By Seth Daniel The Boston City Council was presented with a request from Mayor Martin Walsh at its Wednesday meeting, Feb. 24, to vote to accept a $4 million reimbursement from the state for the design of the North Washington…
Author: North End Regional Review Staff
Mayor Encourages Partnership with City to Improve Traffic Safety on Boston’s Streets
Citing an increase in traffic-related fatalities and severe injuries, Mayor Martin J. Walsh urged people who drive, walk and bicycle in the City of Boston to stay safe by paying attention to the rules of the road and being aware…
Opinion
Boston selected to participate in Focus Cities Program Boston has been chosen as one of ten cities selected by the National Vision Zero Network to participate in their new Focus Cities Program. Based on the effort that the city has…
Downtown View:The World Will End
One of the entertaining aspects of living in downtown Boston is to watch the doomsayers. Whenever a new development or a large undertaking is proposed, someone claims it will ruin Boston forever. Back in the 1990s, it was the structure…
Clearing up School Lot Parking Problems Will Only Work with Enforcement
A parking plan to balance the needs of school staff as well as parents has been devised by the City of Boston Public Schools (BPS) and it’s about time. For too long the Charter Street lot has been filled to…
Driving Bill Will Save Lives and Injuries
House and Senate elected officials have a chance to pass a solid public safety bill that would put the brakes on Massachusetts drivers using hand-held mobile electrical devices while on the road. The bill would make it illegal to use…
Nazzaro Center Basketball League Holds National Championship Game
The Nazzaro Center Small Fry Basketball League, in its 44th consecutive season, held its final games of the 2016 season Friday February 19 and although the tournament is usually billed as the “Final Four” or the “Big Dance”, this year it had to be called…
Dressed in White
After the storm photo of the Prado.
Lights to be Installed to Restore Boston City Hall
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that architectural lighting will be installed at City Hall to highlight and enhance the building’s original design, building on the Walsh Administration’s goals to liven up City Hall Plaza and create a safer area for…
Downtown View:Jaywalking is Safest
It gladdened my heart last week to read that state Senator Harriette Chandler, a Democrat from Worcester and the Senate Majority Leader, proposed raising the fine for jaywalking from $1 to $25 for a first offense up to $75 for…