Last Thursday, Boston Harbor Now hosted an open house for community members to learn about updates on the harbor ferry expansion project and share their opinions. The open house included information gathered from stakeholder workshops held this past July and an organized display of sites being considered for further analysis. Recap from Stakeholders Workshops Summer workshops Read More…
Happy 242nd Birthday U.S. Navy! USS Constitution went underway for her first turnaround demonstration since October 2014 from Charlestown Navy Yard on Friday Oct. 20 in commemoration of the Navy and Constitution’s Birthday. The ship traveled to Fort Independence on Castle Island where she fired a 21-gun salute with the Concord Battery and 101st Field Read More…
Dredging is underway in Boston Harbor, day and night, as part of a federally and state-funded $350 million, 3 1/2 year project aimed to bring bigger container and industrial ships through the harbor shipping channels. The first phase is to make space for new sediment near Charlestown (shown above) and then deepen the Main and Read More…
What you should know for Thursday! Thursday, September 7 – Boston Public Schools – First Day of School. 12:00pm NFL Kickoff Concert with “Miguel” local Boston Band Guster at Christopher Columbus Park. Football is back! Celebrate 2017 NFL Kickoff and the Patriots’ Super Bowl LI Championship with a special celebration in downtown Boston. It will feature appearances by Read More…
End of summer fireworks returned to Boston Harbor on the Thursday before Labor Day weekend. Organized by Boston Harbor Now, the two barges off the Seaport illuminated the downtown waterfront and could be seen from the North End to East Boston. Watch the whole show, in just 3 minutes in the video below. Plus, the Read More…
What you should know for Wednesday! Events for Wednesday, August 30th: Final day of Road Milling on Commercial Street & Atlantic Ave. August 28-30 will see milling on Commercial Street from Battery Street up to where Atlantic Ave meets Commercial Wharf. During this time there will be traffic delays and parking restrictions. View the full post. 3:00pm Coloring in Read More…
The $310 million dredging project is underway near where Mystic River & Chelsea Creek enter Boston Harbor. There is much interest in what history may surface as described in this 2014 Globe article. When completed this project will enable the new, larger Panamax-sized ships to use Boston Harbor.
A group of petitioners associated with the Save North End Waterfront / No Lewis Wharf Hotel effort submitted a letter to the City and State regulators advocating for the removal of the dilapidated harbor pilings around Lewis Wharf. “There are large amounts of floating and partially submerged debris within and around the former pile fields, Read More…
All may appear calm on the waterfront, but local experts are pointing to several impending challenges currently facing Boston Harbor. The harbor is arguably the city’s most defining characteristic, yet Boston finds itself playing catch up on issues such as water transportation, climate change preparedness and public access through responsible development. Civic non-profit leaders debated Read More…
News from Bruce Berman at Save the Harbor / Save the Bay regarding a nasty looking, but relatively harmless algae bloom in Boston Harbor. Over the past few days Save the Harbor/Save the Bay has received a number of reports from boaters and beach-goers who have mistaken what appears to be a fairly dramatic though Read More…
At the end of June, Boston Harbor Now launched “Boston Harbor [re]creation”, a visual arts program featuring the works of selected artists-in-residence and sculptors displayed on Spectacle and Peddocks Island. This is part of a series of events on the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park this summer that will demonstrate the many benefits of supporting, Read More…
Here is a jigsaw picture puzzle from when the USS Whidbey Island was docked in Boston Harbor during the Tall Ships visit. Whidbey Island was commissioned in 1985 with its home port in Virginia Beach. It is a Class Dock Landing Ship and 610 feet long. The puzzle, however, is only 48 pieces! How to play: Move Read More…