North End

BPS cancels last day of school for three schools on Celtics parade route

By adamg - 6/20/24 - 9:50 am

Wednesday night, BPS notified parents of kids at Snowden International High School, the Josiah Quincy (both lower and upper schools) and the Eliot School (all three schools) that the last day of classes for the year is today, because there was no way to get kids to school and have a Celtics championship parade, NorthEnd.page reports, adding that state officials signed off on the move which "left parents scrambling to find childcare and reschedule end-of-year activities."

How one BPS school went from desgregated to resegregated

By adamg - 6/18/24 - 10:57 am

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the court order that required Boston to desegregate its schools, WBUR looks at the Eliot School in the North End, which went from having racial parity to becoming mostly white once again - in a school district that is mostly Black and Hispanic.

North End restaurateur to spend summer locked up after allegedly cutting off the GPS device he was supposed to wear while awaiting trial for a failed Hanover Street murder attempt

By adamg - 6/11/24 - 10:53 pm

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today ordered Patrick Mendoza, the now former owner of Monica's Trattoria on Prince Street, held without bail until at least Sept. 11 - with no date yet set for his trial on charges he shot at somebody outside Modern Pastry on Hanover Street last July, according to court records. Read more.

Report: North End restaurant owner who was released to home confinement on attempted-murder charge cut off his court-ordered GPS device

By adamg - 6/10/24 - 10:35 am

Update: Mendoza ordered back to jail, at least pending a pre-trial conference turned bail hearing tomorrow, per court records.

The Globe reports that Patrick Mendoza was arrested Saturday for cutting off his court-ordered ankle bracelet and allegedly told BPD officers he was tired of wearing the ankle bracelet and was thinking it was time to try to kill somebody else. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Look at that hole! Look at it!

By adamg - 6/9/24 - 1:39 pm

Hole pointers in Christopher Columbus Park

A really aggravated citizen filed a 311 complaint about two holes somebody dug in the lawn at Christopher Columbus Park, to the point of gathering three fellow citizens by one of them to point at it, just in case Parks workers doubt them or something: Read more.

did the t.d.-boston garden move downtown ?

By schneidz - 5/15/24 - 9:12 pm

anybody else upset at the t-n-t coverage of tonites cavs @ celtics game where the announcers continentally mentioned live in downtown boston ... between commercials.

Woman went on an auto rampage, driving like a maniac and smashing into the Coast Guard base and Fenway Park, police say

By adamg - 5/6/24 - 3:41 pm

State Police report a Salem woman this morning led police from the North Shore into Boston on a wild chase full of crashed cars and gates - at the Coast Guard base in the North End and at Fenway Park, both of which police say she rammed into with her 2024 Honda Accord. Read more.

Whole lotta birds downtown

By adamg - 5/6/24 - 10:45 am

The annual Big Day Boston bird watch in Boston Proper on Saturday ended with 66 species of birds spotted from the Public Garden to Boston Harbor, including one bald eagle competing with Hitchcockian numbers of gulls to gulp down some herring.

North End restaurant owner who's charged with trying to shoot somebody is released from jail to await trial under home confinement

By adamg - 5/6/24 - 9:51 am

A Suffolk Superior Court judge last week concluded Patrick Mendoza, charged with trying to plug somebody on Hanover Street, was no longer an immediate threat to society and so could be released from jail to modified home release while awaiting trial - he is allowed to leave home for work or for medical or legal appointments. Read more.

Man shot in the leg in the North End

By adamg - 5/5/24 - 5:21 pm

Police officers responding to 911 calls about gunfire and shouting found a man shot in the leg at 226 North St. in the North End around 2:55 a.m. Injuries were not considered life threatening.

Two cars were also hit by gunfire.

Citizen complaint of the day: Schools of dead fish washing up on the rocks along Boston Harbor

By adamg - 5/5/24 - 2:49 pm

A concerned citizen filed a 311 report yesterday about all the dead fish on the rocks by the North Washington Street bridge and the Eliot School in the North End. Read more.

North End restaurant owners hope enough 311 calls will change City Hall's mind on outdoor patios; similar campaigns by Gaza protesters and anti-vax screamers failed

By adamg - 5/3/24 - 10:47 am

Banner across Salem Street urging people to call 311 to complaint about outdoor patios

Banner across Salem Street. Source.

Some restaurant owners in the North End have thrown up banners in the neighborhood to get visitors to make reservations for outdoor dining via 311, which might confuse out of towners who don't know 311 doesn't handle restaurant reservations. Read more.

Hanover Street pizzeria gets OK to put some dough into expansion

By adamg - 5/1/24 - 11:17 am

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by Locale, 352 Hanover St. in the North End, to double its size by moving into the space now used by a barber shop next door. Read more.

Hanover Street could get lobster restaurant

By adamg - 4/18/24 - 2:52 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the owners of Giacomo's and Riccardo's are looking to open a lobster place at 204 Hanover St. in the North End. They go before the Boston Licensing Board on Wednesday for permission to buy a liquor license from another restaurant.

North End hit/run driver caught by restaurant worker who ran after him

By adamg - 4/10/24 - 9:41 pm

WBZ reports on an incident at Hanover and Commercial streets Tuesday night where a worker at Rocco's ran outside and chased a hit-and-run driver who got out and then ran after slamming into another car.

Big Day Boston - the friendly downtown birding competition - returning May 4th

By AdamB - 4/2/24 - 12:51 pm

Big Day Boston, the friendly downtown birding competition, is returning to Copp's Hill Terrace in Boston's North End, Saturday, May 4th, 2024. Read more.

The city that always sleeps: North End to get Middle Eastern food, just not past midnight

By adamg - 3/27/24 - 11:59 am

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant a food-serving license to Fatima and Mahmood Ibrahim to open a 40-seat Middle-Eastern fusion restaurant at 115 Salem St. in the North End. Read more.

Dueling citizen complaints of the day: Rat holes in North End dog park

By adamg - 3/20/24 - 11:48 am

Death to rats - and any dogs that eat the things (from second complaint).

At 8:41 a.m., a concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint asking the city to do something about the rats digging holes along a wall of the dog park on Snow Hill Street in the North End. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: In North End rat/dog war, nobody wins

By adamg - 3/13/24 - 10:07 pm

An alarmed citizen files a 311 complaint about a battle at the RUFF dog park on Snow Hill Street this evening: Read more.

North End restaurant worker charged with sexual attack on co-worker

By adamg - 3/7/24 - 5:34 pm

A long-time employee at Massimino's Cucina Italiana on Endicott Street faces a charge of indecent assault and battery for an incident last September involving a woman co-worker. Read more.