Welcome to A Weekend in Boston, a weekly post about events occurring over the upcoming weekend throughout all of Boston. For events coming up in the North End, see the event calendar. For more information on each event, click on the event title. Remember a week ago when I said we have yet to see Read More…
By Liz Vizza, Executive Director, Friends of the Public Garden As we head into the heart of winter, many Bostonians tend to stay inside, choosing to stay warm and dry rather than bundle up and face the cold. Yet even while our public green spaces are blanketed in white, winter still brings us opportunities to enjoy Read More…
Today is Thursday, January 17 and here’s a joke from local comedy writer Ben Alper to start your day: “Massachusetts-based Gillette has a new ad out condemning “toxic masculinity” that has angered many men including the president of the Ancient Order of Neanderthals” – Ben Alper. Here’s what else you need to know for today… Read More…
It has been relatively quiet since the dramatic October 2018 community meeting highlighting the discourse of establishing a new community center and the future of the existing Nazzaro Center. At its January 2019 meeting, the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) took up the discussion as part of an upcoming letter to communicate their Read More…
The North Washington Street Bridge replacement project is now underway. Preparation work and relocating of utilities is being done at Keany Square, and the western sidewalk over the bridge has been closed. The Lovejoy Wharf stairs near the Converse building as well as the HarborWalk underpass are also closed to pedestrians and cyclists. Most recently, Read More…
From the Offices of Boston City Councilors Lydia Edwards and Kim Janey: Councilors Lydia Edwards and Kim Janey have proposed a Home Rule Petition to combat housing speculation and establish an investor and commercial property transfer fee. The proposed bill would enhance the city’s housing toolkit by generating millions of dollars for affordable housing and Read More…
Mayor Marty Walsh gave the State of the City address on Tuesday, January 15 at Symphony Hall in Boston. Walsh compared Boston’s growing success to the struggles the nation is facing as a whole. “The state of our city is strong, but I’m concerned about the state of our union,” said Walsh. “What we do in Read More…
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Row House, an indoor rowing studio, will be opening its first Boston location at Lovejoy Wharf, offering series of 45-minute group classes that include low-impact workouts complemented by high-energy music. Led by locally-based wife and husband Gyee and Bob O’Malley, Row House will offer full-body, low-impact workouts for a variety of fitness levels. Studio members will be able to track their Read More…
Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, January 15th, NorthEndWaterfront.com was inaccessible for about 45 minutes shortly after the morning newsletter went out. A surge of traffic to the site caused our server to overload when we exceeded our bandwidth allocation. Our sincere apologies for the downtime. We will be experimenting with some options to avoid this in the Read More…
Honoring the 100th anniversary of Boston’s Great Molasses Flood, residents and dignitaries came out on a chilly morning to form a human circle on the former location of a 90 foot wide molasses tank, located at what is now Langone Park on Commercial Street in Boston’s North End. Twenty one people were killed and another Read More…
Boston Harbor Now’s Director of Policy Jill Valdes Horwood and Director of Planning Alice Brown have started a bi-weekly video blog covering topics related to the harbor. Their first video, “Learning to Speak Climate Change” demystifies the terminology that gets tossed around regarding climate change. In this informative, five-minute vlog (video blog) Jill and Alice Read More…