Matt Conti at NorthEndWaterfront.com watched the summer's end fireworks over Boston Harbor tonight.
Posted under this Creative Commons license and tagged as universalhub on Flickr.... Read more
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By adamg - 8/31/13 - 9:34 am
Somebody is kind of unhappy with the people renting houseboats at Lewis Wharf in the North End:
The folks renting these trashy houseboats are indeed the Trash of the Universe.
By adamg - 8/31/13 - 9:14 am
The city is holding an end-of-summer blast, so get to Christopher Columbus Park or Castle Island to see the 9 p.m. fireworks.
By adamg - 8/28/13 - 11:40 am
Not one but two disgusted citizens snapped photos of a mess so big it slopped over from Salutation to Hanover in the North End this morning:
A major mess and it is now 9:15am.
But wait, there's more: NorthEndWaterfront.com has more photos of the soon-to-be-fetid... Read more
By adamg - 8/19/13 - 12:18 pm
Victoria Bono flies over the crowd. Photo by Greg Cook.
North End feasts always have a heavy statue of the weekend's saint hoisted around the neighborhood by boisterous, singing, brawny men. The Fisherman's Feast adds girls dressed as... Read more
By adamg - 8/13/13 - 10:31 am
Scientific American breaks it down for us, explains why the nature of molasses made the flood far worse than if it had just been some rogue wave tearing through the inner harbor:
Molasses is a non-Newtonian fluid, which means that its viscosity depends on the forces applied to it, as measured by shear rate. Consider non-Newtonian fluids such as toothpaste, ketchup and whipped cream.
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By adamg - 8/8/13 - 9:02 am
The folks at ArchBoston would love to know the story behind a broken sign on Richmond Street in the North End. Any clues?... Read more
By adamg - 8/5/13 - 9:16 am
Megan Johnson didn't have to go far for the Feat of St. Agrippina, it was right outside her window. She wonders why the processions always include a rendition of "Deep in the Heart of Texas."
NorthEndWaterfront.com has more photos along with a brief bio of St. Agrippina.... Read more
By adamg - 7/30/13 - 12:33 pm
NorthEndWaterfront.com reports one of the trash haulers that services neighborhood businesses seems to have a bit of a containment problem, turning Salem Street into a foul-smelling open-air vomitorium:
The whole street smells like a garbage dump all the time now. You can’t walk down the street at any time of day or day of the week, without getting assaulted by this horrible, horrible smell
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By adamg - 7/26/13 - 9:13 am
NorthEndWaterfront.com makes the case for the pay toilet at the Commercial Street bocce courts (with photo to bolster the claim).
By adamg - 7/16/13 - 9:51 am
UPDATE: BFD reports a spark from welders working on a new vent system on the roof sparked the fire, which did roughly $1 million in damage.
Firefighters in both trucks and boats responded... Read more
By adamg - 7/15/13 - 7:08 pm
The Dorchester Reporter alerts us that Felix Arroyo is buying spots on Univision and Telemundo.
Meanwhile, Mike Ross is concentrating on an Old Spice Guy-like series of 12-second Instagram video replies to questions posed to him via social media, as well as answers to questions you probably realize after the... Read more
By adamg - 7/12/13 - 9:43 am
NorthEndWaterfront.com reports that Aaron Michlewitz, who represents the increasingly student filled North End and Beacon Hill, says the BRA needs to consider requiring dorms in the proposed garage re-do.
Perhaps Rep. Michlewitz is too young to remember when Beacon Hill residents managed to squash Suffolk's plans to turn the old MDC building across from the State House into a dormitory.... Read more
By adamg - 7/10/13 - 1:55 pm
A mother and two babies paddled through the harbor by Puopolo Park in the North End.
By adamg - 7/8/13 - 3:03 pm
Maybe the cooler weather will help restore order to the fetid streets of the North End.
By adamg - 6/30/13 - 8:59 pm
NorthEndWaterfront.com reports that Boschetto's on Salem Street is closing its retail shop after 110 years in business.
By adamg - 6/21/13 - 8:34 am
Boston Magazine reports an arbitrator ruled the jail guard who accused Williams of choking him during an argument over a 2009 North End traffic incident was drunk at the time, lied about the incident and that if Williams got "aggressive," he had good reason to.
Last year, Boston paid Michael O'Brien $1.4 million to settle his lawsuit, which he filed a month... Read more
