A crane pulled apart and reconfigured the two-halves of the Abstract Sculpture, a split rhomboid, dodecahedron, made of stainless steel and aluminum to create a new sculpture shape. Located on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway on the American Heritage Park,…
Money in City Budget Earmarked for Local Projects
Earlier this month acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey Mayor Kim Janey proposed her administration’s recommended $3.75 billion Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) operating budget and $3.2 billion Fiscal Year 2022-2026 (FY22-FY26) Capital Plan. Janey said the budget focuses on providing the…
Residents Mount Opposition Against Cross Street Hotel
North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) has submitted a comment letter to the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) expressing major concerns and questions relating to the proposed 134 room hotel at 42 Cross Street. Many issues have been raised by…
NEWNC Supports Monica’s New Closing Hour Changes
A vote to support (11-0) was taken by the North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) for a request by Monica’s Trattoria to change its current closing hours of 11 p.m. seven days a week, to Monday-Thursday 12 a.m. and Friday-Sunday 1…
Baker Relaxes COVID-19 Restrictions
On Tuesday, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that Massachusetts would reopen some outdoor Phase 4, Step 2 industries effective May 10, and put plans in place for further reopening on May 29 and Aug. 1. “The light at the end of…
In Brief
City to Begin Ticketing Now that the ticketing amnesty program in the North End has expired, the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) will begin ticketing and towing, for street sweeping, vehicles without appropriate resident stickers will be ticketed or towed. Vehicles…