The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association has submitted the following letter to State transportation authorities in support of the proposal to reroute pass-through hazardous material trucks from City of Boston streets to highways around the city. Additional information, including the City of Boston routing evaluation, is available on the MassDOT website (select Quick Links, Read More…
At this week’s meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA), the private, non-profit resident group unanimously voted to adopt a policy cap of 11 retail alcohol licenses (package and liquor stores) in the North End / Waterfront. The cap is advisory, not binding, to the Boston Licensing Board that is the regulatory Read More…
The Parks & Open Spaces Committee is focusing its efforts on celebrating and refurbishing the Prado, also known as the Paul Revere Mall. The committee, part of of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA), held its monthly meeting this week at the Nazzaro Center. The committee is concerned about the crumbling brick in Read More…
Video: MassDOT public hearing at 10 Park Plaza, Boston on August 23, 2011 regarding the proposed re-routing of hazmat pass-through trucks from the North End / Waterfront and downtown to Route 128 and other highways outside the city. The North End / Waterfront community showed up in force on Tuesday at the first of four Read More…
One of the friendly community events sponsored by the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association is their annual summer party, held indoors and outside at the Pilot House on Lewis Wharf. The event brings together members and non-members in a casual social atmosphere. This year’s weather was perfect and the food was plentiful from the Read More…
The NEWRA Clean Streets Committee worked on setting new priorities at this week’s monthly meeting. Chair David Grant researched and organized a list of the group’s efforts over the past several years in order to sort through the multitude of initiatives, ideas and proposals. See the full list at the end of this post. With Read More…
North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 7:00 PM The Pilot House, 2 Atlantic Avenue Zoning and Licensing Applications 7:00 PM – 7:20 PM 10 Hanover Ave., Sean O’Connor has applied to the City of Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeal seeking permission to add one bedroom and Read More…
NEWRA’s meeting agenda for July 14, 2011 is shown here.
Fairmont Battery Wharf, 377-395 Commercial St., presented to the North End / Waterfront Residents Association (NEWRA) its application to extend the closing hour on its 86-seat outdoor terrace (food and all-alcohol) from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., 7 days a week. The NEWRA meeting was held on June 9, 2011 at the Nazzaro Center. Presenting Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) heard a zoning relief application by Glen Taylor for 162 Endicott Street on June 9, 2011. The request asks to legalize an existing basement and first floor duplex condominium unit built in the 1980’s without a building permit. The current owner purchased the building four years ago, Read More…
Peter McGinnis, presented an application for zoning relief at 44 N. Bennet St. to the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) on June 10, 2011. Property manager Giancarlo Tiberi was also present. The proposal calls for an expansion of the headhouse into a residential unit with a roof deck on the 4-story building, causing Read More…
The Executive Committee of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association sent out a notice on Wednesday, June 8th with their recent letter regarding the expansion of the Eliot School and the North Bennet Street School, both located in the North End. The NEWRA message is shown below. On May 19, NEWRA sent a letter Read More…