BCYF, Sasaki, and Turner Construction held a joint update meeting Monday night on the progress of the new North End Community Center. Key takeaways:

BCYF is holding a meeting Monday March 30th at 6pm a the Nazzaro to discuss the progress of the new community center.

Back in December, the city held a "ground breaking" ceremony at the new site next to Puopolo Field which involved trucking a load of dirt into the parking lot so it could be formally shoveled, but no other apparent progress had been made sense.

There was a time when Zipcar had at least six carshare locations in the North End - each with multiple cars. With the removal of the last two spots on Commercial Street at Hanover last week, it is now zero. Zipcar has also removed the nearby Lovejoy Wharf carshares. Two carshares remain on the perimiter of the neighborhood on Cross Street.

Morel was wanted in connection with an assault & battery of an Eliot School fifth grader on Wednesday.

BPD announced on Friday that they had located Morel and no further assisstance is needed from the community.

Cancel BPD Community Alert: Detectives Assigned to District A-1 No Longer Seek Public Assistance in Locating Seitu Morel of Cambridge, MA

Detectives have located Seitu Morel

Update - 10:20am 3 February

BWSC reports that water was fully restored late last night. There will be another crew onsite this afternoon to replace a valve, but service will not be impacted today.

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The northwest quadrant of the North End has seen intermittent water service at best since a water main broke on Charter Street. BWSC - through councillor Coletta-Zapata's office - reports:

The inaugural "Boston Frostival" will see a 75-foot temporary ferris wheel installed on the Greenway across from Christopher Columbus Park.

The wheel will cost $4 to ride and be open during the month of February daily from noon to 8pm except for Mondays and Tuesdays when it will be closed.

We have no idea what it will actually look like, so the attached image is what Nano Banana imagines.

The groundbreaking for our new community center is Thursday, December 4th at 11 am.

There will be a public ceremony at the new center's location - 475 Commercial Street.

Please join Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Centers for Youth &
Families to celebrate the start of construction of the new

BCYF North End Community Center!

The pool and splash pad will be closed throughout construction. At the last update meeting, the pool was set to reopen in 2028.

NEW Health hosted its annual meal packing and complimentary distribution of Thanksgiving meals November 20th. Coldwell Banker is generously sponsoring this year. In total, over 200 to-go meals were distributed.

NEW Health also hosts monthly complimentary produce distributions of a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to patients.

Volunteers who would like to assist with an upcoming produce distribution, please reach out to NEW Health to coordinate in advance. See below for details:

Michelin awarded no stars and no Bib Gourmand distinctions to North End restaurants. But two local spots did earn a Recommendation: Carmelina's and Neptune Oyster.

Carmelina's

307 Hanover St., Boston, MA, 02113, USA
$$ · Italian-American

This is food that sticks to your bones, and much of it arrives piping hot in the pans they were cooked in.