This week’s top posts on NorthEndWaterfront.com featured government, local leadership, parks, climate planning, vehicle accidents, and more. Read on below to see the most popular articles from this past week. North End & West End Liasion, Maria Lanza, Leaving City Post After more than four years as the face of the Mayor’s office in the Read More…
In what is sure to be a classic, it’s the St. Anthony’s Feast aerial image from the 100th Anniversary Feast in Boston’s North End. Rotate the pieces to get them to fit properly. (With Touch: tap on the piece and select right or left; With Mouse, click on the piece first to select it, then Read More…
On January 17, 1950, the Great Brink’s Robbery took place in Boston’s North End at the corner of Commercial and Prince Streets. Still known today as the “Brink’s Garage,” the property marks where $1,218,211.29 in cash and $1,557,183.83 in checks, money orders, and other securities were taken in the “crime of the century” and the Read More…
Today is Friday, January 17 and the forecast calls for an extra layer with temperatures feeling like -2 this morning during commuting hours, read more on the Boston Globe. Here’s what else you need to know for today… Anniversary of Garage Robbery. Brinks Garage was robbed on January 17, 1950 by a gang that stole Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) started their January 2020 meeting with a series of important committee reports and updates. Watch the full video below or jump to points of interest using the timeline. (00:08) Brett Roman, NEWNC President’s Report: Roman opened the meeting by thanking Maria Lanza who recently left her position Read More…
Friends of Cutillo Park will have its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the Nazzaro Center. The full agenda can be seen below. All are welcome to join.
Today is Thursday, January 16 and one of Boston’s best known restaurants, Top of the Hub, will be closing this coming spring, read more on NBC10 Boston. Here’s what else you need to know for today… 3:30PM Mindful Minis. Join Mindful Minis teacher Lauren at the North End Library after school for a stress-reducing and Read More…
District One City Councilor Lydia Edwards, representing the North End, East Boston, and Charlestown, highlighted accomplishments from the past year and shared her top priorities moving forward at the January North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) meeting. Watch the full video above or jump to points of interest with this timeline. (00:36) The snow Read More…
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January 15th is the anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston’s North End. The United States Industrial Alcohol Company constructed a faulty 50 foot high steel tank in 1918 on Commercial Street near where Langone Park is located today. Twenty one people were killed and another 150 injured when the tank ruptured Read More…
Today is Wednesday, January 15 and, over 100 years ago, the Boston Molasses Disaster, also known as the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy, occurred in the North End neighborhood of Boston, read more here. Here’s what else you need to know for today… 10:30AM Celebrate What Unites Us. Stop by The Read More…
Welcome back to our weekly update that highlights some of the cases appearing on 311 in the North End/Waterfront neighborhoods. All 311 cases are public information and can be found at 311.boston.gov. Residential Trash out Illegally at 149 Fulton St North End This 311 user writes, “Again!!” The original 311 post can be found here. The post was Read More…