You may see a familiar face wandering the North End - just not on Hanover Street between Cross and Parmenter. Pat Mendoza has been released from prison roughly 18 months after he fired several rounds at acquaintance Rocco Giovanello on a busy Hanover Street in front of Modern Pastry back in July 2023.

Mr. Mendoza spent the following week on the run before turning himself in to police from a treatment facility on the Cape.

He was held until April 2024 at which time he was released on bail with restrictions which included wearing a GPS bracelet.

BCYF is hosting an in-person meeting to update the community on the progress of the new community center.

What: Community Center update meeting
Where: Nazzaro Center
When: Thursday, Match 6th, 6:30pm

A single family home and a large industrial property - both on North Washington Street - are up for auction.

169 North Washington Street is actually shown as a three-family home on the BPDA's map, but the auctioneer's website bills it as:

1,380+/-sf single family vacant home believed to have 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms & 1.5 baths

The North End has far more liquor licenses by area than any other neighborhood - about 48 licenses for every 0.1 square miles of land; 96 liquor licenses in total. It even beats out the tiny Leather District which has seven liquor licenses crammed into a space smaller than some building footprints.

The Neighborhood Council will hold its February meeting on Tuesday February 11th - 7pm at the Nazarro Center.

The ‘Quin Impact Fund announced today the appointment of Michelle Perez Vichot, an accomplished leader of nonprofit and social service organizations, as Director. The appointment comes on the heels of a monumental year of impact, with the organization having contributed over $3.3MM to Boston area non-profits since its inception, including over $900k in the past year.

The City announced that it will be creating and distributing 12 new transferable all-alcohol licenses last year. Since then, nine North End restaurants have sought support from the Neighborhood Council to upgrade their licenses from Beer, Wine, & Cordials to All-Alcohol. The Council has unanimously supported all of the requests.

Richard and Adriana Travaglione, owner/operators of Riccardo's in North Square and Giacomo's on Hanover Street, recently received approval to open a third restaurant: North End Lobster Company after getting unanimous support from the Neighborhood Council back in March. In 2021, they received approval to expand Giacomo's into the second floor of the existing space to add an additional 20 seats.

Stay safe this Halloween by following these three tips:

The RMR Group of Newton has submitted a Project Notification Form (PNF) for redeveloping the southwest corner of Causeway and North Washington streets which includes a 447 foot tower. The window for public comment on the proposal closes on Monday, October 28th.