Tonight’s (4/24/12) North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee monthly meeting has four agenda items relating to beer and wine licenses, opening of an ice cream store and take-out for a new restaurant. Information obtained from this committee…
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North End Restaurant Week Attracts Thousands
“A huge success”. That is the way North End Chamber of Commerce Chairman Frank DePasquale described the 2012 North End Restaurant Week which attracted thousands of patrons to this very popular yearly event. “The total effort put into Restaurant Week…
Residents Register Trash Complaints at Public Meeting
Like District A-1 Boston Police Captain Thomas Lee, Assistant to the Department of Public Works Commissioner Frank O’Brien, was hammered by residents at the NEWRA Public Safety Committee meeting held at the Nazzaro Community Center last week. Instead of crime,…
Invasion of the Greenway, by Pillows
Beds around the world went pillow-less last weekend. Saturday was International Pillow Fight Day, and in cities from London to Taiwan, parks filled with flash mobs armed with the seemingly innocent household object in every shape size and color. Bostonians…
Community Group Supports Two Requests
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association gave broad support to two new businesses planning to open in the North End. The group also heard legislative reform proposals regarding the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and management of the Greenway…
Community Election Set for May 19
It’s that time of the year again for the North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council to conduct its annual community election. This year, six of twelve council seats are open for two-year terms. Elections will be held at the Nazzaro Community Center,…
Residents Call for North End Crime Watch
Stemming from a recent North End Public Safety meeting, where residents expressed concerns regarding what they called a deteriorating quality of life situation, called for more police in the neighborhood. Captain Thomas Lee Commanding Officer of District A-1 Boston Police…
Angry Residents Erupt in Chorus of Complaints About Lack of Police Presence
The honeymoon is over in the North End for the newly assigned Boston Police District A-1 Captain Thomas Lee. At the April 5, 2012 neighborhood public safety meeting, approximately 70 residents and business owners erupted in a chorus of complaints…
New Suffolk University President Nurturing Academic Excellence
Dr. James McCarthy is the ninth president of Suffolk University who began his tenure at Suffolk on Feb. 1. He came to the university after serving for five years as provost and senior vice president at Baruch College of the…
Historic Event Planned in the Prado April 29
A historic event is in the planning stages to honor the famous sculpture Cyrus Dallin who created the statue of Paul Revere riding his horse located in the Paul Revere Mall (Prado) located between St. Stephen Church and the Old…