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…
Join Beacon Hill Village for “The Savvy Patient”, a two-part conversation between an experienced practitioner and health care systems expert (Moore) and a healthcare consumer advocate (Roop). This free, public program will take place on Tuesday, February 5 and Friday, February 8 from 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. on both days at the Central Library Read More…
Today is Tuesday, January 15th, and North End sandwich shop owner Paul Barker, owner of Pauli’s, arranged free lunch to government workers affected by the government shutdown, which is now going on its fourth week, read more on Boston.com. Here’s what else you need to know for today… 1919 Great Molasses Flood Disaster Anniversary.The Boston Read More…
There will be a remembrance ceremony on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 10:30 am at the Langone Park site on Commercial Street. The City’s Archaeologist Joseph Bagley, has arranged to have a ground-penetrating radar survey conducted at the site of the flood. The survey will help him construct a map of the flood and form Read More…
After fifteen years, The Living Room is closing on January 19th at the end of its lease at Atlantic Avenue on the North End waterfront. The news comes shortly after a spat of local closings, including La Galleria 33 on Salem Street and Durgin Park at Faneuil Hall. In 1998, it opened as a white table Read More…
The ABCD North End / West End Neighborhood Service Center will host their Valentine’s Day party on Friday, February 1 starting at 12:30 p.m. at their 1 Michelangelo Street offices. The snow date will be February 8. The center will provide round trip transportation for the Amy Lowell Apartments and Blackstone Apartments.
The January 10, 2019 meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) started with a number of notable announcements and reports. Follow along with this summary and video timeline. (00:00) Welcome and introduction by NEWRA President Cheryl Delgreco (02:30) Lewis Wharf Pilings – The group that advocated against a new hotel development at Read More…
The following are recent incidents reported by Boston Police District A-1 for the North End / Waterfront area. Breaking & Entering / Commercial01/09/19 8 a.m.Construction company supervisor reports that overnight an unknown person entered through a rear temporary window of a Commercial Street school under construction. Removed from the building was a mitre Read More…
Things to know for Monday Today is Monday, January 14th and have you ever wondered what music the pilgrims would hear? Join the North End Library next week for a musical performance by Seven Times Salt, continue reading. Here’s what else you need to know for today… 7:00PM NEWNC Monthly Meeting at the Nazzaro Center. Stop by 30 North Read More…
Joey Chiarenza, former North End resident, is doing shows along the North Shore, and will be highlighted at Lombardo’s in Randolph on February 16th. Joey would like to include many of his former friends and fans in the North End. He is willing to hire a bus, at his own cost, to transport anyone to Read More…