As revelers made their 2017 New Year’s polar plunge in Boston’s waters, a new report issued just before the holidays made yet another sobering assessment of the city’s vulnerability to rising sea levels. The comprehensive report (pdf) issued by the Climate Ready Boston initiative details how the rising tides will soon start to engulf city neighborhoods in the coming decades. A Read More…
CityFeast, a special dining experience in Boston’s North End, returns on Sunday, January 29th for its twelfth year to benefit Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund, which supports the Center’s greatest needs in research, education and clinical care. Headlining this year’s restaurants are Antico Forno, Aria Trattoria, Bricco, Lucca, Taranta, Terramia Ristorante, and Tresca. The event starts Read More…
Karen is taking a break. This column appeared in December, 2014. Read it for nostalgia because times have changed. Now several downtown neighborhoods enjoy two pick-up days for recycling, which has boosted the recycling rate. Those residents who recycle religiously produce little trash, so the trash pickup days went from three to two in those Read More…
Welcome to 2017 – What you should know for Monday! Plan ahead for Tuesday and Wednesday: Tuesday, January 3 7:00pm Parks and Open Spaces Committee Meeting at Mariner’s House, 11 North Square. NEWRA’s Parks and Open Spaces Committee meets the first Tuesday of the month, all are welcome! 7:00pm Zoning, Licensing & Construction Committee Meeting at Read More…
These are the residential real estate closings in the North End / Waterfront for December 2016: $0 – $699,999 26 Stillman #3-5: studio with 679 sq.ft. sold for $530,000 5 Walsh Pl #3: 1 bed, 1 bath with 562 sq.ft. sold for $595,000 99 Fulton #6-6: 2 bed, 1 bath with 782 sq.ft. sold for Read More…