Mayor Martin J. Walsh has approved an 18-month pilot program throughout the city leasing parking spaces to private businesses without holding any public hearing or community meetings, setting off sparks in the North End where there is simply not enough…
Rachel Revere Park Improvements Discussed at Public Meeting
Several local residents turned out for the third public meeting held by the City of Boston Parks and Recreation to further discuss upcoming improvements to the Rachel Revere Park located in North Square. Four concepts for the design and construction…
Sfizi, Mediterranean Tapas Bar, Opens in Boston’s North End
By Matt Conti Restauranteur Frank DePasquale, Manager Salvatore Capaldo and Chef Gianni Caruso have opened a new Mediterranean Tapas Bar, Sfizi, in the former Mare space at 135 Richmond Street in Boston’s North End. Mare Oyster Crudo and Seafood Bar…
Absentee Ballots Now Available
The City of Boston Election Department today announced that the absentee ballots for the November 3rd Election are now available. Polling locations will be open on Election Day from 7:00AM to 8:00PM on November 3, 2015. In order to be…
Boston Public Market Displays 1,020-Pound Pumpkin
By Phil Orlandella Boston Public Market celebrated New England’s quintessential fall icon-the pumpkin with a pumpkin patch, pumpkin events, pumpkin flavored everything and the unveiling of “The Official Pumpkin of Boston” weighing in at an impressive 1,020 pounds. Donations from…
Downtown View:Air Rage
On August 6, a United Airlines passenger at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport was arrested after he refused to turn off his cell phone and then punched another passenger. On September 11, a 27-year-old man on a JetBlue flight stood up…