North End resident Michelle Perez Vichot appointed as director of The 'Quin House Impact Fund

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.

List of North End restaurants that are seeking upgraded all-alcohol licenses

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.

More expansion for Travaglione restaurants in North End

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.

Neighborhood Council October 2024 meeting agenda

The Neighborhood Council will hold its October meeting Tuesday October 15th at 7pm at the Nazzaro Center. The agenda includes a presentation from the City on its Rat Action Plan, five restaurants vying for one of 12 all-alcohol licenses, Giacomo's expansion into the old Pomodoro, and a continuation of the 60-70 Cross Street development discussion.

Eliot school far outperforms city, state on MCAS - mostly makes up pandemic losses

The Eliot K8 Innovation school outperformed the State and City MCAS averages by a wide margin again in 2024. In fact, more students at the Eliot school meet or exceed expectations in Math and Reading than almost any other K8 school in the state.

Further, while scores at most districts in the state and schools in Boston lag far behind the benchmarks set in 2019, the Eliot school's tests show that students have largely made up for pandemic setbacks - or were never setback in the first place.

"New Look Miffs Old Neighbors" - 2016

Eight years ago today, the Herald Published an article about neighborhood opposition to the proposed redevelopment of 60-70 Cross Street by Charter Realty. The president of the Neighborhood Council at the time explained that some residents didn't believe the design matched the historical nature of the neighborhood.

The last paragraph of the article gives a hint at the turmoil that came later - which ultimately saw the project cancelled .