MassDevelopment has awarded grants totaling $1,056,010 to 22 community health centers across Massachusetts including North End Community Health Committee, Inc. through its Community Health Center Grant Program. The program offers grants of up to $50,000 each to fund capital improvement…
Month: May 2022
In Brief
NSC Collecting Items for Seniors Due to the cancellation of the annual ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NSC) Mother’s Day Party, the Center is seeking the following items to make it a special day for seniors. The site…
Local Officials React to Roe v. Wade Leak
The unprecedented leak to Politico Monday that five Supreme Court Justices may be gearing up to reverse the court’s landmark decision that has protected a woman’s right to choose for a half century has set off a firestorm of condemnations…
Countdown to Federal Real ID Requirement’s Begins
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is reminding customers of the federal requirement that anyone traveling by plane domestically, or wishing to enter certain federal buildings, will need acceptable identification credentials, effective May 3, 2023. Acceptable credentials can include…
North End Waterfront Health CEO James Luisi to Retire
After over three decades of service and being responsible for the creation of a 140 bed nursing home and an elderly housing development in the neighborhood, North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health) CEO James Luisi is set to retire next…
Outdoor Dining Begins in the North End
Despite some contention over Mayor Michelle Wu’s $7,500 fee imposed on North End restaurant owners to buy into this season’s outdoor dining program, alfresco dining kicked off in the neighborhood Sunday. Mayor Wu announced that the $7500 fee for outdoor…
NSMHA Taps Veteran Behavioral Health Executive Damien Cabezas as Next CEO
North Suffolk Mental Health Association’s Board of Directors has announced that veteran behavioral healthcare executive Damien Cabezas will succeed Jackie K. Moore, Ph.D, as Chief Executive Officer of the Chelsea, Mass.-based behavioral health nonprofit. Cabezas starts on June 13 and…
Public Art Manager Works on MLK Memorial on Boston Common
King Boston broke ground on the Embrace Memorial, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King, on April 27 with a ceremony at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common. Imari Paris Jeffries, Executive Director of…
Lydia Edwards Says Farewell to the Boston City Council
Last Wednesday Sen. Lydia Edwards delivered her final speech inside the Boston City Council Chambers after a five year tenure representing District 1, which includes East Boston, Charlestown and the North End. Edwards’s time on the Council officially came to…
Ukrainian Decorated Tree at Columbus Park
A member of the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park, Meredith Pisotelli, came up with a plan for FOCCP to stand in solidarity with the people of the Ukraine. Meredith Pisotelli designed a tree near the entrance of the park from…