The historic bell tower at Saint Stephen’s Church on Hanover Street received $125,000 for its much needed repair in State funding allocated by State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz. The earmark is included in the proposed fiscal 2020 budget and follows recent allocations for North End parks. “I am proud to represent a district that is so Read More…
In his newly appointed role as Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz of the Third Suffolk District, (North End, South End, Downtown Boston) presented the committee’s Fiscal Year 2020 House budget proposal on Wednesday, April 10th with House Speaker Robert DeLeo. In a press briefing, the House leaders introduced Read More…
This is the second part of an interview with State Representative Aaron Michlewitz, recently appointed Chair of the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee. Catch up with Part I here. NEWF: Looking at your home neighborhood, how would you characterize the North End today? Michlewitz: I think the North End community is stronger today than Read More…
At NorthEndWaterfront.com, we share a coincident tenure with that of State Representative Aaron Michlewitz, having founded this site during the campaign of the 2009 Special Election when he won the 3rd Suffolk District seat vacated by former Speaker Sal DiMasi. The district includes the Boston neighborhoods of the North End, Waterfront, Downtown, Chinatown and the Read More…
State Representative Aaron Michlewitz, 40, has been named Chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee by Speaker Robert DeLeo. The appointment comes ten years after the Democrat from Boston’s North End was first elected to the Mass. House of Representatives through a special election to fill the seat formerly held by Speaker Sal Read More…
State regulations on short-term rentals (AirBnB, HomeAway, VRBO, etc.) are back on the table after the Massachusetts House and Senate reached an agreement in late December, during the waning days of the two-year legislation session. Governor Baker received the revised bill on Thursday, December 20, and now has ten days to decide if he will sign Read More…
Governor Charlie Baker has sent back the Mass. legislature’s bill to regulate and tax short-term rentals (AirBnb, Homeaway, VRBO, etc.). Formal legislature sessions have concluded for the year which puts the entire regulatory effort in question. The action comes on the heels of the City of Boston passing its own short-term rental ordinance last month with Read More…
The North End’s elected State officials were sworn in on Wednesday, January 4th as the new legislative session gets underway at the Massachusetts State House. State Representative Aaron Michlewitz took the oath for the 5th time in the House of Representatives. Rep. Michlewitz is a lifelong North End resident representing the Third Suffolk District, comprised primarily of the Read More…
Former Massachusetts House Speaker and longtime North End representative, Sal DiMasi, received early compassionate release from prison, after a U.S. District Court ruled on Thursday. Judge Mark Wolf ordered that DiMasi be freed on November 22nd and returned to his home state. In its order, the court sympathized with the 71 year-old’s past prostate and throat cancers and ongoing chronic Read More…
State Representative Aaron Michlewitz has decided to stay in the House of Representatives and not run for the State Senate seat being vacated by Anthony Petruccelli. Michlewitz was considered one of the favorites to win the Senate seat in an upcoming Special Election next Spring. “After much discussion with family, friends and supporters, I have decided to Read More…
At the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse on Fan Pier today, former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi was found guilty by a jury in seven of the nine counts charged against him. The most damaging counts included extortion and conspiracy to defraud citizens of honest services related to contracts awarded to Cognos, a software Read More…
The North End’s State Representative Aaron Michlewitz has successfully led a bill through the House of Representatives that would negate Mayor Menino’s efforts to close Boston’s cigar bars, including Stanza dei Sigari at 292 Hanover Street. In 2008, the City of Boston had ordered the cigar bars to close by 2018 as part of the Read More…