Due to weather related issues, the Department of Public Works (DPW) was forced to delay the North End Mechanical Street Cleaning program. The delay left the local streets in deplorable condition, through no fault of DPW. Currently, the street cleaning program is underway and beginning to make a clear difference. The program will continue...
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Join Boston SHINES for North End Clean Up
Boston SHINES will be in the North End on Saturday, April 27 to clean-up a few parks and playgrounds, like the group does each year. The participants will meet at the Prado at 9am where Boston SHINES will hand out gloves and other equipment and to coordinate volunteer assignments. This is a terrific opportunity...
MassDOT Covered All the Basics
Several neighborhood meetings were conducted by MassDOT regarding badly needed repairs to its Tunnel Vent Building on North Street. At these public meetings, MassDOT clearly spelled out the entire scope of the project from start to finish with North End residents noting for safety reasons this is a must do project. MassDOT claims they...
April Meeting Worth Attending
There are several community meetings being held during the month of April that pertain to the quality of life and other issues relating to the North End. Residents should consider attending and possibly getting involved with the goals and endeavors presented at these neighborhood meetings. Starting tonight, Tuesday, April 2 at 7pm the NEWRA...
North End Beautification Committee Making Things Happen
Local groups and leaders, elected officials, residents and the business community should jump on the North End Beautification Committee’s band wagon. While the neighborhood group is currently seeking non-profit status, it continues to service the community in many ways. The Committee’s goal and/or mission is to work closely with all parties within the community...
Residents Need to Attend MassDOT Public Meeting
A very important public meeting regarding the MassDOT owned Callahan Tunnel Vent Building on North Street will be held tomorrow Wednesday, March 27 at 6pm in the Nazzaro Community Center, 30 North Bennet Street. At this meeting both MassDOT and the contractor will present and explain the much needed rehabilitation project that will have...
Leave North End Trash Pickup Days the Same
Why the City of Boston feels that two household trash pickup days is better than three is not comprehensible. Three is always better than two when it comes to most things. Simply put, the North End population is growing, with more families moving into the neighborhood. That adds up to more household trash, so...
Potential Parcel 9 Projects to Be Discussed
Two potential developers for Parcel 9 in the North End will present Request For Proposal plans at a MassDOT/Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for tomorrow evening, Wednesday, March 20 at 6pm at the Mariners House, 11 North Square. Development of this parcel of land has been an ongoing discussion for years and hopefully residents and...
Downtown School
The announcement on last Friday by Mayor Thomas Menino of the pending purchase of the building at 585 Commercial Street in the North End for a new K-8 school with an opening in 2016 certainly comes as good news to the many downtown families of the more than 2,000 school age children that have...
Student Jobs Are Important
Thousands of Boston students will be seeking jobs this summer and it appears that there will not be enough jobs to go around. Apparently the city’s budget cannot provide all the jobs needed for the amount of students expected to apply for them. The city will be heavily dependent on the private sector to...