Al Giorgio (center) of La Famiglia Giorgio on Salem Street accepts the May 2010 Clean Streets Good Neighbor Award from Marie Simboli and Michael Bloomer. The award is given out monthly by the Clean Streets committee to businesses and property owners that consistently clean their sidewalks and gutters. Photo by Phil Orlandella.
NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee is gaining momentum. The group is working on several new initiatives, but is starting to see significant improvement toward the cleanliness of the neighborhood. This is a report from their well-attended Tuesday, May 18th meeting: North End Cleanup Program Many streets are benefiting from the City’s North End cleanup program. Frank Read More…
The next Clean Streets Meeting is Tuesday, May 18th at 7:00pm at the Nazzaro Center. Some of the agenda items are: Next Good Neighbor Recognition’ Award(s) and who is going to present it (please send in your nominations to cleanstreets@newra.org or bring them with you to the meeting. Remember, these are people you ‘see’ Read More…
Alisa Caras writes in with a trash photo and suggestion to fellow landlords: “I often see trash violations walking around the North End. I finally took photos of what I commonly see, this taken last Friday night at 7:30 pm. One thing I would recommend landlords to do if they haven’t already is to print Read More…
The April 2010 winners of the “Good Neighbor Recognition Award” are V. Cirace & Son and Salem Street True Value Hardware. These are the first awards as part of a new monthly program sponsored by NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee (cleanstreets.newra.org). The awards are determined by the committee with the goal of recognizing businesses in the Read More…
Post-Gazette columnist “Freeway” takes a break from writing his column to participate in the North End’s “Ten Minutes with a Broom”. He’s hoping to get the Good Neighbor Recognition Award.
Janine Coppola, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Constituent Services, visited the Clean Streets Committee to give an update on the “Mayor’s Hotline.” The office runs a 7-day, 24-hour hotline where residents can call 617-635-4500 anytime day or night to report a problem. Requests can also be made online at http://www.cityofboston.gov/mayor/24. While acknowledging some stumbling Read More…
North End residents were told to expect an immediate improvement in the cleanliness of the neighborhood’s streets at this week’s meeting of the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). Pulling together city agencies, District 1 City Councilor Salvatore LaMattina announced an extensive new street cleaning program that starts Monday, April 12th. Here are the highlights: The Read More…
NORTH END/WATERFRONT RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Clean Streets Committee Good Neighbor Recognition Award NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee will now be recognizing businesses in our neighborhood who are good neighbors and take pride in the appearance of their business by keeping their sidewalk and especially gutters clean and clear of trash. Nominations will come from committee members, Read More…
March is the time of year when the North End/Waterfront streets are the dirtiest. Street cleaning does not start until April 1st so all the trash from the winter is blowing around with no snow to hide it all. Attendees at this month’s NEWRA Clean Streets Committee agreed that the streets look pretty bad. No one is more frustrated by 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…
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…