Everyone in Boston knows the familiar scene. Heaps of unwanted furniture on the sidewalks. Bags of miscellaneous oddities bursting at the seams. Cars squeezing past the moving trucks clogging up the small North End streets. It’s the chaotic September 1st moving day. With the North End’s small sidewalks and the end of feast season coinciding Read More…
Chris Osgood, Boston’s Chief of Streets, and Brian Coughlin, Public Works Superintendent, addressed the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) this week regarding the upcoming changes to citywide trash collection services. Specifically, there is a new weekly schedule and pickup start time for the North End and downtown neighborhoods. North End / Waterfront trash Read More…
The overflowing compost boxes featured in this week’s 311 post certainly imply many North End / Waterfront residents are separating out their food scraps and other compostable items from their trash. How about recycling? Do you carefully study the chart of items you can and cannot recycle before sorting your garbage? Do you break down Read More…
Christmas Tree Collection – Recycling Days in January The annual tree collection will be for 2 weeks starting on Monday the 4th and ending on Friday the 15th. Trees need to be placed curbside by 7am with: NO PLASTIC BAGS NO DECORATIONS / LIGHTS NO TREE STANDS Neighborhoods with multiple collections will only receive designated collection Read More…
We can get pretty depressed at the precarious state of the environment and the steps public officials are not taking to remedy the problem. Even more depressing are the climate change deniers, the clean coal boosters, the natural gas pipeline aficionados and the people who lack concern about fossil fuels damaging our air and water. Read More…
The City’s Department of Public Works is distributing the following general information with recycling and trash guidelines for new residents. While garbage can be placed curbside as early as 5 p.m. on the preceding evening, all residents are encouraged to place trash out in the morning before 7 a.m. to reduce the chances of spillage Read More…
The following is a report from a meeting held this week with other Downtown Boston neighborhoods on the trash and recycling situation. Meeting attendees: -Various members of Beacon Hill Civic Association, as well as their Trash & Sidewalks Committee and Green Committee -the Director of Chinatown Main Street -a Member of Chinatown Benevolent Association -Stephen Read More…
With 305 responses, the North End Trash and Recycling Survey results are in. The majority of North End residents that completed the survey want to keep the current 3 days per week of trash pickups including only 1 day of recycling. However, most residents would support putting out their trash later the night before or Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) is asking residents to fill out this very brief survey regarding how to improve the trash pickup and recycling procedures in the neighborhood. The questions ask about your preferences for the number of pick up days for both regular garbage and recycling, the hours that trash should Read More…
It’s Christmas week. For many, it is hectic, so you might not read this column until Christmas Day is over and you’re dealing with boxes, the wrapping paper that can’t be saved, and the instructions that came with the Lego sets the kids have already assembled. So don’t you think it is a good time Read More…
Have you ever wondered what happens to your recycling after its picked up? The folks at the Mayor’s Hotline get recycling questions all the time, so they found out first hand on Wednesday by visiting the Casella Recycling Plant in Charlestown. “The plant was absolutely fascinating,” said Janine Coppola, Director of the Mayor’s Call Center. Read More…
Boston Bruins defenseman, Andrew Ference, has often been seen around town supporting North End causes and, of course, celebrating last year’s win by bringing the Stanley Cup to the neighborhood and holding a flash mob. More recently, Ference joined in this upcoming episode (airs June 25, 2012) of National Geographic’s “Beyond the Puck” with Massachusetts Read More…