Arts & Culture Kids & Families

Geraldine Marshall Music Scholarship Application Now Open for 2019-2020

The North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is honored to continue, for its fifth year, the Geraldine Marshall Scholarship, a full-year scholarship awarded to four North End children under the age of 18 for music lessons or to participate in one of NEMPAC’s artistic programs. The Scholarship preserves the legacy of Geraldine Marshall, Read More…

Featured Government Transportation

Rep. Michlewitz Cautions Against Scooters in the North End

Aaron Michlewitz, State Representative and Chair of the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee, is urging Mayor Walsh and Chief of Streets Chris Osgood to consider temporary restrictions on micro-mobility vehicles in the interior of the North End. Boston City Council recently passed an ordinance regarding micro-mobility vehicles, including scooters like Bird and Lime. The Read More…

Government

State Rep. Michlewitz’s Winter Newsletter: Legislative Priorities, Short-Term Rental Legislation, Climate Change Plan

Winter newsletter from State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz representing the Third Suffolk District (North End, Waterfront, Chinatown, South End, Downtown, Leather District, Bay Village, and portions of the West End, Beacon Hill and the Back Bay): Welcome to my quarterly newsletter! This newsletter will be an opportunity for me to provide you with updates on what Read More…

Featured Government

State House Power Player: Interview with Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, Chair of Ways & Means [Part I]

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…

Featured Government

North End’s State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz Named Chair of Prominent House Ways and Means Committee

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…

Featured Government Meetings

State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz Discusses Re-Precincting, Traffic Violations, Commercial Wharf, and Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing

State Representative Aaron Michlewitz, representing the Third Suffolk District which includes the North End and Waterfront, spoke at the February North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) meeting regarding the bills he has filed for the new legislative calendar. Watch the full presentation above, or use the timeline below to skip to topics of interest. Read More…

Community Featured People

State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz Honored at ABCD Community Heroes Celebration

On October 26, ABCD held its annual Community Heroes Celebration. This fundraising event pays tribute to the agency’s volunteers, people who make a world of difference in the lives of the most vulnerable among Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. The hero for the ABCD North End / West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) site was none Read More…

Featured Government Meetings Real Estate

Rep. Michlewitz Updates North End Residents on Holdup of Short Term Rental (Airbnb) Bill

Rep. Aaron Michlewitz appeared before the North End/Waterfront Residents Association (NEWRA) Thursday evening to give an update on the short term rentals/AirBnB legislation. Gov. Charle Baker sent back the Mass. legislature’s bill to regulate and tax short-term rentals (AirBnb, Homeaway, VRBO, etc.) in the beginning of August after formal legislature sessions have concluded for the year. Read More…

Kids & Families Sports

State Representative Aaron Michlewitz Sponsors 8th Annual North 2 South All Star Game

Representative Aaron Michlewitz will again sponsor the annual North 2 South Baseball Classic between the North End and the South End on Sunday, June 24th and Thursday, June 28th. Youths ages 9 to 12 from the North End Athletic Association (NEAA) and South End Baseball programs will compete again this year. This year the games Read More…

Government Real Estate

State Rep. Michlewitz Opposes Municipal Harbor Plan in Letter to the State

State Representative Aaron Michlewitz sent an opposition letter on the Municipal Harbor Plan to the State stressing his concerns about the Harbor Garage site development. Michlewitz reiterates his earlier point of contention that any development on the garage site should not exceed 50% lot coverage on the ground level. He states that anything less could lead to the Boston Read More…

Community Meetings

NEWNC Executive Reports & Rep. Michlewitz Follows Up on Nursing Home [Video]

The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) held their monthly meeting at the Nazzaro Center on Monday, November 14th. In addition to the normal reports, State Representative Aaron Michlewitz discussed the latest status on the North End Nursing Home, new Airbnb legislation, and a state owned parcel of land at the corner of Cross and Hanover Streets, adjacent Read More…