New North End / West End / Beacon Hill Supermarket Shuttle Schedules

Star Market Supermarket at North Station Opens on September 20th

After more than a decade of advocating for a West End / North End supermarket, residents are finally getting their wish. Postcards went out this week to officially schedule the opening of a Star Market on September 20th at North Station’s Hub on Causeway development project. Star Market signed a preliminary agreement in December 2013 for a Read More…

Zoning Hearing to Remove Supermarket Provision From One Canal Project

An April 23, 2013 hearing at the Zoning Board of Appeal is scheduled to remove the supermarket proviso as part of the One Canal project along N. Washington Street bordering the West End and North End neighborhoods. One Canal, a $175 million, 12-story, 320-unit rental housing development expected to open in mid-2015. Last summer, city officials Read More…

Neighborhood Supermarket’s 10th Anniversary: Here’s to the BRA in Action

Raise a glass to the 10th anniversary of a proposed supermarket for the North and West Ends. Here, below,  from my old files, is a letter describing the need for an “affordable ” and “easily-accessible” supermarket. It was sent May 17, 2001, by Boston City Councillor At-Large Francis “Mickey” Roache to the BRA — with a copy Read More…