Yearly Archives: 2016

By RICK WINTERSON The South Boston Historical Society held its meeting on Monday. The guest speaker was Jim Botticelli, who assembled, created and wrote “Dirty Old Boston.” This is a lengthy photographic journey through the City of Boston during four decades, from the end of World War II through 1987, when the current mega-reconstruction first put down its roots. Said reconstruction was watered and fertilized by the original, authoritarian Boston Redevelopment Authority. The West End demolition actually came years after the first demo of the so-called “New York Streets” in the South End. Only Albany Street remains. Botticelli’s book (284 pages) came out less than two years ago, but is already in its second, 7,000 copy printing. The majority of the photographs in “Dirty Old Boston” [...]

Shout out to grades three to five for their enthusiastic performance in the ‘My Plate’ production, a rousing musical promoting healthy eating habits. The show was choreographed by present and former Broadway performers and was written by Michelle Obama’s nutrition awareness initiative. Bon appetite, kids!

By KEVIN DEVLIN As the old saying goes, “He’s got the map of Ireland” all over his face. And so it is so with our local youngster with the wonderful smile, Colmn Gilroy. Colmn, 11, is the son of Brendan and Marcella Gilroy. He attends the Carroll School in Waltham. He’s doing well in class and someday would like to play professional football, hockey or basketball. His favorite color is neon and his favorite food is pizza. His favorite professional athletes are the late and great Ted Williams and Babe Ruth. He loves reading about these two legendary players and telling his dad about them. He also likes Red Sox slugger David Ortiz and Bruins right wing and local favorite, Jimmy Hayes. In his leisure [...]