Faneuil Hall Marketplace was overtaken by a crowd of Santa hats on Tuesday evening as spectators gathered to watch Boston’s largest tree lighting. The WBZ Faneuil Hall Holiday Spectacular tree lighting, hosted by WBZ-TV/CBS Boston news anchors Lisa Hughes and David Wade, was the kick-off for this season’s Blink! Holiday Light and Sound Show. Starting Read More…
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) held a community meeting to update the public about the urban renewal plans for the Downtown Waterfront-Faneuil Hall area on Thursday evening. In August 2016, the Boston Redevelopment Agency (BRA) received a six-year extension of the urban renewal powers with the conditions that the agency provide more financial Read More…
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), alongside Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Greenway Conservancy, held their fourth public meeting to present the preferred design choice for the Parcel 2 park – the Meadow. Based off feedback from the previous meeting as well as the BPDA’s online survey, officials were able to address the Read More…
The Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, in partnership with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s Historic Burying Ground Initiative, placed commemorative markers at the gravesite of twenty-five known Boston Tea Party participants at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground in the North End on Friday morning. A total of sixty-three gravestones across Boston were marked by Read More…
North End Against Drugs (NEAD), with collaboration from State Representative Aaron Michlewitz and Rocco’s Cucina, hosted the 4th Annual North End Basketball Bonanza at the Nazzaro Center on Friday evening. More than 40 children between the ages of 8-16 attended to take over the basketball court. Participants gathered for pizza, provided by Rocco’s Cucina, before Read More…
This year’s spooky season might have ended on an unseasonably warm day but it looks as though November has quickly ushered in the cold weather. With potential snow this Friday and the increase of puffy jackets being donned, it is clear that Boston’s festive season is fast-approaching. To reign in the holiday spirit, Faneuil Hall Read More…
The Boston Convenience Store Owners Association (BCSOA) and the New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association (NECSEMA) hosted a rally on Boston City Hall Plaza Wednesday morning to address the proposed ban of flavored tobacco products in Massachusetts. On September 24, 2019, Governor Charlie Baker declared a public health emergency and enacted a four Read More…
Aliens and spacemen, princesses and princes, villains and superheroes: all sorts of spooky and fantastical characters took over the North End streets on Saturday afternoon. Hosted by the Madonna Della Cava Society and the Mayor’s Office, children and adults alike dressed up in their best Halloween costumes for the 68th North End Halloween Parade and Read More…
Boston Harbor Now, an organization dedicated to bringing the Boston Harbor back to the people, hosted a panel that invited waterfront leaders from across North America to talk about how their cities are developing their waterfront spaces on Thursday evening. Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Boston’s Harborwallk throughout the month of October, the organization invited Read More…
USS Constitution went underway from Charlestown Navy Yard on Friday morning to celebrate her 222nd birthday and the Navy’s 244th birthday. The US Navy was formed October 13, 1775 and USS Constitution, or “Old Ironsides”, successfully launched on October 21, 1797. With decks bustling with friends and family members of the crew, the ship sailed Read More…
Tavistock Development Company, commercial property owners along Commercial Wharf in Boston’s North End, addressed a large gathering of residents Tuesday evening at Joe’s American Bar & Grill. Still very much in the infantile stage of planning, residents who attended had several concerns with the company’s redevelopment proposal along the pier. Tavistock’s current plans include Joe’s Read More…
The RUFF North End dog park had a case of the tennis ball mystery—or rather balls, lots of them—this weekend. Furry residents visited the park on Saturday to discover an explosion of dozens of tennis balls scattered everywhere. But where could they have come from? After some digging (not by the dogs!), it was discovered Read More…