Local Column: Finding Our Way Home in 2018 By Mayor Martin J. Walsh To all Bostonians: happy new year, and may 2018 bring you happiness and health in Boston. As we enter into the new year, I’m grateful for the people of Boston — I continue to be inspired by our residents’ big hearts and Read More…
Welcome back to our weekly update that highlights some of the cases appearing on 311 in the North End/Waterfront neighborhoods. All 311 cases are public information and can be found at 311.boston.gov. Homeless at Richmond and Commercial Street “Homeless often sleep in the side doorway of kindercare and leave feces, urine, and trash. My sons attend daycare Read More…
Welcome back to our weekly update that highlights some of the cases appearing on 311 in the North End/Waterfront neighborhoods. All 311 cases are public information and can be found at 311.boston.gov. Another Homelessness Case Behind the Mirabella Pool “Homeless camping on waterfront between North end pool and coast guard station.” The original 311 post can be Read More…
Welcome back to our weekly update that highlights some of the cases appearing on 311 in the North End/Waterfront neighborhoods. All 311 cases are public information and can be found at 311.boston.gov. Traffic Light Broken in September “The traffic light on Commercial Wharf, intersecting with commercial street, is not turning green. It is stuck on red and Read More…
All Summer long, the people of Boston have enjoyed cooling off at the Mirabella Pool in the North End. However, as Summer comes to a close, so must the public pool located off of Commercial Street. The last day to jump in the pool, swim some laps, or tan at the pool is Monday, September Read More…
Welcome to a new weekly update that highlights some of the cases appearing on 311 in the North End/Waterfront neighborhoods. All 311 cases are public information and can be found at 311.boston.gov. Homelessness at 24 Unity Street “4 homeless people sleeping in Paul Revere Mall/Prado.” The original 311 post can be found here. This case was submitted Read More…
Summer in the North End / Waterfront always requires more police presence due to an abundance of warm weather events including feasts, concerts, park activities, and the many visitors to the neighborhood. North End Public Safety Committee Chair, David Marx, invited Captain Kenneth Fong and Office Teddy Boyle to this month’s North End Waterfront Residents’ Read More…
City officials, Boston Police and volunteers conducted a homeless census on the night of January 12th and 13th throughout Boston. In District A-1 (Downtown, North End, Beacon Hill, West End), 53 individuals were counted on the streets. The homeless number is down from 72 last year at the same time. The census is done twice a year Read More…
A note from Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh: On October 8th of last year, I had to make a painful but necessary decision. The Long Island Bridge, after years of neglect, had to be shut down. The decaying 63-year-old structure posed imminent danger to the clients and staff of the shelter, transition, detox, and treatment Read More…
An extremely embarrassing problem has occurred in the North End over the past couple of months. In the attached photo from Friday morning, you can see 3 apparently homeless people sleeping in front of Haymarket MBTA station. Every morning hundreds of commuters like myself have had to step over, walk around or even step on Read More…
At least two black youths, one with bolt cutters, were questioned on Tuesday night on Hanover Street (near Parmenter) in Boston’s North End. A gun (8/8/13 update: plastic gun) was also found behind the rear tire of a nearby van. A neighborhood man allegedly heard the gun hit the ground when he was walking near Read More…
A mid-day fight at Long Wharf resulted in the stabbing of a 22 year-old homeless victim who was transported to Mass General Hospital for treatment. The incident occurred shortly before noon on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. According to a Boston Police report, officers responded to a stabbing call at 66 Long Wharf and found a Read More…