Featured Photos & Videos

Water Main Break on Charter St.

Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) responded to a water main break on Charter Street on Sunday morning, December 6. The break flooded parts of Charter and Unity Streets. Twenty-five residents were without water while BWSC worked to repair the break. Water has since been restored. Adam Castiglioni shared these photos below of BWSC repairing Read More…

Featured Police & Fire

Police Blotter: Two Accounts of Breaking & Entering; Stolen License Plates

The following are recent incidents reported by Boston Police District A-1 for the North End / Waterfront area. Breaking & Entering (Boat)07/05/20  8:32amMale suspect arrested after fleeing a boat at Lewis Wharf he had broken into. Suspect was apprehended on Haverhill St. in the North Station area. Suspect was riding a Bianchi bike and carrying four Read More…

Featured Meetings Real Estate

Unity Street Addition Receives Council Support [Video]

The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) gave unanimous support to Douglas X. Scire, petitioner at 23 Unity Street intending to add a first floor rear addition. The proposal was presented by Attorney Daniel Toscano. The extension will be used for a new family room, extending in the rear of the property. The height Read More…

Featured Meetings

23 Unity Street Addition Supported by Residents’ Association [Video]

The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) voted to support a first floor addition at 23 Unity Street at their October meeting. Attorney Dan Toscano presented the proposed project to construct a first floor rear addition to the existing building at 23 Unity Street, which abuts the property of Old North Church. Watch the Read More…

Featured Police & Fire

Police Blotter: Smashed Storefront Window and Stolen Bike

The following are recent incidents reported by Boston Police District A-1 for the North End / Waterfront area. Vandalism04/09/19 12 p.m.Fleet Street store owner reports when she came to work this morning a glass panel was smashed on the front store. Larceny (bike)04/09 – 04/10/19 11:10 p.m. – 8 a.m.Victim reports an unknown male suspect, Read More…

Police & Fire

Police Blotter: Chocolate Shop Burglary And Stolen Bike

The following are recent incidents reported by Boston Police District A-1 for the North End / Waterfront area. Burglary / Commercial07/18/18         2:40 a.m.Unity Street chocolate shop reports an unknown person set off the alarm to the store. The caretaker checked the building and found nothing disturbed. In the morning, a worker found Read More…

Featured Photos & Videos

Historic Neighborhood Photo: Unity Street

This week’s photo is of the North End’s Unity Street back in 1898. The street is located just off of the Paul Revere Mall and is still just as narrow as shown in the image! If you were to visit the area today, you’d notice that the cobblestone has been paved over and the buildings have Read More…

Police & Fire

Police Release Videos and Ask Public to Help Identify Sexual Assaulter

[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1pHYOr6VPo] Boston Police have released these two videos showing showing a man running at Salem and Sheafe Streets about the time of the sexual assault in the early morning hours of February 15th. A woman in her early 20′s was attacked around 1:10 am early Saturday on Unity Street when a man pushed his way Read More…