Yearly Archives: 2016

The City of Boston’s two outdoor pools, the BCYF Clougherty Pool in Charlestown and the BCYF Mirabella Pool in the North End are opening for the season this Saturday, June 18.  These pools, along with 15 others that are open year-round, are operated by Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) the City of Boston’s largest youth and human service agency .  The outdoor pools will remain open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to dusk (around 7 p.m.) until Labor Day.   Also opening Saturday is the City’s “Family Friendly Beach” at the BCYF Curley Community Center in South Boston. The beach will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.  All [...]

Ten groups from South Boston were awarded grants to support their programs this year. The BCYF Community Center received $5,000 to support their Beach Jam and additional summer programming, MASSKiting received $2,570 for their 2nd Annual International Kiteboarding Film Festival, the L Street Ice Swimmers received $1,000 to support the promotion of their programs, the South Boston Neighborhood House received $7,500 for their Family Fun Nights, the City Point Neighborhood Association received $1,500 to support the Pleasure Bay Arts Festival, the South Boston Leadership Initiative received $5,000 for the Youth Fitness Program Expansion at M Street Beach, South Boston Stars received $3,000 for the Youth Beach Boot Camp at Carson Beach, the Greater Boston YMCA received $8,500 for Swimming and Aquatics Lessons at Carson Beach, [...]

   As one of its agenda items, the CPNA (City Point Neighborhood Association) hosted Matthew DiRoberto at its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, June 14. DiRoberto is from Boston; he heads up a partnership between Immersive Productions and Egan Productions of Fright Dome Las Vegas.  At the CPNA meeting, he presented a proposal to put on an immersive, interactive evening event called “Fright Island”.  “Fright Island” will be located on the grassy parade ground inside Fort Independence.  It will be a for-profit, ticketed event.  DiRoberto said that this event will not interfere in any way with existing operations of the Fort and the CIA (Castle Island Association). Since no specific, formal contract for “Fright Island” in the Fort has been negotiated, some of the [...]