NoEnd, the NEMPAC house band, is playing at 2:30 pm on Columbus Day at Christopher Columbus Park, as part of the holiday festivities. The band’s members include Jeremy Sarzana, Mikaya Emma, Carrie Huisingh, Tim Griffin and Brian Johnson. The events start on Monday, October 11th at 10:45 am with a short parade in the park Read More…
There was a bit of déjà vu at this week’s planning meeting, the second of five, regarding the RFP guidelines for the development of Parcels 7 & 9. This meeting reviewed the previous proposals and history of the project. The meeting was conducted by Peter O’Connor (MassDOT), John Romano (MassDOT) and Drew Leff (GLC Development Read More…
This report on the Greenway Conservancy community meeting is contributed by Diane Valle. The meeting took place at the Aquarium Learning Lab at the Harbor Garage on September 29, 2010. Nancy Brennan, RFKGC Executive Director introduced a three month feasibility study to site a proposed, new, custom-designed carousel on The Greenway. The existing carousel is Read More…
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS and LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Tuesday, October 5, 2009 5:30 – 7:30 P.M. Metro Meeting Centers – Boston 101 Federal Street, 4th Floor AGENDA 5:30 PM RECEPTION 6:00 PM ANNUAL MEETING I. Welcome and Acknowledgements Peter Meade, Chair II. FY2010 Year in Review Read More…
Homework Assistance Program (HAP) North End Branch Library Free drop-in tutoring. Available in all subject areas to students in grades K – 8. Provided by high-achieving high school student mentors from Boston’s public and private schools. Monday – Thursday 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at all BPL locations Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Read More…
Tickets available online at www.FOCCP.org.
The Mather Family Tomb in Copp’s Hill Burying Ground was recently restored, apparently by descendents of the family famous for their involvement in the early days of Massachusetts history. The tomb holds the remains of Increase Mather, his son Cotton Mather and grandson Samuel Mather. As seen in the photos below, the tomb’s condition is Read More…
Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 7:00 PM The Pilot House, 2 Atlantic Avenue Zoning and Licensing Applications 7:00 PM – 7:20 PM 133 Salem Street, David Crocini – Change the legal occupancy of the building that was formerly Sheldon’s Discount Store from retail to retail (first floor) and four Read More…
Sarah Mupo at the Boston Globe is reporting that Equal Exchange will be using coffee trikes to bring its coffee to various city spots. One of the most likely locations will be Christopher Columbus Park on the waterfront. Equal Exchange has a regular location in the Strada Building on Causeway Street. Equal Exchange is giving Read More…
Friday, October 29th, 2-8pm is when the playground outside the Nazzaro Center turns into the ROC Halloween Haunted House and Carnival. In addition to the haunted house, there will be a pumpkin patch, pony rides, moon walk, super slide, candy, pizza and face painting. The flyer below has all of ROC Teen Saturday’s Haunted October Read More…
North End artist, Nathan Swain, is one of those people that walks through the city and looks for ways to spruce up its drab infrastructure. To the amazement of many, he has already completed several projects. First, he painted large-scale murals for the “windows” of the Salem Street powerhouse building. More recently, he beautified the concrete wall in Read More…
Boston Parks Department hosted a community meeting last night to discuss design alternatives for wall improvements along Snow Hill Street, DeFilippo Playground, located at 135 Prince Street in the North End. This was the first community meeting in a continuing public process with the community and the project design team. This meeting was primarily about Read More…