MassDOT has cancelled its Parcel 7 & 9 RFP Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 3 at the Mariners House, according to agency representative John Romano. Reportedly, the public meeting was discontinued in order that MassDOT could compile more…
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Grossman tours North End
State Treasurer candidate Steven Grossman made a campaign visit to the North End last week. He ate a great lunch here and then for dessert, he received the endorsements of State Senator Anthony Petruccelli, Boston City Councillor Sal LaMatinna and…
Winter Mechanical Street Cleaning starts Dec. 1
Frank O’Brien, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Public Works, recently addressed members of the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association Clean Streets Committee meeting on the City’s plans to extend mechanical street cleaning in the North End through the four winter…
Patrick and Baker come full circle in the North End
Charlie Baker’s visit here Sunday brought him back to where the campaign began many months back. He had just hired his campaign director when he first came to the North End to meet with local people last November. Then he…
Elephants on Hanover Street
Nine elephants, and four clowns from Ringling Brothers Circus enchanted hundreds of local children and their parents as well as visitors to Hanover Street Thursday morning. At about 11:30 a.m., the elephants made their way from outside the Coast Guard…
FOCCP Columbus Day celebration attracts hundreds
While this year’s Columbus Day main activities took place on the other side of the tunnel in East Boston, that didn’t stop the Friends of Christopher Columbus from holding their Annual Columbus Day Celebration at the popular park. Hundreds of…
Governor visits North End Sunday
About the only thing that could take many people away from their televisions and the New England Patriots game Sunday afternoon was Governor Deval Patrick who came to the Improv Asylum on Hanover Street for a anti-drug rally at the…
NEWRA ZL&C Committee has full agenda
There are six agenda items scheduled at the next NEWRA Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee meeting on Tuesday, October 26 at 7pm at the Pilot House, 2 Atlantic Avenue. Paul Barker is seeking to change the legal occupancy and use…
Overall crime numbers flat in the North End
Boston Police District A-1 Captain Bernard O’Rourke and Sergeant Tom Lema presented crime information regarding the North End over the past 30 days at last week’s NEWNC Public Safety meeting held at the Nazzaro Community Center. In general, with the…
DPW year-round mechanical street cleaning plan meets some opposition
It was the quiet before the storm at last week’s Public Works Department community meeting at the Nazzaro Community Center as plans were presented for year-round Mechanical Street Cleaning program in the North End. The program, geared towards keeping the…