Mirabella Pool opens Friday, June 28th - regresses back to registration on weekends

The Mirabella Pool will open for the 2024 summer on Friday, June 28th.

Lap Swim:
8am - 10am Monday - Friday

Open Swim:
noon - 7pm Monday - Friday
You must have an account in the registration system to participate in Open Swim, but you don't need to actually register for a time slot. Just show up between noon and 7pm weekdays and you will be checked in when you arrive.

BPS cancels last day of school for Eliot, two other schools

Parents of Eliot school children were notified via email on Wednesday that the last day of school had been cancelled. The email notification - which came on a holiday and with less than 48 hours notice - left parents scrambling to find childcare and reschedule end-of-year activities.

The closures affect 2,502 students across three campuses and six schools.

June 2024 NEWNC Meeting

The Neighborhood Council will hold its monthly meeting Monday, June 10th at 7pm at the Nazzaro Center.

Voting items on the agenda:

  • 211-213 Hanover StreetMother Annas seeks new beer and wine license to replace transferred liquor license.
  • 358-364 Hanover Street – New Restaurant, Pappare, seeks a zoning variance to expand existing footprint of prior restaurant into office space.

Full agenda:

Patrick Mendoza released on bail

Patrick Mendoza, who has been held on charges stemming from a shooting on Hanover Street last July, was released on bail last week.

Mendoza turned himself in to police from a treatment facility on the Cape on 21 July after a nine day search for him following the shooting. At a dangerousness hearing in October, a Suffolk County Superior Court Judge ruled that he should remain behind bars until at least 1 May because he remained potential threat to society.

Big Day Boston - Downtown birding competition - returning to North End May 4th

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

Participants will compete to spot the most species of birds over a six hour period starting at 10am. All will receive a checklist to keep track of their sightings.