A group of local residents, loosely referred to as the “North End Ten,” celebrated the recent federal court ruling against the Boston Redevelopment Authority and its plans to lease the space at the end of Long Wharf for a restaurant development. The NE10 have been fighting the BRA since 2008 to keep the area as an open space park, in Read More…
A federal court judge ruled late Wednesday against the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) in what she referred to as the “Long War of Long Wharf.” The BRA planned to establish an enclosed 220-seat, 4,655 square-foot restaurant/bar with outdoor tables at the end of Long Wharf, once referred to as “Doc’s Long Wharf.” The court ruling favored the defending Read More…
Longtime North End Waterfront residents and attorneys, Gary A. Pappas and Meredith K. Stewart, have joined the Boston office of Jackson Lewis P.C., and will continue to specialize in business-related immigration law. They were previously the two principals in the boutique Boston immigration firm of Pappas, Lenzo & Stewart LLP. Gary A. Pappas will be joining Read More…
We’ve had the trial even though Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers admitted he was guilty on the first day. This trial was important to endure. If we hadn’t had it, the conspiracy theorists would crawl out, accusing the police of cover-ups. The Fox-TV screamers would be concocting stories about how it was all Obama’s fault. The right Read More…
The City of Boston filed a lawsuit this week against the State’s Gaming Commission to block the Wynn Resorts casino license and its $1.75 billion development in Everett. The action comes after negotiations broke down between the City and Wynn regarding mitigation payments to offset the impact of the planned resort casino. Read the full court complaint here. In its Read More…
The Conservation Law Foundation has intervened in the Long Wharf legal battle to keep the open space as a park instead of a private restaurant under State law. On behalf of four environmental groups, CLF filed an amicus brief in support of the “North End Ten” versus the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Department of Environmental Read More…
North End resident, C. Michael Malm, Esq. has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. See the full news release below. DAVIS MALM SHAREHOLDERS NAMED TO BEST LAWYERS 2013 Boston, MA, October 1, 2012 – Davis Malm has announced that three of its shareholders have been selected by their peers for Read More…
The battle lines continue to form over the fate of the Long Wharf Pavilion and the open space around it at the end of the historic wharf. On September 20, 2012, the latest reply briefs to the Supreme Judicial Court were filed by the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the State’s Department of Environmental Protection. The Read More…
Intellectual Property law firm, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., announced that North End resident, Edward R. Gates, was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 in the field of Patent Law. Ed Gates is Chairman of the firm and is Chair of the Pharmaceutical Group. Since it was Read More…
Massachusetts Supreme Court Judicial Court Judge Robert Mulligan ruled Monday against a third trial for defendant Frank DiBenedetto in a 1986 double murder case where the bodies of Frank Chiuchiolo and Joseph Bottari were found in Slye Park (now known as Copp’s Hill Terrace Park) in the North End along Commercial Street. Earlier this year, Read More…
The Sierra Club has filed an amicus brief in support of the “North End Ten” regarding the Long Wharf legal case versus the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Department of Environmental Protection. The case revolves around efforts by the BRA and DEP to license “Doc’s Long Wharf,” a private restaurant and bar at the end of Read More…
The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) case of Sanjoy Mahajan et. al. v. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), about the conversion of the Long Wharf pavilion, has provoked much discussion on the pros and cons of converting a portion of Long Wharf Park into a late-night restaurant and bar. This discussion Read More…