While still considered very low versus other areas of the city, North End crime incidents are now 8% of the total in Area A-1, up from 3% last year. Area A-1 covers 9 neighborhoods in the City. Year to date, there have been 199 reported crime incidents in the North End, an increase of 30 Read More…
Author: Matt Conti
Founder of NorthEndWaterfront.com, hyperlocal community "news & views" serving Boston's North End, Waterfront and Downtown. Also, photographer at MattConti.com and editor of NorthEndBoston.com.
Debating Development & Conflict Issues at the Greenway Conservancy Meeting
Getting snapped at by the smug Peter Meade, Chair of the Conservancy’s Board, was the highlight of my night at the Greenway’s Annual Meeting held downtown on Tuesday, September 1st. In the public comment period, I summarized my comments on their proposed improvement and development protocols, imploring the Conservancy to incorporate basic conflict of interest Read More…
Greenway Conservancy Annual Meeting Agenda
The Annual Meeting of the Greenway Conservancy will take place on Tuesday, September 1, at 6:00 pm at the Metro Meeting Center, 101 Federal Street, 4th Floor. The meeting will be followed by a Public Hearing on the draft Design Protocols for Capital Improvements within the Greenway Parks and Open Spaces and the draft Protocols for Reviewing Proposed Development Projects Abutting the Greenway at 7:00 pm. There is a reception before the meeting at 5:30 pm.
An agenda for the meetings is shown below. Copies of the draft protocols may be found at http://www.rosekennedygreenway.org/docs.
Parking is available on site at 101 Federal Street (between Franklin and High Streets), at a City garage nearby on Devonshire, or at the Post Office Square garage. The closest T stop is South Station.
Email Priscilla Bradley to be put on the building security list for entry at: pbradley@rosekennedygreenway.org
Click the “Read More” link below to view the agenda for the meeting and public forum.
North End Activist Authors New Children’s Book, “Trooper, the Shetland Sheepdog”
Meet Phyllis Rugnetta and her Sheltie dog, the main character in her first children’s book, “Trooper.” First, let’s introduce Phyllis … Born and raised in the North End; third generation where she says “There is no place like home – the North End Waterfront.” Phyllis prides herself on the fact that her Italian grandparents who Read More…
Gennaro ‘Jerry’ Angiulo dies at 90
Article roundup regarding the death of Jerry Angiulo: Mob boss Gennaro ‘Jerry’ Angiulo dies at 90 by Shelley Murphy, Boston Globe Staff Boston Mafia boss Jerry Angiulo dies, by Laurel J. Sweet, Boston Herald Angiulo not an everyman, but an every gangster by Howie Carr, Boston Herald Former Mafia underboss Gennaro Angiulo dies at 90 Read More…
Opposition Growing to Cross Street “Woonerf” Plan
After two presentations by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, neighborhood residents are questioning the logic of the “woonerf” plan on Cross Street between Hanover and Salem Streets. Woonerf is a Dutch word for an area, usually residential, where motorists and other users share the street without boundaries such as lanes and curbs. This type of arrangement Read More…
105 Prince Street Headhouse Needs Zoning Relief
The condominium assocation at 105 Prince Street presented at NEWRA’s ZLC (North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association Zoning, Licensing & Construction) committee meeting looking for support to modify the headhouse on the roof of their building. The headhouse and surrounding roof design is nearly 100 years old and is causing water infiltration due to drainage problems. In Read More…
Weekly North End Police Log – August 27, 2009
Notable incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log: Vandalism – 08/22/09 12:30pm Victim reports on Salem Street that an unknown person scratched the trunk and passenger side of his 2008 Mercedes E350. Larceny in a Building – 08/23/09 9:00pm-11:50pm Victim reports his lapyop was stolen from the lobby of a Parmenter st. building. Read Read More…
Kennedy Motorcade to Pass Through North End
Senator Kennedy’s motorcade on Thursday will pass through the center of the North End, around the Waterfront toward the Rose Fitzgerald Greenway. As reported by NECN: On Thursday, Senator Kennedy is expected to leave the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port at about 1pm for a motorcade trip to Boston. The motorcade will drive off the Read More…
Edward M. Kennedy and the North End
Here are a few articles from the coverage of the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy that relate to the North End/Waterfront neighborhood. Kennedy Left An Impression In A Thousand Little Ways By Monica Brady-Myerov, WBUR.org “… ANOTHER LASTING IMPRESSION KENNEDY MADE on the city of Boston was the Rose Kennedy Greenway, named after his Read More…
NEWRA’s ZLC Agenda for Tuesday, 8/25 Meeting
Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee – Meeting Agenda Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 7:00 PM – The Pilot House, 2 Atlantic Ave Zoning and Licensing Applications 7:00 PM – 7:15 PM 105 Prince St., 105 Prince Street Condominium Association has filed an appeal seeking zoning relief to rebuild and expand the headhouse on the roof of Read More…
Review of “The North End” by Alex Goldfeld
I recently finished reading, “The North End, A Brief History of Boston’s Oldest Neighborhood” by Alex Goldfeld. I was fortunate to be at the book launch in July where the author shared some of the book’s stories in person at the Old North Church. I enjoyed the book so much that I posted a positive Read More…