On Friday, March 5th, Boston’s City Council held a hearing on the “Green Ticket Law,” recently passed by the State legislature and signed by the Governor. Each municipality, including Boston, has the ability to “opt-in” to the requirements that would add fines to a property owner’s next tax bill for violations of trash and cleanliness Read More…
ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center Participates in the Annual Feinstein $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger NOW THROUGH APRIL 30th Please send monetary donations, gift certificates for food, or non-perishable food items to the: ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center 1 Michelangelo Street Boston, MA 02113 (off Charter Street – in former Read More…
The North End’s Adam Balsam stirs up the trash issue by photographing a trail of violations in how folks are putting out their garbage. Adam reports: “I took a picture of every bag/box/large piece of trash I saw … 100% non-compliance. Every one of the properties with trash out at 8PM between Commercial CT (where Read More…
Amanda tweets this link to the new North End Parmesan & Herb Wheat Thins and comments, “Wheat Thins names a cracker variety after Boston’s North End…kind of a big deal.” Well, sure … because once the neighborhood has a cracker named after it, then we’ve really made it! Here is how they describe the flavor: Read More…
Waterfront residents received a 5:00 am wakeup call this morning. Between the helicopter noise, flashing lights and sirens, folks knew that “it” had arrived. The first 395-foot long liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker from Yemen was here. Initially a dot on the harbor grew quickly to dominate the waterway as the ship made its way Read More…
State Representative Aaron Michlewitz will be on “NightSide with Dan Rea” on WBZ-AM-1030 on Tuesday night, February 23rd. The show starts at 10:00 pm and will last one hour, including a call-in portion of the show. The focus of the radio show will be on the recently passed Green Ticket law. Related posts: Governor Signs Read More…
This picture was taken at 3:08 pm Saturday afternoon, February 20th at 15 Clark Street. There are several violations shown in this picture. First, trash is not supposed to be on the street until 5:00 pm the day before pickup which is Monday. So, this garbage will be on the street for two days and nights. Read More…
The Globe’s Brian McGrory keeps the conversation going on LNG tankers in Boston Harbor as he goes out and see’s for himself. “Soon enough, the ship’s name, the SCF Polar, was visible, as well as human-sized letters across the ship’s bridge that warned, “No smoking.’’ I wondered if anyone on the crew spoke English. By Read More…
NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee cheered the Governor’s signing of the new Green Ticket law! The provisions are expected to be a major catalyst in improving compliance with existing street trash regulations. The Committee thanked all those that supported the effort including residents, businesses, City agencies and elected officials, especially Representative Aaron Michlewitz (who made the Read More…
There will be a special street cleaning on several North End streets on Thursday, February 18th between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. The mid-winter cleaning is to pick-up the accumulated trash in the gutters and under vehicles. The City is asking for voluntary cooperation by car owners to move their vehicles during the 4 hour Read More…
The Boston Globe reports on the increasing trend to live on Boston Harbor during the winter season … meaning directly ON the water in a moored boat. On the Boston side, the article mentions the boaters that live at Lewis Wharf Marina and Waterboat Marina at Long Wharf. There are also groups in Charlestown, the Navy Yard Read More…