North End

Alleged North End drive-by puncher is son of Winter Hill hit man

adamg — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:48:35 +0000

The 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

adamg — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:15:39 +0000

Last 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

adamg — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:31:52 +0000

NorthEndWaterfront.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

adamg — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:04:13 +0000

NorthEndWaterfront.com reports on today's election for seats on the North End Waterfront Council, an advisory group to city agencies and boards.

Citizen complaint of the day: Tree killer moves to Fenway, Back Bay

adamg — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:31:30 +0000

Who goes around snapping poor little baby trees in half?

Earlier:
The tree killer of Mass. Ave. is back.

Women attacked, robbed in the North End, Jamaica Plain

adamg — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:26:59 +0000

Boston 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

adamg — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:16:06 +0000

Mayor 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

adamg — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:04:49 +0000

5/7/12 - 4:20 am

NorthEndWaterfront.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

adamg — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:36:51 +0000

Allan 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

adamg — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:05:53 +0000

Like 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.

What should fill empty Greenway space?

adamg — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:38:22 +0000

Karen Cord Taylor considers competing proposals for Parcel 9, next to Haymarket, which include a museum about Boston, a bunch of apartments and a hotel.

Not a movie set

adamg — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:49:56 +0000

David Schachner photographed the North End in the rain last night.

Copyright David Schachner. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Partial building collapse in the North End causing all sorts of problems

adamg — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:34:55 +0000

NorthEndWaterfront.com reports on a four-story brick wall came down on Thacher Court Sunday/Monday.

Would chianti go with roadrunner?

adamg — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:20:40 +0000

NorthEndWaterfront.com posts a photo of a coyote spotted on Copp's Hill Terrace in the North End this morning.

It's not the first North End coyote spotting, but they remain relatively rare, unlike in, say, West Roxbury.

BPD says the party's over for Suffolk students in the North End

adamg — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:46:01 +0000

Boston Police are stepping up patrols in the North End to crack down on both loud late-night parties by students and bars and restaurants that violate their license requirements, A-1 Captain Tom Lee says in an open letter to neighborhood residents.

In recent years, college students have come to rival rats as the annoyance most detested by residents. Lee says that among the steps he's taking are a general beefing up of patrols in the neighborhood, with a specific two-cop patrol along Hanover Street between 11:45 p.m. and 3:45 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, chats with both tenants cited for noise complaints and their landlords, to let them know just what sort of citations they could be getting for future violations, and working more closely with Suffolk on a weekend "noise patrol" that could mean college sanctions in addition to whatever BPD can dish out.

Lee says one neighborhood liquor store has already been cited for selling to a minor and for failing to keep minors from hanging out outside.