Press release courtesy of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nancy Brennan nancybrennan@rosekennedygreenway.org 617-292-0020 Bright Lights for Winter Nights on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Creative lighting elements and art in Boston’s vibrant downtown park Boston, Mass.; January 29, 2010 – The Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy invites all to view Read More…
North End Against Drugs will have another Family Dinner/Family Talk on Monday February 8th at 5:15pm at the Nazzaro Center. All North End/Waterfront Families are invited to attend. Once again dinner will be prepared by Mary and Frank Romano. There will be pasta, meatballs, sausages, salad and bread and Butter along with dessert and soda. Read More…
Sal LaMattina Boston City Councilor, District 1 Friends… I am humbled by the response that came from you after the call went out for bottled water to send to Haiti. Some 2,500 cases were delivered to the shipyard in East Boston, most from neighborhood residents and civic groups. I’ve been told that the vessel’s departure Read More…
A “Parks and Open Spaces Committee” has been set up by the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association. Co-chairs Anne Pistorio and David Kubiak arranged for the first meeting on January 21, 2010, which was surprisingly well-attended. Anne Pistorio distributed a fact-filled packet of information and started the meeting with the following quote: “We want a ground Read More…
Sal LaMattina Boston City Councilor, District 1 Dear Friends: We’ve all been moved by the news and images coming from Haiti. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of that nation, as well as their friends and relatives who are here in the United States. Greater Boston has, in fact, one of the largest Read More…
North End Against Drugs has donated $500 to the Haiti Relief efforts, and CHALLENGES all Community Groups and Organizations to do the same. “It is important, we all step up,” said NEAD President Bob DeCristoforo, “This crisis is our crisis.” Latest Haiti Earthquake coverage -> Boston resources and ways to help ->
The decision came down Friday to deny a challenge by local residents to stop a restaurant at the far end of Long Wharf, known as “Doc’s Long Wharf.” The action was taken by the State’s Department of Environment Protection (DEP) as it considered the residents’ challenge to the license it previously granted to the Boston Read More…
This is a first-hand report of the January 13, 2010 meeting of the Greenway Leadership Council, an advisory group to the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy that manages the Greenway parks. Executive Director Nancy Brennan gave a short update on the “Bright Lights for Winter Nights” program which held a Chinatown lighting last week and Read More…
The Museum of African American History, The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, and The City of Boston present A Day of Celebration Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, January 18, 2010 1:00 pm Historic Faneuil Hall, Boston Honored Guest Speaker Sonia Sanchez And Readings From the Speeches and Writings of Dr. King by Sam Cornish, Read More…
I attended this month’s meeting of the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park where a large group discussed the organization’s efforts toward the waterfront park. President Joanne Hayes-Rines reviewed some of FOCCP’s recent accomplishments. For the first time, the park was integrated into the neighborhood’s Columbus Day activities. The Parade stopped at the park where a Read More…