Boston Harbor Now’s Director of Policy Jill Valdes Horwood and Director of Planning Alice Brown host a bi-weekly video blog covering topics related to the harbor. Watch their most recent episode about filled tidelands below. In this six minute vlog, Horwood and Brown talk about filled tidelands which are protected by Chapter 91, the public waterfront act. When original Read More…
Beginning today and running through the weekend, thousands of providers and health center advocates are gathering in Washington, D.C., to chart a path forward and fan out across Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers. James Luisi, chief executive of NEW Health in Boston’s North End and board chair for the National Association of Community Health Read More…
Faneuil Hall Marketplace will host the Quincy Market Casino Night on Saturday, March 30 from 7:00 to 10:00pm in the Upper Rotunda of Quincy Market. Join Faneuil Hall Marketplace for a night of casino games for fun prizes. There will also be a DJ and cash bar. Admission is $20 per person and includes casino Read More…
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Sarah P. (Marinella) Longo of Billerica and formerly of the North End passed away on March 26, 2019. Beloved daughter of the late Antonio and Angelina (Vozzella) Marinella. Loving wife of the late Joseph Longo. Beloved mother of Salvatore J. Longo and his wife Ann of East Bridgewater, Anthony J. Longo and his wife Nancy Read More…
Today is Wednesday, March 27 and here’s what else you need to know for today… 6:30PM Author Talk: Karen McManus at the North End Library. Join author Karen McManus as she discusses writing and her new book Two Can Keep a Secret, see additional details here. 6:30PM Friends of Cutillo Park Meeting. The Friends of Read More…
Cutillo Park has a new recycling barrel! The barrel will be emptied by Friends of Cutillo Park on the City’s recycling days.
Mayor Walsh recently announced a new pilot program to test out designated pick-up / drop-off zones for ride sharing vehicles such as Uber and Lyft. The pilot, aimed to reduce congestion and improve safety by minimizing traffic disruptions when these vehicles stop to pick-up / drop-off passengers, began earlier this month at the intersection of Read More…
The City’s Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) are hiring lifeguards. See the flyer below for more details and contact Wascar Castillo at 617-635-4920 or wascar.castillo@boston.gov to learn more.
From the Office of Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards, representing District One (North End, Charlestown and East Boston): Councilors Lydia Edwards, Chair of Boston’s Housing and Community Development Committee has released a policy brief calling for updates on two key housing programs. The first focuses on Inclusionary Development, which requires certain developers to produce deed-restricted Read More…
The ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) held its St. Patrick’s Day party on Friday, March 15, well in advance of the local parade and other festivities around the neighborhood! Nearly four dozen members of the community, almost all of them seniors from the neighborhoods, including two groups of West Enders from Read More…
Join us at the North End Branch Library as author Karen McManus discusses writing and her new book Two Can Keep a Secret on Wednesday, March 27 from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery’s never been there, but she’s heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. Read More…