On Saturday, January 21st, NEW Health will offer a vaccine clinic at their North End site for people of all ages. All vaccines and doses will be available to accommodate every patient’s needs. The clinic is open to everyone, not just patients of Mass General Brigham, except for patients 12 or younger. Walk-ins are accepted, but appointments are strongly encouraged. To book an appointment, call 857-238-1100.

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North End business owners Carla Gomes and Jorge Mendoza - along with two cops and a handful of others - saw their lawsuit against Boston's rule requiring proof of vaccination in indoor public places thrown out yesterday by US District Court Judge Angel Kelley. In her ruling, Judge Kelley explained that the plaintiffs didn't actually suffer any injuries:

North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health) announced today the recent addition of new clinical staff at the North End site: Dr. Suo Lee, Dr. Brandon Luk, Nurse Practitioner Madeleine Bayne, and Nurse Practitioner Heather Patrick.

New patients are being accepted on a limited basis at this time as NEW Health continues to expand its primary care staff. More information is available by calling 617-643-8000.

The Residents Association will be hosting a public meeting on outdoor dining this Thursday from 6 - 8pm at the Nazzaro Center. Three concerns are often raised in these discussions: parking, traffic, and accessibility. Let's take a closer look at each along with some other topics and suggestions at the end.

NEWNC held its January meeting on Monday night. There was a single voting item on the agenda. The new owner of China House restaurant at 331 Hanover Street, Kakada Ly, wants to remove proviso on the permit which allowed restaurant use for prior operator only and to allow the new owner, Ly, to operate under the same permit. The council unanimously supported the proposal.

Peter Furth, Professor of Civil Engineering at Northeastern University, says he's cracked the code to fixing the congestion and unsafe conditions at Keany and City Squares: two short northbound green cycles at City Square instead of the current long one.

If that long green northbound period is replaced with two short green periods, each lasting 16 seconds, the number of vehicles that can be discharged per cycle will rise to 35 [from the current 28]

Starting Monday, the North Washington St bridge will switch to two northbound lanes during evening rush hour in contraflow pilot program.

The periodic construction look-ahead notice for January 8 – January 21 included the following:

Contraflow Pilot

House Bill H.5080 was quietly enacted and sent to the Governor in one of the the last acts of the 192nd Court.

The subject of the bill has a long history - much longer than the current legislative form that it has taken. Most recently, Senate Bill S.3148 substituted major parts of the language and the enacted form seems to have specific wording to prevent it from being used as a precedent. Section 1, E: