By Ralph Martignetti Boys and girls ages 4-21 have broken out the gloves, bats and cleats and begun practicing as they eagerly await the NEAA Baseball Opening Day of April 30th. This year the North End Program, run by Commissioner…
Month: April 2016
The Boston Foundation Funds Gun Violence Pilot Program
A new gun violence program, a multi-city pilot in New England to develop customized law enforcement-led projects to focus on preventing the flow and use of illegal guns through a $25,000 grant from the Boston Foundation has been announced at…
Boston is Going Fiber
By Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh This week I announced something that will change Boston’s future: working closely with the City over the next six years, Verizon will rewire the entire city with an advanced fiber-optic network. Replacing our outdated…
We Need A Transportation Transformation
by Michelle Wu,                        Boston City Council President As a new mom, I think often about the world that my one-year-old son will grow up in. Twenty years from now, what will Boston look like? As excited as I am about…
Opinion
By Phil Orlandella Taste of the North End benefits many neighborhood programs Many of the neighborhood’s best restaurants will get together at the 23rd annual Taste of the North End scheduled for Friday, April 29 at the Steriti Memorial Rink…
Redevelopment Authority Mission Overhaul on Target
In response and feedback from the community over the past two-years Mayor Martin J Walsh has embarked on a mission to overhaul the organizational identity of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). His goal is to provide better services to the…
MBTA Completes Government Station Reconstruction on Time and Under Budget
The MBTA recently opened the new Government Center Station after two-years of reconstruction for a fully accessible, safer, modern and a more comfortable facility. Completed on time and under budget, the project represents another step forward as the MBTA works…
Old North Church Secures Community Support for Garden Renovations
By Phil Orlandella Old North Church’s Reverend Stephen Ryres has gained support from community groups and local elected officials for the church to reconfigure the Washington Garden and the adjacent Washington Court Yard on the north side of the church…
241st Lantern Ceremony at Old North Church Set for April 17
On April 18, 1775, two lanterns were hung from the steeple of the Old North Church, launching what would become the American Revolutionary War. Signaling the departure of British regulars “by sea,” the two lanterns have come to represent the…
Voters Head to Polls on Tuesday, April 12
North End voters will head to the polls Tuesday, April 12 (today) for the First Suffolk and Middlesex District State Senate Special Election. Seven Democratic candidates, Joseph Boncore, a Winthrop resident whose family has a law practice in East Boston,…