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Weekly Top Reads: Christmas Fund Luncheon, Santa Arrives, 14 N. Bennet St. Opposed, Happy Pills, Real Estate Transfer Fee, and Handel’s Messiah

This week’s top posts on NorthEndWaterfront.com featured charity events, holiday celebrations, development, new businesses, government, housing, and more! Read on below to see the most popular articles from this past week. Honoring John Fiumara, Toni Gilardi, Filippo Frattaroli and Sandra Pascucci at the Annual Christmas Fund Luncheon [Photos] Hundreds came together for the annual North Read More…

Featured Photos & Videos

Social Highlights This Week: Holiday Trimmings and Fog Banks

Check out our weekly social media highlights from residents and visitors in the area. To be featured, tag us  @northend.waterfront on Instagram, @northendboston on Twitter, @northendwaterfront on Facebook. Use hashtags #northendboston or #bostonwaterfront. Holiday Trimmings Fog Banks Furry Feature Reader Submissions [hr] While you’re here … we have a favor to ask. Now in our 10th year, we are covering more Read More…

Featured Transportation

Reader Poll: What Do You Think of the Northern Ave. Bridge Design Plans?

New design concepts for the Northern Avenue Bridge project featuring a “people first” plan were released on Tuesday, December 10, 2019. The design features two spans crossing the channel – one that would be for buses, shuttles, and emergency vehicles, and the other for pedestrians and cyclists. There would also be a public space underneath Read More…

Featured Meetings

City Councilor Lydia Edwards Presents Legislative and Community Updates

District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards, representing the North End, Charlestown, and East Boston, presented legislative and community updates to the North End / Waterfront Residents Association (NEWRA) at their December meeting. Watch the presentation in the video above and follow along with this timeline. (1:30) In the last legislative year a law was passed Read More…

Featured Meetings Real Estate

Residents Association Opposes 14 N. Bennet St. (Former St. Leonard’s Rectory) Conversion

Plans to covert the St. Leonard’s Rectory at 14. N. Bennet St. to eight residential units and a one-story addition with rear decks and roof decks were opposed by the North End/Waterfront Residents Association (NEWRA) at their December meeting. The proposal was presented by Attorney Daniel Toscano, representing George Kouris of Epsilon Partners. Also in Read More…

Community Featured

Weekly Top Reads: Council Opposes Rectory Conversion, Enchanted Trolley Tour, Crime Report, Toys for Tots, Evening for Education, and Tree Lighting

This week’s top posts on NorthEndWaterfront.com featured holiday cheer, development, crime, schools, and more! Read on below to see the most popular articles from this past week. Neighborhood Council Opposes Rectory Conversion and Addition in Close Vote [Video] A development proposal at 14 N. Bennet St., the former St. Leonard’s rectory, was met with skepticism Read More…

Community Featured Photos & Videos

Social Highlights This Week: Black & White and Holiday Lights

Check out our weekly social media highlights from residents and visitors in the area. To be featured, tag us  @northend.waterfront on Instagram, @northendboston on Twitter, @northendwaterfront on Facebook. Use hashtags #northendboston or #bostonwaterfront. Black & White Holiday Lights Furry Feature Reader Submissions [hr] While you’re here … we have a favor to ask. Now in our 10th year, we are covering Read More…

Community

Reader Poll: What Are Your Favorite Winter Activities?

It’s mid-December and Boston has already seen multiple occasions of accumulating snow, including one Boston Public Schools snow day! The hats and gloves have been pulled out of storage and residents will now bundle up before heading outside for this next winter season. What are your favorite activities to do in the winter? Vote in Read More…

Community Featured

Weekly Top Reads: Fr. Antonio Farewell, Eliot Principal’s Eduitalia Award, Faneuil Hall Tree, Vilna Shul, Nazzaro Winter Wonderland, and “Back on My Feet” Donations

This week’s top posts on NorthEndWaterfront.com featured people, schools, events, history, tree lightings and more! Read on below to see the most popular articles from this past week. Farewell Letter from Father Antonio Nardoianni, OFM After over 15 years, Father Antonio Nardoianni is leaving Saint Leonard’s parish. In doing so he has shared a letter Read More…

Featured Photos & Videos

Social Highlights This Week: Snow Day and Statues

Check out our weekly social media highlights from residents and visitors in the area. To be featured, tag us  @northend.waterfront on Instagram, @northendboston on Twitter, @northendwaterfront on Facebook. Use hashtags #northendboston or #bostonwaterfront. First Snow Day Neighborhood Statues Furry Feature Reader Submissions [hr] While you’re here … we have a favor to ask. Now in our 10th year, we are covering Read More…

Community Featured Health & Environment

Reader Poll: What Do You Think of the Parcel 2 Design Scheme?

After three community meetings, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), along with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Greenway Conservancy recently announced the preferred design scheme for Parcel 2, soon to be a new neighborhood park. The scheme selected, “The Meadow” will include a perennial garden, offering options for seasonality. There will be Read More…

Community Featured

Weekly Top Reads: Trellis Lighting, Marijuana Oversight Board, Battery Wharf Strike Ends, Canal St. Murder, Short-Term Rental Enforcement, and Urban Renewal Updates

This week’s top posts on NorthEndWaterfront.com featured community events, businesses, real estate, crime, and more. Read on below to see the most popular articles from this past week. 17th Annual Trellis Lighting Kicks Off Holiday Season The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP) and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department celebrated the 17th annual lighting of Read More…