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Reader Poll: Will the Street Pole Wireless Antenna System Be Worth It?

Wireless companies, especially Verizon and private partner Extenet, have been swapping out traditional street lights in the North End for micro cell towers hosting a distributed antenna system to enhance wireless phone and data usage in the neighborhood.  The system is being installed on city-owned street light poles in the North End. The poles have a Read More…

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North End / Waterfront Real Estate Sales for December 2018

These are the residential closings in the North End / Waterfront area during the month of December. $0 – $699,999 76 N. Margin #6: 2 bed, 1 bath with 670 sf. sold for $402,000 84 Prince #1C: 1 bed, 1 bath with 520 sf. sold for $415,000 2 Goodwin Pl. #4: 1 bed, 1 bath Read More…

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Midnight Fireworks on Boston Harbor Ring in a Soggy Start to 2019 [Video]

It was a soggy 2019 New Year’s fireworks display over Boston Harbor as pouring rain at midnight dampened the longstanding tradition. Still, the show went on with bursts of color emerging from a barge between Long Wharf and Fan Pier. And, there were plenty of hearty souls that came out to the waterfront to cheer the Read More…