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The Homicide in South Boston
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| By Rick Winterson |
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Monday’s homicide on Second Street near its intersection with E Street was the City of Boston’s second homicide so far this year. Details concerning that violent event are quite sparse as of this writing (Wednesday morning).
A call, rumored to have been sparked by the sound of gunfire, came to the Boston Police Department (the BPD) at 3 a.m. on Monday, January 7. The victim, a Hispanic male, was said to have sustained a number of serious wounds, including two to the head. Despite the efforts by an emergency medical team, he was declared dead at Tufts Medical very soon after the police call.
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| By Kevin Devlin |
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Catholic Memorial senior student-athlete dedicated to be a success on and off the ice.
Some people fold their tents and go home at the first sign of adversity, while others dig in. Some are talkers while others are doers. Some rise to the challenge and succeed, while lesser people stumble and fall. Upon reflection, Liam Coughlin chose to stand tall, and rise to the occasion. And now he’s glad he did.
Liam, 18, is the son of Heather and Kevin Coughlin. He has a twin brother named Logan, an older sister named Micaela, and an older brother, Kevin. He’s a senior at Catholic Memorial School (CM) which is located in West Roxbury, a school with a truly rich hockey history and a fine educational standing.
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The Beginning of a Marathon Dream
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Did you ever dream of running a marathon? Did you ever wonder how to train to run a marathon? On Jan 6, 2013, The L Street Running club will begin their training to help Club members compete in a spring marathon. At 8 a.m. from the Curley Rec., 663 Day Boulevard, South Boston, approximately 150 members of the L Street Running Club will lace up their sneakers to begin training for a spring marathon and for many, to run the Boston Marathon.
For the marathon training, a 14 week training schedule is created. Club members volunteer to cover water stops, bring all the necessary supplies and then some. Each Sunday, the runners enjoy an array of challenging and scenic courses ranging from 10 to 22 miles, with course monitors and fully stocked water stops every 3 miles. The routes cover Boston, South Boston, Milton, Quincy, Charlestown and even two runs on the Boston Marathon route as well. People often wonder if you are fast enough to join L Street Running club. The Club’s motto is “No distance too far, no pace too slow”. So, runners of all abilities are welcome.
L Street Running Club (LSRC) was founded in South Boston, MA in 1986. The club has over 700 members and is one of the oldest and largest clubs in the state. The club hosts weekly runs, three times a week and many social events for club members, Each year, Club members come together to organize, run and host the Jim Kane Sugar Bowl race in July now in its’ 26th running.
All proceeds from the race are donated to local charities. Recently over $10,000 was donated to local charities in need and the club delivered 51 holiday baskets to local families with 151 children to help them have a bit brighter holiday season.
For more information on joining L Street Running Club, contact Membership Director, Stacy Cohane at scohane@comcast.net or (617) 908-0120. For more about L Street Running club, please visit us at www.lstreet.org
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Snow Etiquette…Snow Way
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| by Kevin Devlin |
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“Don’t make your snow someone else’s problem.”
Now that we in South Boston have experienced our first snow storm this winter, albeit a short snowfall relatively speaking, it’s time to think about how we should behave after we gaze out our windows and see Mother Nature’s winter wonderland embracing our community. Snow can cause frustration, but anger shouldn’t mean manners are put on hold. When dealing with these inevitable annual occurrences, snow removal etiquette simply requires common courtesy and common sense. Keep your snow to yourself. Sidewalks have to be clear for all to walk on, and that includes our mailmen and mailwomen. Don’t shovel the snow onto your neighbor’s sidewalk when clearing off your vehicle. Don’t dump your snow on the street because smaller vehicles being driven by can get stuck in these piles. It can also impede subsequent snow removal by the city. And, don’t shovel your snow in areas impeding other parked vehicles. Think of your older neighbors. Help them clear off their vehicles or their sidewalks. You know how dangerous it is for anyone to walk on snowy or icy sidewalks. Just imagine how tough it is for our elderly neighbors-worried their sidewalks or vehicles aren’t shoveled- attempting to walk outside and deal with these precarious conditions. Helping out is what we do as human beings and when we do something unselfish, the intrinsic satisfaction is good for our inner self. It’s truly a universal feeling that can’t be denied.
Clear off your car, including the roof, before hitting the highway. The snow can be a nuisance to other drivers if it blows off your vehicle. It is dangerous and can cause accidents. You’re not going to get to work on time, so don’t have an attitude with others. Chill out and take a deep breath. Avoid “…Getting upset and extend the same patience and understanding to other’s that you would want yourself.” All snow problems are local and Southie is well-known locally for residents who claim temporary possession of parking spaces during snowstorms. But, please, please, don’t be afraid to make sure you actually shoveled out the parking space in question, and that it was a sufficient amount of snow for you to make such a claim in the first place. And, don’t leave your chair, cone or whatever in that spot until April.
Again, in these snow matters, common courtesy and common sense should prevail…otherwise…Snow Way.
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An American Hero
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| By Rick Winterson |
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Glen Doherty, a victim of the 9/11 attack on our consulate in Benghazi (Libya), was a true American Hero. He gave his life to protect others. He was remembered at a “time” last month at Barlow’s. The money raised will support the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation for assisting Special Operations Professionals and their families.
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Count Your Blessings
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This is South Boston Online’s Christmas issue. It is several pages longer than usual. It is filled with many, many features that befit Christmas, the coming of the New Year, and the joy of this special season. In years past, instead of our usual editorial, we have always published a Christmas essay of some kind in our last issue before Christmas.
But not this year. Not in our issue dated December 20, in the Year of our Lord 2012. No, not this year.
For last Friday, an unspeakable massacre took place at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-six died (yes, 26) – six of them school employees; 20 of them children, many not much more than toddlers.
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Retirement Reunion for all Handball and Rqacquetball players from the L Street bathhouse (50's, 60's & 70's)
Saturday December 15th 3pm- Closing
Sepoint Restaurant (Downstairs)
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The Framery Comes to South Boston
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| By Rick Winterson |
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Perhaps you sometimes wonder what the word “craft” really means. Victoria and her wholly owned small business – “The Beacon Hill Framery” – bring 40 years of experience in the craft of framing to South Boston at 844 Summer Street. She has just opened a first floor framing showroom and workshop. Be sure to give her eye-catching window displays a look when you next pass by. That’s an example of craft.
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2nd Annual Celtic Christmas Concert in St. Augustine’s Chapel
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The 2nd annual Celtic Christmas Concert with Katie McD and her Cross-County Band performing will be held on Sunday December 16, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. The location of the concert in in the historic 192-year-old gothic revival styled St. Augustine Chapel in South Boston.
The talented trio journey through Christmas in Ireland with ballads from the lilting vocals of Katie McD, poems and “stories from home” told by the ever-witty bodhran player, Martin Butler, and the signature Irish fiddle tunes of Dan Keller.
This unique concert, a mixture of traditional Celtic, Christmas and popular Irish music and song, will benefit the South Boston Community Health Center’s Youth Ambassador program. The Youth Ambassadors are noted for their community service and Young at Arts street art projects including Lighthouses on Broadway, Painted Adirondack Chairs and West Broadway plantings and clean-ups. The proceeds will also help fund their outreach program that annually sends a team of teens and their adult mentors to an area in North America devastated by a natural disaster.
Tickets for the concert are $20.00. Due to limited seating in the Chapel, advance purchase and early arrival for the event is suggested.
Tickets may be reserved by calling Mayra Rodriguez-Howard at 617-464-7423, Linda Doran 617-464-7463, Kate McDonnell 617-501-1974 or Dan McCole 617-464-4237.
Young at Arts is co-sponsored by the South Boston Community Health Center and the South Boston Arts Association.
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Don’t Complain…Count your blessings
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| By Kevin Devlin |
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Now that the holiday season is upon us, take a step back, and appreciate your lives, family, and friends. Reflect and just enjoy living in the greatest country in the history of the civilized world.
We all do it. Complain that is. We gripe about little things that really shouldn’t bother us. I think it’s because we no longer appreciate what we have and take many things for granted. We are spoiled Americans with big cars and large televisions. And, we have cell phones, I-Pods, Blueberries, Xbox, and other fancy electronic items that I can’t, nor care, to mention here.
Recently, I was shopping at Shaw’s Supermarket on the boulevard and was waiting in line for some cold cuts. A young man in his early thirties was behind me in line and talking on his cell phone about the slow deli service. I just listened and thought to myself how superficial his statement was. Moments later, still observing that he was obviously impatient, he asked me what I thought of the service. I said to him that I doubted very much that people in Pakistan or elsewhere overseas had the opportunity-the luxury-to wait in line for such a great variety of deli meats. He appeared somewhat surprised by my statement, paused for a moment, and then silently nodded in apparent acquiescence.
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South Boston’s Drug Scene
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No one has to be told that South Boston has been affected by the sale, use, and abuse of illegal and highly addictive drugs. Drug abuse allegedly resulted in a series of homicides here in 2011-2012. In the past, homicides have been very rare occurrences in South Boston.
After an especially vicious homicide last spring, a massive police presence in South Boston resulted in a large number of drug-related arrests. Those detained were from all over Boston and Vicinity. More recently, a police search warrant drive called “Operation Halloween” was continued into November. This resulted in 15 arrests and another voluntary surrender, which centered upon possession, distribution, and outstanding warrants in the D Street Housing Development.
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Awards to Walsh, Stanfield at Julie’s Banquet
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| By Rick Winterson |
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Julie’s Family Learning Program holds its Annual Banquet (Florian Hall, Thursday, December 6) – raffles, silent auction, and a sumptuous dinner. The evening will feature the inaugural “Community Angel” Awards to Program Director (CAN RUD) Kay Walsh and Rev. Burns Stanfield, Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church
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Southie’s Hall-of-Famer
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| By Kevin Devlin |
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Peter Welch has dedicated his life to boxing and will continue to do so for future generations.
Peter Welch was recently inducted into the South Boston Sport’s Hall of Fame, and is proud to be in such select company. Peter is the son of Midge Crowley and Bobby Welch. His wife is Joanne and they have three children, Peter, Joyce, and Ella.
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone
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| By Kevin Devlin |
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“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” (Cicero)
Thanksgiving is a day in which we gather together with family and friends to celebrate and give thanks for our good fortune in life. We look forward to the turkey, pies, football games and great conversation. However, it’s also a time to reflect on the blessings we have in life, to be grateful for all those we love and thankful for all that we enjoy on a daily basis.
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Seventh “Ladies Night” Is Friday, November 30
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| By Rick Winterson |
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South Boston is a neighborhood of traditions. One event that became a tradition overnight is Ladies Night, which benefits the Neighborhood House Girls Group. On the evening of November 30, the Seventh Ladies Night will be held at the Neighborhood House on H Street. Don’t miss it – if you’re a shopper, you’ll be amazed and delighted at what you’ll find.
The Seventh Annual Ladies Night is planned for Friday evening, November 30, from 7 to 11 p.m. It will be held (as usual) in the South Boston Neighborhood House at 136 H Street. This much-anticipated event began in 2006; since then, it has earned a well-deserved place on the roster of memorable Southie “times”. This year, Ladies Night benefits the Neighborhood House Girls Group training program at Ultimate Self Defense.
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Thanks Given to a Southie Friend
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| By Bob Linehan |
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James M. Higgins was born on Christmas Day in 1956, which was a special way to start a special life. He grew up in the Old Harbor Projects. As a young boy, he spent most of his time in Columbia Park (Moakley Park) playing baseball and football or on the basketball courts at the project. At a young age Jimmy became a gifted athlete and a true leader amongst his peers.
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The Woods School of Dance invited everyone to join in last Sunday afternoon at the Seapoint Ballroom. The occasion was a fundraiser for the Woods School, which will go toward supporting their dance students in their efforts to compete in the 2012 New England Regionals which take place in Providence this weekend .The students can qualify there to compete at the World Championships, which will be held here in Boston for the first time at the Hynes Convention Center next spring (South Boston Online will keep you posted). Good luck to all of the dancers.
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Thanks in Advance. Much Thanks.
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Every now and then, the need to offer thanks overwhelms what can be said in one lonely 500-word column in South Boston Online. When that happens, the remedy is to say “Thanks” right up front - in advance of when the blessings are actually received. How often have you said “Thanks in advance” the moment someone offered to do something for you?
So let’s get to the point: You might have heard that the customary Thanksgiving feast in the St. Monica/St. Augustine Church Hall was not going to happen this year. For a brief period, that seemed to be the case. But the loyalty South Boston has toward long-standing traditions, as well as our custom of stepping up and helping our neighbors, has changed that around.
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A Safe Home for Sydni
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| By Rick Winterson |
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Show up at the L Street Tavern (658 East Eighth, Corner of L Street) on Wednesday evening, December 14, from 7 until 9 p.m. The reason why: To help make a safe and accessible home for Sydni, who lives on Marine Road. Refreshments, raffles, cash bar.
South Boston Online will repeat itself: Please reserve a couple of hours next Wednesday evening, November 14, at the L Street Tavern (658 East Eighth Street, corner of L Street) from 7 until 9 p.m. The occasion is one of those legendary Southie neighborhood times. This time is being called “Safe Home for Sydni”; it supports a special needs home makeover for her.
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Councilor Linehan files Order for the Re-instatement of the Boston Police Cadet Program
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The Boston Police Cadet Program was created as an on-the-job training program that was used by the Boston Police Department for over 40 years to train young residents between 18-24 years old who were interested in a career in law enforcement. The program was discontinued in FY 2010 due to budget constraints related to the economic recession.
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And Now for the Results …
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Despite an inordinately long campaign, in many ways the results were not surprising. As frequently happens, the popular vote was a close shave for both candidates:
Obama over 49%
Romney 49.0%
But equally as usual, the Electoral College margin was far more decisive (these figures are as of early Wednesday morning):
Obama 303 Electoral votes
Romney 203 Electoral votes
NOTES: Needed to win – 270 out of 538 total Electoral votes. Figures do not include Florida (29 votes) and Alaska (3 votes), which are still undecided at this writing.
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Cheerleaders Win Regional Qualifier
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The South Boston Pop Warner “A” team cheerleading squad, fresh off their Hockomock League cheerleading title, traveled to Springfield last Sunday, November 4, and captured first place in the Pop Warner Regional Qualifier. Next stop is this upcoming Saturday, November 10, as they return to Springfield to compete in the Pop Warner Regional Championships.
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Bantam “A” District Champions
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| By Kevin Devlin |
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South Boston defeats Winthrop and Charlestown to capture the GBL District Two Championship.
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The 2012 GBL District Two Bantam “A” champions from South Boston. The coaches are Brendan Flynn and Tim Murphy. The players are Josh Campbell, Thomas Casper, Dave Cunniff, Billy Czar, Sean Doherty, Paul Dooley, Marco Feeney, Mike Flaherty, Matt McDonnell, Brendan O’Connell, Joe Pollard, Dylan Reilly, Jake Rooney, Gregg Selbert, Brendan Sullivan, and Cam Sullivan.
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SENATOR HART OPPOSES BALLOT QUESTIONS TWO AND THREE
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Boston – Senator Jack Hart (D-Boston) today announced he is opposing Massachusetts ballot Questions 2 and 3. If passed ballot Question 2, would legalize physician-assisted suicide in the Commonwealth on January 1, 2013. While Question 3 would eliminate state criminal and civil penalties relative to the medical use of marijuana.
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Rep. Collins Announces Opposition to Question 2
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CollinsJoins Growing List of Public Officials, Health Care Professionals, Religious Leaders and Concerned Citizens Urging Voters to Defeat Assisted Suicide on November 6
Representative Nick Collins (D – Boston) today announced he is opposing Massachusetts ballot Question 2, which if passed would legalize physician-assisted suicide in the Commonwealth on January 1, 2013. Collins is joining a growing list of lawmakers, medical community organizations, clergy and other groups who say Question 2 is deeply flawed and lacks critical safeguards for protecting patients.
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| Letter to the Editor |
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Dear neighbors,
As you may already know, former Massachusetts Governor and Presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be holding his Election Night festivities at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on Nov. 6.
This will likely be one of the busier events we’ve hosted in a single night, with worldwide media attention and thousands of supporters converging on the BCEC. I write this letter to inform you about the event and what impact it could have on you, our neighbors.
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South Boston Podiatry Practices Consolidate
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| By Rick Winterson |
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Dr. Millard T. Hennessee, Podiatrist, has been practicing in South Boston since 1983 – just shy of 30 years. He moved from his original location at G and Broadway to 654 East Broadway in 1985. He is pleased to announce that he will be assuming responsibility for Dr. Deepa Jhaveri’s podiatric practice that had been located at 361 West Broadway until now.
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