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13 10, 2016

Basra-Boston Connections

2016-10-13T11:38:05-04:00October 13th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Comments Off on Basra-Boston Connections

by Rick Winterson The Fort Point Theater Channel (FPTC) has produced many fine, memorable live performances over the past several years. One of the more remarkable of these was the first performance on October 1 of “Basra-Boston Connections” in the Atlantic Wharf performance space at 290 Congress Street. This stirring production, which was blessedly free to all, will be repeated on Friday evening, November 4 in Arts at the Armory in Somerville (191 Highland Avenue). Here again, admission will be free. “Basra-Boston Connections” is one result of an Iraq-U.S. collaboration entitled The Boston-Basra Project. “Connections” combines live theater, poetry, and music on a stags that actually uses studio arts like paintings and photography to create a flexible and striking performance space. A word about Basra: [...]

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13 10, 2016

So What Now? Wait ‘til …

2016-10-13T11:27:53-04:00October 13th, 2016|Categories: Featured, Sports|Comments Off on So What Now? Wait ‘til …

It was something of a shock to see the Red Sox succumb to Terry Francona’s Cleveland Indians in three games.  “Something of a shock?”  Well, Cleveland had a slightly better regular season record and an identifiably better bullpen going in.  In those three games, we saw the Indians outscore the Sox 15 to 7 – more than double Boston’s output.  And the Red Sox’ combined ERA for these three games was 5.00.  So, what could we expect? Briefly, the plague of inconsistency that bothered the Red Sox most of this summer returned with a vengeance in October. And it was a bittersweet departure for David Ortiz, who is one of the few athletes to retire while still at the very top of his game, even [...]

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13 10, 2016

SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT BRINGS 25 NEW OFFICERS ONLINE AT GRADUATION CEREMONY

2016-10-13T11:19:00-04:00October 13th, 2016|Categories: Featured, Happenings|Comments Off on SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT BRINGS 25 NEW OFFICERS ONLINE AT GRADUATION CEREMONY

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department welcomed 25 former recruits of the Correction Officer Training Academy (COTA) Class 16–02 to the ranks of officers during a graduation ceremony held at the Aloft Boston Hotel in South Boston.   The event was attended by several members of Sheriff Tompkins’ Executive Staff including Superintendent In-Chief Michael Harris, House of Correction Superintendent Yolanda Smith, Deputy Superintendent of the House of Correction Richard McCarthy, Deputy Superintendent of the Nashua Street Jail Cliff Carney, and Assistant Deputy Superintendent and Supervisor of Training Jose Mojica, along with several members of the Training Division and Honor Guard, and the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Department Assistant Deputy Superintendent of Operations Robert Durgin and Director of Human Resources Robert Dillon.   Realizing their collective goal, which [...]

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6 10, 2016

Learnin’ 2 Swim at Condon

2016-10-06T11:27:23-04:00October 6th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Comments Off on Learnin’ 2 Swim at Condon

The "Learn to Swim" Class was splishin' and splashin' with instructor Miss Mary Devlin and sporting the coolest T's in town. The "Learn to Swim" Class is for girls and boys ages 3+ and runs for 6 weeks on Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6pm. The next session begins in early November. Please call James at the Condon CC, (617)635-5100 for more information. The BCYF Condon has a full gym, pool and computer lab schedule with "something for everyone" including the top notch "Lobsters" youth swim team and a great water aerobics class for adults. Visit our friendly staff at 200 D Street from 1:30-9:30pm, M-F. #alwaysreppin' #teamcondon Photo by Barbara Kelly

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