North End
Alleged North End drive-by puncher is son of Winter Hill hit man
By adamg - 5/23/12 - 6:48 amThe Herald gets the scoop on the arrest of Vincent Martorano, charged with punching a woman in the face in a Salem Street purse grab - and with beating up his own wife in a Saugus motel. His dad is John Martorano.
Innocent, etc.
Citizen complaint of the day: It's bad enough two North End restaurants qualify for Kitchen Nightmares
By adamg - 5/22/12 - 7:15 pmLast year, Gordon Ramsay showed up at Davide for his Kitchen Nightmares show. This week, he was in town attending to La Galleria on Salem Street. And leaving behind quite the mess, a disgusted citizen complains.
Charlestown man charged with drive-by punching in the North End
By adamg - 5/22/12 - 7:31 amNorthEndWaterfront.com reports police nabbed a suspect for last week's attack on Salem Street, in which a guy got out of a car, punched a woman and took her purse. He's also a suspect in a similar attack in Charlestown and his wife did the driving.
Segway guy fails in bid for seat on local council
By adamg - 5/19/12 - 7:04 pmNorthEndWaterfront.com reports on today's election for seats on the North End Waterfront Council, an advisory group to city agencies and boards.
Women attacked, robbed in the North End, Jamaica Plain
By adamg - 5/15/12 - 6:26 amBoston Police are looking for a man who got out of a black Charger on Salem Street shortly before 10 p.m., punched a woman, grabbed her purse, then jumped back in the car, which headed toward Charter Street.
FakeEmpire tweets:
I saw that North End attack happen tonight. Pretty scary. It took no more than 10 seconds. The woman was pretty roughed up.
That attack happened about 50 minutes after a woman walking down Burroughs Street, about midway between Centre and the Jamaicaway, was robbed by a man who pushed a sharp object into her neck hard enough to draw blood. The man, described as young, black and heavyset, ran toward the Jamaicaway.
Eliot School gets room to expand
By adamg - 5/14/12 - 10:16 pmMayor Menino today announced a building swap with the North Bennet Street School that could let the Eliot K-8 School double in size.
North Bennet Street will pay the city $11.4 million for 150 North St. and 130-140 Richmond St. and will give the city its current buildings at 37-39 North Bennet St. and 48-52 Tileston St.
The Eliot currently has 322 students and a waiting list of 295. The city will hold a meeting on May 22 to discuss possible renovation plans over the next few years for the new buildings, starting at 6 p.m. at the current Eliot School.
Gang threatens Brinks Job garage attendant with crowbar in failed safe heist
By adamg - 5/11/12 - 8:04 amNorthEndWaterfront.com reports four guys armed with a crowbar forced the attendant of the garage at 600 Commercial St. to the ground before trying, and failing, to open a garage safe.
According to a police report, one of the would-be safecrackers demanded the combination to the safe from the attendant, who apparently didn't have it. They then fled with money from the cash register, around 4:20 a.m. on Monday.
The garage is best known for its part in the Brinks Job.
North End Segway guy seeks seat on neighborhood council
By adamg - 5/10/12 - 11:36 amAllan Danley, who faces a mounting number of violations of a city ordinance against the way he operates his Segway tours, hopes to win a seat on the North End Waterfront Neighborhood Council.
It's not your father's Haymarket
By adamg - 5/10/12 - 8:05 amLike Durgin-Park, Haymarket has softened over the years - most of the vendors no longer yell at customers daring to turn fruit over. Bob Skole reviews the changes and how the proposed public market nearby could make Haymarket even better.
