Boston Police District A-1 provided an update on recent neighborhood crime incidents, summarized below, at the April 2016 North End Public Safety Meeting. Figures cover the last 30 days period. Crime Reports -City-wide: up 2% -District A-1: up 1% Robbery (1) -Friday night / early Saturday morning 3/19/16 @ 2.30am @ Bova’s Bakery: An argument resulted Read More…
Fenway opens the doors this week, spring must be here! Take a look at the planned events leading up to Patriot’s Day weekend: Monday, April 11 7:00pm NEWNC Monthly Meeting – Nazzaro Center, 30 N. Bennet Street In addition to the usual NEWNC meeting updates, hear from Boston Transportation Department Commissioner Gina Fiandaca, Greenway updates from Chief Read More…
The Abstract Sculpture, the split dodecahedron public art at the Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, was reconfigured this week for the 2016 season. Made out of steel and aluminum, the Abstract Sculpture changes form each year. A lower height example of the 24 possible configurations, the 2016 sculpture has kissing halves and extends over a wide base. Read More…
Patrons at Lucca’s North End and Lucca’s Back Bay can donate 10% of their tab to one of three North End charities for the months of April and May 2016. Diners can request that 10% of their bill be donated to the Eliot School, St. John’s Elementary School or the Old North Foundation. Lucca Owner Read More…
Despite an offensive billboard and church vandalism, the past week is still worth catching up on! Top 5 Posts of the Week: Group Denying Armenian Genocide Buys North End Billboard A group has purchased a large North End billboard denying the 1915-1923 genocide of the Armenian people. The controversial billboard is located along the Greenway, not far from the Armenian Read More…
This is the only weekly post that is co-authored by the residents and visitors of Boston’s North End! Top North End / Waterfront Tweets From This Week: https://twitter.com/querus_da_goose/status/718260719003807744 Can't skip the newsgathering: Car collides with bus stop in the #Boston North End. pic.twitter.com/G00jKu0X5E — Tim Eigo (@azatty) April 3, 2016 Thanks to @CityOfBoston @BOS311 @BostonParksDept for Read More…
“Fruit Tree” by Seoul-based artist Choi Jeong Hwa is an inflatable artwork on display this Summer at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, captured here by Rita Pagluica. Featured by the Museum of Fine Arts, the “Fruit Tree” came to life on Friday and is one of the 19 pieces of “Megacities Asia” on display at the MFA through Read More…
by Maritza Ciliberto The Boston Latin School Rowing Program is off to a promising and bright rowing season! Neither rain nor wind got in the way of Boston Latin School girls’ squads defending and bringing back home the Salvo Cup last weekend for a second time in two years. In an impressive battle of the Read More…
North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council Website: www.NEWNCBoston.org Email: info@newncboston.org NEWNC AGENDA Monday, April 11, 2016, 7:00PM Nazzaro Center, 30 North Bennet Street 1. Welcome: NEWNC President 2. Call to order & Roll Call: NEWNC President 3. Meeting Protocol: NEWNC Vice President 4. Committee Reports: a. Resident Parking/Traffic Committee: Ryan Kenny b. Public Safety Committee: Sean Hennessy Read More…
The following incident report is courtesy of District A-1 Boston Police: Larceny from Building 04/03/16 11:30am – 3:00pm Victim reports he had 4 packages delivered from Amazon.com delivered to his Fulton St. apartment and an unknown person stole them from in front of his apartment front door. Motor Vehicle Accident 04/03/16 ~ 5:45pm Police responded Read More…
The City of Boston Planning and Facilities Department hosted a meeting to cover the design concept and plans for the rebuild set to take place at the Eliot Innovation School, located at 585 Commercial Street in Boston’s North End. The presentation went into depth about the goal to convert the current office building into a vibrant Read More…
On Sunday night, the Boston Harbor Community Church on Salutation Street in Boston’s North End was defaced with red spray paint. The man shown in the photo was caught on a security camera painting the front doors. Boston Police responded but indicated it was unlikely the vandal would be found. Dave Wenrich from BHCC shares the security image Read More…