A new community group, We are Boston’s Waterfront, introduced themselves at the April 2018 meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). Co-founder Sydney Asbury explained the organization emerged from the “Save Our North End Waterfront” effort that successfully worked to stop a hotel proposal at Lewis Wharf in 2016. Community members have expanded their Read More…
After last week’s emotional meeting on the announced closing of the North End Nursing Home, a group has formed under “Save the North End Nursing Home” with an online petition. They have also started a website and Facebook page, encouraging those interested to join. The petition reads: The North End community recently discovered Partners HealthCare’s plans to close the Read More…
A petition has been started by Commercial Wharf resident, Michael Cohen, to rename Christopher Columbus Park after the late Mayor Tom Menino. As of this writing, the petition has over 1,000 signatures with a goal of 10,000. The petition starts: The residents of City Of Boston and so many others mourn the passing of Tom Menino Read More…
On Thursday at City Hall, Toni Gilardi presented City Councilor Sal LaMattina with a petition to keep overnight trash off the streets. On the petition are 738 signatures of North End and Waterfront residents supporting “Same day trash pick-up” and proposing that trash never be put out on the street overnight. Residents would then be Read More…