Anthony Gaita, owner of “Anthony’s Café on the Waterfront,” is this month’s winner of the September 2010 Good Neighbor Recognition Award, awarded by the Clean Streets Committee of the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association. The monthly award is researched and voted on by committee members and awarded to local businesses and property owners that consistently keep Read More…
The NEWRA Clean Streets meeting venue for next week is changing to the ABCD Center, 1 Michelangelo St. due to elections at the Nazzaro Center. Everything else remains the same – Tuesday, Sept 14th @ 7:00pm. Co-chairs Naomi Paul and Patricia Thiboutot invite all members of the community interested in working toward a cleaner neighborhood. Clean Streets is a Read More…
The NEWRA Clean Streets Committee awarded its August 2010 Good Neighbor Recognition Award to the North Bennet Street School. The monthly award is researched and voted on by committee members and awarded to local businesses and property owners that consistently keep their sidewalks and gutters clean of trash and debris. Accepting the award for the Read More…
Naomi Paul (left) and Patricia Thiboutot, co-chairs of NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee.The North End’s “Waste Management Maven,” Naomi Paul, recorded an interesting radio interview with WGBH’s Callie Crossley on the trash situation in the neighborhood. Naomi is also co-chair of the NEWRA Clean Streets Committee. The show is titled “Vigilantes” and Naomi’s interview is the Read More…
NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee Meets To Discuss Neighborhood Trash & Cleanliness Issues. North End residents believe that enforcement of existing trash and cleanliness ordinances is key to cleaning up the neighborhood. That was the message at this week’s Clean Streets meeting, a volunteer neighborhood committee of the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). The Green Ticket Read More…
A highlight of this week’s meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA.org) was the discussion with Joanne Massaro, the recently appointed Commissioner of the Boston Public Works Department (PWD). Also in attendance was PWD neighborhood representative, Frank O’Brien, who regularly attends NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee meetings. Commissioner Massaro talked about her commitment Read More…
The efforts of NEWRA’s Clean Streets co-chair, Naomi Paul, are highlighted on the front page of today’s Boston Globe. In a story by Meghan Irons, it is noted that 1,600 green tickets have been issued since April in the North End after the passing of the Green Ticket ordinance that adds fines to property owner’s Read More…
The NEWRA Clean Streets Committee has been looking for a way to help dog owners clean up after their dogs. Chris Young, the committee’s liaison to the North End Chamber of Commerce and business community, took charge of the effort and recently purchased five “Dogi-Pot” facilities that will be mounted on poles at neighborhood parks. Read More…
It is the peak of summer, but the City’s Public Works Department and NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee are planning for possible year-round street cleaning starting this winter. Currently, mechanical street cleaning ends in November for the winter months until the following April. Responding to resident and business complaints of dirty streets during the winter months, Read More…
NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee members Michael Bloomer and Janet Gilardi presented Claudia Spagnuolo of Spagnuolo’s Restaurant with the July 2010 Good Neighbor Recognition Award. Spagnuolo’s Restaurant is located at 240 Hanover Street (617-523-9709). The Clean Streets Committee of the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) is recognizing businesses and property owners in our neighborhood who are Read More…
The Clean Streets Committee June 2010 Good Neighbor Recognition Award was received by “La Summa Cucina Italiana” on Fleet Street, owned by Barbara Summa Sullivan. The restaurant was credited with keeping its property clean on a daily basis. Other finalists from this month included MFI Market (Salem St.) and N. Bennet Street School. These properties Read More…
The Clean Streets committee met this week at the Nazzaro Center for its monthly meeting to discuss progress on several initiatives. North End Clean-up Attendees had a mixed response to whether the neighborhood is seeing the improvements from the City’s new initiative. Some streets are definitely cleaner, while others continue to seem neglected. John Meaney Read More…