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Boston Property Taxes Rise in 2019 With Surging Real Estate Values

Rising real estate values are once again driving significantly higher City of Boston property taxes for fiscal 2019. Area homeowners are seeing a consistent mid-to-high single digit assessment increase from the city’s mailing of its recent property tax bills due on February 1st. The median home value in the North End is $717,800, according to Read More…

NEWRA Meeting Report: North End Beautification, Capping Alcohol Licenses, Support for “Bottles” and 5 Tileston St.; 92-96 Salem St./3 Wiget St. Withdrawn

The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association, NEWRA, held its monthly membership meeting at the Nazzaro Community Center on November 8, 2012. The following is a summary of the issues heard and votes taken. NEWRA President Jim Salini took the gavel for the first time after October’s annual meeting and elections. He said that among Read More…

The Long Wharf Park Case: A Dispatch from the Court House

The protracted court battle over the fate of Long Wharf Park grew lengthier yesterday in a Suffolk Superior Court motion session before presiding justice, Linda Giles. Moving towards a sixth year of litigation in the case of Sanjoy Mahajan vs. Boston Redevelopment Authority, ten North End residents have challenged the Mass. DEP’s approval of BRA Read More…