Three new members to the City of Boston’s Licensing Board have been appointed by Mayor Martin J. Walsh. The Licensing Board regulates alcohol, food, hotels/inns, lodging houses, fraternities/dormitories, billiards/pool tables/sippio, bowling alleys and fortune teller licenses. The newly-constituted Licensing Board…
Downtown View
When our children were young, they asked what their father, a lawyer, did at work. I told them, “He gives advice to people.†But that was hardly an adequate explanation. They eventually learned what lawyers do through family discussions, visits…
Rink/Restaurant/Lounge Slated for City Hall Plaza
Boston City Hall Plaza, a really barren area, could be converted it into a winter wonderland with an Olympic sized ice skating rink and a large glass restaurant and lounge overlooking the rink. Reportedly, the Frozen Harbor skating ring and…
NEWNC Supports Three Requests
During its last monthly meeting of the year, the North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) addressed three requests and heard a presentation on Faneuil Hall Market by Susan Loungo of the Faneuil Hall Market Vendors regarding possible impacts on the North…
NEWRA/Abutters Trash Battery Street Proposal
A request by the owner of 16-18 Battery Street to change the legal occupancy from nine residential units to ten residential units, construct a one-story addition and a roof deck was opposed by abutters and the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association…
Opinion
Dom Campochiaro was one of a kind The passing of life-long North End resident Dom “Dom DiMaggio” Campocchiaro, commonly known as “Dom the Electrician” or “Coach Dom” had a devastating effect on his family, friends and the hundreds and hundreds…