Michele Hart, Manager of South Boston's Eastern Bank Branch at 470 West Broadway, presents checks for $10,000 to both John McGahan, President of the Gavin Foundation, and Bob Monahan, Executive Director of Julie's Family Learning Program. South Boston is grateful for Eastern Bank's very generous community support.
State Representative Nick Collins (D-South Boston) joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives in passing legislation to ensure that men and women receive equitable compensation for comparable work. The bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in the payment of wages for comparable work unless the variation is based upon a mitigating factor including seniority (provided that paternal, family, and medical leave don’t reduce seniority); a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, sales, or revenue; education, training or experience. “I am proud to have been a part of this landmark legislation” said Rep. Collins. “There is no reason why my any woman should be paid less for equal work. It is about time we set clear guidelines [...]
Tuesday morning, July 12, Eastern Bank (located at 470 West Broadway) rendered some very substantial support to the South Boston community. Shown in front of the bank are South Boston’s Eastern Bank Branch Manager Michele Hart and Eastern Bank Vice President Bob Foy (l.). They are presenting a $10,000 check to the Laboure Center at D and West Broadway. Receiving this check are recently-appointed Laboure Executive Director Jake Bombard and Sr. Maryadele Robinson, who is starting up Laboure’s “Recovery Connections Program”, modeled upon the efforts of the still-mourned Jack Leary. That same day, both John McGahan, President of the Gavin Foundation, and Bob Monahan, Executive Director of Julie’s Family Learning Program, also each received $10,000 checks from Eastern Bank to support their much-valued programs. South [...]
by Rick Winterson There’s little or no question that South Boston is an extremely desirable neighborhood to live in. We have become America’s urban hometown. What makes South Boston so special? Perhaps taking a look at the recently completed month of June will help answer that question. June, 2106, was (as always) sandwiched between late May, which featured events like the opening of the Lawn on D and the solemnities of Memorial Day itself, and the weekend of the Fourth of July, when the Esplanade festivities took place and the Queen Mary 2 docked at Black Falcon. Well, this is a marvelous framework for any month, but it is not the month of June itself. So, South Boston Online will confine our comments to [...]
Watching a fully-loaded PANAMAX container ship, just as it comes around the bend of the Castle Island walkway to the McCorkle Pier, is certainly impressive – like encountering Leviathan. As the full length of the ship appears, you get a look at how truly big (!) these container craft really are. But that’s not the end of the story. The ship shown in the photos, called a “PANAMAX”, was the widest that could pass through the Panama Canal until this year. The project to widen the Panama Canal has been finished so container ships twice that size can now come up the East Coast. Watch for them. Photo by Rick Winterson
Social services agency Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston (CCAB) today announced that current deputy director of South Boston’s Catholic Charities Labouré Center Jake Bombard has been named its new director effective July 12, 2016. Bombard will succeed longtime director Sr. Maryadele Robinson, who joined Catholic Charities Labouré Center in 1988 and led the organization through a period of significant evolution. Sr. Maryadele Robinson will remain at Labouré and become involved in direct service, while continuing to help raise funds to support its programs. According to CCAB President, Deborah Kincade Rambo, LICSW, “Jake’s political experience and strong ties to the South Boston community makes him a tremendous asset to our team. We are proud to have him as our new Director of Catholic Charities [...]
Last week, State Representative Nick Collins joined his colleagues Massachusetts House of Representatives to pass transportation legislation on the Complete Streets initiative. The bill transitions the Complete Streets initiative, currently a part of Chapter 90 funding, into a municipal grant program. This initiative aims to enhance safety and accessibility for multi-modal transportation which includes transportation geared towards pedestrians and cyclists. To qualify for the grant program municipalities must: Attend a training program; Adopt a Complete Streets by-law that has been subject to a public hearing; and Create a Complete Streets prioritization plan. “This bill will help catalyze important improvements to our transportation system in the City of Boston and throughout the state” said Rep. Collins. “By incentivizing the Complete Streets program, we [...]
This spring, on Thursday evening, May 5, George LoCascio III gave the 36th Annual Marjorie Gibbons Lecture in the Public Room of the South Boston Branch Library. It was a great success, as George described his search for wildflowers located within the urban perimeter of South Boston. He had spotted and identified 75 distinct species. Now, George is dedicated to his profession, and he likes to spread the word, so he voluntarily arranged a follow-up field trip to Castle Island, where many of our local wildflowers are found. A group of ten hardy (and hearty) searchers gathered last Saturday afternoon, July 9, to carry out their own search, guided by George. He had a handout and his reference book with him: “Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide”, 1977, [...]
Per usual I enjoyed my visit to the South Boston Boys and Girls Club as I walked around taking pictures of staff and Club members enjoying their time in the “Fun in the Sun” program. On the first floor of the renovated Club I saw kids playing on computers and engaged in various games. In the art room I saw youngsters listening to instructions from their art teacher and then they went about drawing and painting. I went into the gym and took and a couple of pictures and then downstairs to the pool and watched the kids splashing and swimming; and truly having fun. Then I went upstairs and saw kids playing paddle ball, ping pong, hockey, and pool. Other younger kids were in [...]
