Police & Fire

North End Residents Demand More Police Presence; Rob Consalvo Talks Public Safety; Wasp Spray Demonstration [Video]

[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJt5VqJggBc] Video: August 1, 2013 North End Public Safety Meeting, Nazzaro Community Center Subject timeline for the meeting so you can jump to points of interest in the video. 00:00 Introduction and Welcome by Sgt. Thomas Lema, Boston Police District A-1 03:30 Crime Statistics – Review of recent incidents in the last 30 days Read More…

Arts & Culture Community Photos & Videos

NEMPAC’s First Family Night on the Prado Celebrates Music, Painting and North End History [Photos]

Families came out to the first Family Night on the Prado, hosted by the North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) on Thursday, July 18th. The night was a celebration of families, music and the rich historical culture we have right here in the North End. It was all free including lots of kids Read More…

Schools

Last Week of School Brings Sweltering Heat to Eliot K-8 School [Video]

Friday, June 28th, is the last day of school at Boston Public Schools, including the North End’s Eliot K-8 School. It can’t come a day too soon for the kids that had a sweltering week in the building without air conditioning and temperatures reaching over 90 degrees. CBS Boston interviews Eliot Principal Traci Walker Griffith Read More…

Community Photos & Videos

North End’s Mirabella Pool Opens for 2013 Summer Season

This weekend was the summer opening for the North End’s Mirabella Pool on Commercial Street. The pool looks over Boston Harbor and is now open with public swimming beginning at 11:00 am daily. There is also a spray pool out front. Roving the neighborhood, Phil Orlandella shares these snapshots.    

Commentaries

Downtown View: Here Comes Summer

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passes muster with the Constitution. Mitch McConnell and company have had their chance to sputter, spit and go spastic over Justice John Roberts’s betrayal. So summer can now begin. Summer, at least in the way New England celebrates it, is the season Read More…

Event Notices

Send Your Summer Event Submissions in for the City’s SummerBoston 2012 Calendar

The Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events is currently looking for event submissions for the SummerBoston 2012 Event Calendar. If you are not familiar with the publication, it is a brochure that the Mayor’s Office produces for events opening or occurring within Boston proper between the months of May and September. It Read More…