By Phil Orlandella A cleaner North End is everyone’s business North End mechanical street cleaning is under way and it’s time for residents and the business community to remove their vehicles from the curb, making it much easier for the…
Month: March 2019
Another Sign of Climate Change
“Historically catastrophic” flooding is the description of what has been happening across our nation’s Midwestern Plains states this past week, thanks to a combination of heavy snows and unseasonably cold weather followed by unusually heavy rains. When most of us…
Tragedy, Sadness In New Zealand
New Zealand is a beautiful country that seems far removed, both literally and figuratively, from the problems facing the rest of our troubled planet. However, the tragic shootings at two mosques in New Zealand this past Friday have demonstrated that…
A Fixture In The North End
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NEAD Family Pride Week Photos Available
Photos from many years of the North End Against Drugs (NEAD) annual North End Family Pride Week events are currently available for viewing at the North End Library, 25 Parmenter St. “Over 1,100 photos for many years of the highly…
BPDA, ISD Discuss Expanding Additional Dwelling Unit Pilot Program
Last year the Boston Inspectional Service Department (ISD) Commissioner William Christopher announced that several Boston neighborhoods that would take part in the Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) pilot program. Christopher said the proposed program was ISD’s way to respond to all…
Walsh Announces $26 Million To Create More Affordable Housing
Using the North End’s Knights of Columbus Hall as a backdrop, Mayor Martin Walsh announced $26 million in money to create affordable units not only at the Knights of Columbus but in the North End, East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, Mission…
BPDA will Soon Decide on Dock Square Proposal
Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), formerly the BRA, has held a public meeting (Jan.28) at City Hall to address the Planned Development Area (PDA) filed in association with the Dock Square Garage proposed development. Lenear Retail Properties, LLC has…
City Signs Host Agreement With Proposed West End Marijuana Shop
An adult use marijuana facility proposed for Friend Street in Boston’s West End signed a host agreements with the City of Boston. Ascend Mass Inc., who is proposing a retail marijuana shop at 272 Friend St. has held several community…