Christmas Tree Collection – First Two FULL Weeks in January Public Works will collect Christmas trees for composting from January 2 to January 13. Remove all ornaments, decorations, and stands from trees and place trees at the curb by 7am on your recycling day. For the North End, the two pickup days by Public Works are Friday, January 6th and 13, 2012. Read More…
Video image from the October 6, 2011 City Council hearing. Left to right: Councilor Mark Ciommo (Allston, Brighton), Councilor Sal LaMattina (North End, Charlestown, East Boston) and Councilor Ron Consalvo (Roslindale, Hyde Park, Mattapan).Boston City Council heard testimony yesterday from public agencies and city residents regarding a proposal to ban residential use of trash Read More…
Note: This is not a scientific poll. The results are representative only of self-selected NorthEndWaterfront.com website visitors. This poll is now closed. A new poll is up and running in the right sidebar. Go there now and vote!
Click on the video to see the launch of Spazzare! at this year’s Boston Shines in the North End. Spazzare! (to sweep), a new campaign by NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee, launched at this year’s Boston Shines event in the North End / Waterfront. Joining the launch was Public Works Commissioner Joanne Massaro and Frank O’Brien, Read More…
Reminder: After a 2 week warning period, the City will start parking enforcement for the posted street sweeping program in the North End on March 15, 2011. “The Public Works Department wants to ensure that the streets are clean but we don’t want to have to ticket or tow residents of the North End to Read More…
For more information, see http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/sweeping/
The Mayor’s Office and Department of Public Works have announced that North End Street Sweeping is cancelled for Tuesday, December 21, 2010 due to adverse weather conditions. Residents do not need to move their cars. This cancellation applies to the pilot program in the North End that extended street sweeping through the end of December Read More…
As broadcast on these Commercial Street electronic signs, the Department of Public Works is telling North End residents that it will start ticketing and towing cars that are not moved on street cleaning days, starting December 14th. The notice is part of the expanded pilot program which continued mechanical street sweeping into December. For the Read More…
Important update: Please note that Public Works has changed the time when they would make a decision on cancellations for Pilot Street Sweeping. Originally they were looking at approximately 9:00PM on the evening prior to scheduled sweeping in order to get the more up-to-date forecast. However, Commissioner wants to give residents more time to move Read More…
These are the highlights from tonight’s meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). This was the first meeting led by new President, Stephanie Hogue. North End Winter Street Sweeping Pilot Program – Similar to her visit to the neighborhood council last week, Commissioner of Public Works, Joanne Mazzaro, gave an informational update Read More…
Naomi Paul and Patricia Thiboutot are stepping down as co-chairs of the Clean Streets Committee, part of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association. Citing time and family issues, the surprise announcement was made by Naomi at yesterday’s committee meeting which was attended by approximately 25 neighborhood residents. After two years as co-chairs, Naomi and Read More…