julie, and Frank Mendoza and his wife Amanda. Beloved grandfather of Jorge, Sofia, Veronica, Read More…
Neighborhood Photo of the Day: I took a series of photos from a winter harbor cruise including this one of the Pilot House at Lewis Wharf. It was a very overcast day, so I merged different exposures to create a more interesting painterly effect. More to come in a gallery of “Boston Harbor: Working Port.” Read More…