Do you need help decluttering? Are you dreading spring cleaning? Do you need a bit of a push to get started? Would you like to learn tips for not allowing your home or office to become cluttered in the future? Well then visit the Boston Public Library’s North End Branch on Parmenter Street on Saturday morning Read More…
Month: March 2017
Weekend Guide: Spite House Sale, Decluttering, Suffolk Downs Buyer, Uber Leftovers, Fishermans Banquet!
Happy Friday – Welcome to the Weekend! “Early signs of spring” https://www.instagram.com/p/BSR6OnYBidW/?taken-at=254372545 Notable news: Here’s your chance to buy a house out of spite With an asking price of $895,000, the Hull Street “spite house” is up for sale, listed by Cabot & Company. Ranging from 6.2 to 10.4 feet in width, legend has it Read More…
EASTER SERVICE/BREAKFAST AT BOSTON HARBOR COMMUNITY CHURCH
Our 10:30am Easter Service this year is titled “Come to the Table” and will be conducted with a combined breakfast. We invite our North End neighbors to join us promptly at 10:30am
Life on the Corner: The North End Rat Pack
Question: where do a bunch of lounge lizards, bar flies and mid-level wise guys go when they want a night on the town with booze and showgirls? Answer: to a fancier bar room, of course. And, if it were the middle of the last century in Boston the only place to go would be Blinstrub’s Read More…
North Bennet Street School hosts unique presentations by standout youth makers
North Bennet Street School hosts unique presentations by standout youth makers Free public event features teen makers, builders, and artists with their mentors North Bennet Street School (NBSS), the region’s premier center for craft, trade, and artisan education, presents MakeSpeak: Youth Edition. Join the contemporary craft community for an inspired evening packed with stories from innovative young sculptors, farmers, Read More…
Video: ABCD North End/West End NSC: St. Patrick’s Day Celebration 2017
Enjoy this St. Patrick’s Day video from the ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC). Featured are North End resident and ABCD NE/WE NSC Board Member, Victor Brogna, on trumpet with comments by Director Maria Stella Gulla and Case Worker Eve Howell. North End resident Rosemary Mcauliffe is interviewed about the Catholic Daughters of Read More…
Suspects Sought in Vinoteca Di Monica Break-in & Mike’s Pastry Robbery
There have been two troubling thefts this week of high profile North End businesses. On Monday, a Mike’s Pastry employee was robbed on Hanover Street while bringing nearly $10,000 in cash to the Citizens Bank across the street. Boston Police have street camera video (see below) of the robbery and continue to investigate the brazen theft Read More…
Thursday’s Guide: Fire Escape Architecture, Population Steadying, City Bike Planning
Things to know for Thursday! Fire Escape Architecture? https://www.instagram.com/p/BSMp8i9BCIt/?taken-at=254372545&hl=en Notable news found elsewhere: Greater Boston population growth cooling The growing population within Boston has leveled off when compared to the staggering growth seen over the past few years. With housing costs that are among the highest in the country is hindering growth, The Boston Globe has more on the Read More…
NEAD RED SOX TICKET OFFER
North End Against Drugs has 1 pair of Red Sox Tickets to each of the following 3 games: April 6th vs Pittsburg Pirates, April 11th vs Baltimore Orioles & April 16th vs Tampa Bay Rays. These seats are totally awesome! Field Box 36 Row K, seats #1 & #2. These seats are like 12 rows Read More…
Prado Restoration Kickoff Meeting Focuses on Priorities
The long-awaited process to restore the crumbling Paul Revere Mall, known as The Prado, began this week with a kickoff community meeting hosted by the Boston Parks Department at the Old North Church. Established in 1925 as the centerpiece of Boston’s North End, the Prado is located between Boston’s oldest church, the Old North Church on Salem Street, and Read More…
Successful Food Drive by North End Girl Scout Brownie Troop
This year the North End Girl Scout Brownie Troop #72123 worked on a Project to Help Others by organizing a Food Drive. Our Girls Scouts came up with the idea of a Food Drive on January 18th and in the consequent weeks they worked on a strategy and course of action. By February 15th they’d Read More…
Mayor’s Column: Go Boston 2030
by Mayor Martin J. Walsh On any given day at any given time, I can look outside my window at City Hall and see our streets alive and bustling. From tourists crossing the street to Faneuil Hall to the cars waiting at the intersection, the Government Center T-stop in City Hall Plaza and the bicyclists taking Read More…