Four North End area businesses were named finalists in BOSTON UNCOMMON a Boston.com reader-participation awards program featuring nightlife, art & culture, restaurants and innovation. The North End area finalists include: Best Tour Not for Tourists – North End Market Tour Best New Health and Business Power Boost – MyStryde Best New Trick from an Old Standby – Converse Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) will hold its monthly membership meeting on Thursday, March 10, 2016, 7:00 p.m. at the Nazzaro Community Center. NEWRA encourages all North End/Waterfront residents to become active members and participate in neighborhood meetings. Meetings are open, and all are welcome! For more information, contact info@newra.org. The full agenda is Read More…
It was a similarly cold night 246 years ago on March 5, 1770 when the Boston Massacre took place in front of the Old State House. Tensions were rising with 4,000 British troops occupying Boston. The military presence was considerable as Boston only had about 20,000 residents at the time. As tensions rose, an angry crowd surrounded and clashed with the British troops who Read More…
The ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) held its Valentine Party on Friday, February 26th, due to snow earlier in the month. Nearly 4 dozen members community, almost all of them seniors from the neighborhoods, came to the center at 1 Michelangelo Street in the North End to enjoy fish, chicken and Read More…
The following incident report is courtesy of District A-1 Boston Police: Larceny from Motor Vehicle 02/23/16 ~ 7:00pm – 9:00am A victim reports that he parked his 2000 Jeep Cherokee on Salem Street and an unknown person forced the front passenger side lock and removed sunglasses and a pair of boots. Stolen Beauty Goods in Read More…
This could be considered one of the “must reads” – recap the top posts over the past week! Top 5 Posts of the Week: Boston Fire Responds to North Margin Street A shout out to local Boston Fire for their quick response to a fire call on North Margin Street. At 2:00 a.m. the fire engines Read More…
Congratulations to the 3rd-4th grade Nazzaro Center-NEAA Knights for winning their basketball championship on Friday night and being undefeated in the playoffs! Shown above are the Knights with Coach Carl Ameno of the Nazzaro Community Center. (Photo by Karen D’Amico) “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a sentence (or Read More…
With so much going on in the North End / Waterfront neighborhood, it is no coincidence that the top tweets cover a wide range of topics! Top North End / Waterfront Tweets From This Week: North End, Boston pic.twitter.com/pd8fgQWLJK — Cheryl Russo (@CherylAnnRusso) February 27, 2016 found a gorgeous apartment in the boston north end for only $1,200 Read More…
Nicole Rafter (Nicky), an internationally-known and much-honored writer and scholar in the fields of social history and criminology, the author of more than a dozen books (most recently The Crime of All Crimes, Toward a Criminology of Genocide), and a long-time professor at Northeastern University, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, on February 29, 2016, at Read More…
Waterfront development, specifically the proposed Lewis Wharf hotel project, was the focus of questions at the first State Senate Candidates Forum. Over 100 residents packed the Pilot House on the North End waterfront to attend the forum, held Thursday night, March 3rd. Candidates are vying to fill the First Suffolk and Middlesex district seat left open Read More…
Because nothing is more London Boston than a ferris wheel… The remake of City Hall Plaza took another step forward with a bid awarded to the owners of TD Garden, Delaware North / Boston Garden Development Corporation. Working with city officials, the private group will look to add new programming elements and amenities to the Read More…
On April 18, Alexis Drzewiecki and Sean Murphy from the North End in Boston, Massachusetts, will run to conquer cancer as a member of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team in the 120th Boston Marathon®. Drzewiecki and Murphy, along with more than 550 Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge teammates from across the United States and around the world, will Read More…