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Jeanne Rooney is the Editor in Chief for South Boston Online.
6 12, 2024

Sports Hall of Fame Awards Record-Breaking 21 Scholarships

2024-12-06T10:03:29-05:00December 6th, 2024|Categories: Education, Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle, News|Comments Off on Sports Hall of Fame Awards Record-Breaking 21 Scholarships

A  record-breaking 21 scholarships were awarded by the South Boston Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship Trust Fund at its annual scholarship award ceremony Nov. 29 at the Curley Community Center. Twenty high school seniors and one 8th-grader received the awards that included one non-degree scholarship for a trade school and one $5,000 Scholar-Athlete scholarship given in honor of late founder and Board leader Ed Buccigross. Since its inception as a nonprofit in 1995, the South Boston Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship Trust Fund has awarded 270 students with scholarships totaling $466,000. The success is due to the support of the Boston community, vital sponsors, and local Boston businesses and organizations. Congratulations to the 2024 award winners! LEFTERIS MARKOS. It’s one thing to organize an event, it’s [...]

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29 11, 2024

Unleash Your Inner Artist! The Wild One Brings Creative Fun to South Boston

2024-11-29T17:43:42-05:00November 29th, 2024|Categories: Business, Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle|Comments Off on Unleash Your Inner Artist! The Wild One Brings Creative Fun to South Boston

The Wild One Creative Lounge offers a fresh, engaging, and quiet space for people to connect and create. Located in the basement of Love Child, 364 W. Broadway, The Wild One provides visitors with a unique creative escape from the ordinary. Guests can indulge in flower arranging, succulent garden creation, bracelet making, and other fun crafts, making it an ideal destination for a casual outing or a meaningful gift-making session. There will also be seasonal projects on select dates. “Love Child has always been about connecting people in the community,” said owner Colleen Dunleavy. “We wanted to figure out a way to make being creative more accessible.” While South Boston has a ton of restaurants and bars, The Wild One offers something different. It’s a [...]

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20 11, 2024

Elected Officials Opposition to BlueBikes Expansion in South Boston

2024-11-20T10:20:19-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: Featured, News|Comments Off on Elected Officials Opposition to BlueBikes Expansion in South Boston

Dear Chief Franklin-Hodge and Commissioner Gove, We are writing to you today to express our concerns and opposition to the expansion of 7-14 BlueBikes stations in South Boston and the South Boston Waterfront. As we understand it, earlier this year, the administration announced 100 new BlueBikes stations throughout the City. South Boston neighbors and civic groups have contacted us to convey that they do not see the demand that would require expansion on that scale, especially when all new Article 80, Large and Small project, multi-family proposals are required by the City to have BlueBikes stations on site. As our offices have said many times to Boston Transportation Department (BTD) staff in both internal and community meetings, it is critical that the city be mindful [...]

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19 11, 2024

28 Bluebike Stations in South Boston

2024-11-19T09:09:46-05:00November 19th, 2024|Categories: Featured, News|Comments Off on 28 Bluebike Stations in South Boston

A presentation entitled “Bluebikes Open House” took place in the Tynan Community Center.  It was presented by Kim Foltz, the Senior Bike Share & Active Transportation Planner in the City of Boston’s so-called “Streets Cabinet”, along with her crew of three assistants.  More information about the Streets Cabinet can be obtained on the Boston.gov internet. The objectives of the Bluebike Open House were three in number: 1.- Present information on the need to expand; 2.- List potential sites for new Bluebike rental stations; 3.- Ask for opinions on the best places in South Boston for these stations to be installed. The Open House presented diagrams of 28 possible new Bluebike stations in South Boston.  Fourteen locations were in the residential/small business area of South Boston; [...]

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8 11, 2024

St. Peter Lithuanian Catholic Church 120 Years Old

2024-11-08T11:26:10-05:00November 8th, 2024|Categories: Education, Featured|Comments Off on St. Peter Lithuanian Catholic Church 120 Years Old

By Birute Vaicjurgis Slezas HONORING YESTERDAY, CELEBRATING TODAY, BUILDING TOMORROW For over a century, it has symbolized a community’s deep Catholic faith and its Lithuanian roots. St. Peter Lithuanian Catholic Church in South Boston, consecrated in 1904, is celebrating 120 years of its rich history. On Sunday, October 20, the church on Flaherty Way was alive with activity, as its parishioners crowded into St. Peter’s to attend a special Mass to mark the anniversary. Around them were the walls that Lithuanian immigrants constructed with their own hands, with the money they themselves raised, using materials donated by a fellow Lithuanian who owned a brickyard. In the pews sat the great grandchildren of the parish founders. Over time, the interior became a jewel that artists and [...]

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7 11, 2024

“Sushi Guys” Opened

2024-11-07T09:56:02-05:00November 7th, 2024|Categories: Business, Featured|Comments Off on “Sushi Guys” Opened

by Rick Winterson  It’s always a pleasure to welcome new enterprises to South Boston.  One of these, with the picturesque name of “Sushi Guys”, is an example.  Exactly a month ago, Sushi Guys opened for business at 283C Old Colony Boulevard, in a handsome new building along Old Colony on the block between Vinton and Dorchester Streets. The cuisine at Sushi Guys is deliciously Japanese throughout.  There’s an incredible variety of menu selections that will satisfy every hungry customer.  We chose to dine on tasty bowls of miso broth accompanied by a serving of delicately flavored rice – the kind of rice called “sticky rice” by many South Bostonians (and that’s a compliment).  For entrees we decided upon maki, those sliced rolls of expertly crafted [...]

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1 11, 2024

Restaurant Industry Advocates for “No” on Question 5

2024-11-01T09:57:34-04:00November 1st, 2024|Categories: Business, Featured, Lifestyle, News|Comments Off on Restaurant Industry Advocates for “No” on Question 5

As Massachusetts approaches a critical vote, restaurant owners, employees, and industry advocates are rallying against Question 5. This legislation, called Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers, and introduced by an out-of-state activist group, would dramatically shift tipping policies for restaurant workers. While advocates argue the law aims to guarantee a $15 minimum wage for tipped workers, industry professionals warn that it could lead to higher menu prices, job losses, and a decline in service standards. “We weathered a massive storm through the pandemic,” said Roza Lyons owner Rob Fitzharris, whose restaurant hosted a press conference with Senator Nick Collins on Tuesday. “To do this to the bar and restaurant industry now, it's going to have a very negative effect on our survival. “Ultimately, if you ask [...]

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21 10, 2024

Empowering the Future: Roadtrip Nation Inspires Boston’s Youth

2024-10-21T20:21:15-04:00October 21st, 2024|Categories: Education, Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle|Comments Off on Empowering the Future: Roadtrip Nation Inspires Boston’s Youth

Young people from Boys & Girls clubs from all over the city battled traffic to gather recently at the Edgerley Family South Boston Club for an inspiring event hosted by Roadtrip Nation, an educational nonprofit on a mission to empower the next generation. It was a night filled with energy and purpose. Opening the event, Josh Davis, Executive Director of the South Boston Club, welcomed  everyone and acknowledged the Clubs’ staffs who work tirelessly every day because they care about the future of the youth they serve. "That's what everything is about today," he said. The spotlight then shifted to the team from Roadtrip Nation, who had just rolled into Boston in their signature bright green RV. But, as they explained, Roadtrip Nation is much [...]

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21 10, 2024

A Southie Tradition Is Back!

2024-10-23T08:24:59-04:00October 21st, 2024|Categories: Featured, Happenings|Comments Off on A Southie Tradition Is Back!

Please join perhaps as many as 5,000 South Bostonians to celebrate the return of the “Children’s Magical Halloween Castle” inside Fort Independence on Castle Island.  The massive green doors on the Fort’s sally port will open wide on Saturday, October 26, and Sunday, October 27, from 12 noon until 4 p.m. each day.  All are welcome, especially the young folks, to view the stunning Halloween displays within the Fort.  Both adults and children are encouraged to come in their Halloween costumes.  And admission is free.  The Castle Island Association (the “CIA”) began holding the Children’s Magical Halloween Castle many years ago; it quickly became a much-anticipated annual occurrence.  However, over the last five years, South Boston has missed the Children’s Magical Halloween Castle, which last [...]

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11 10, 2024

Colin’s Joy Project Library Unveiled at Julie’s Family Learning Open House

2024-10-11T13:30:35-04:00October 11th, 2024|Categories: Education, Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle|Comments Off on Colin’s Joy Project Library Unveiled at Julie’s Family Learning Open House

The Julie’s Family Learning Program’s 50th anniversary Community Open House Thursday featured a new playground, a new Pre-K classroom, and the newly completed Colin’s Joy Project Library! There were also face painters, crafts, and story time. The Open House marked a significant milestone in enhancing the learning environment for families and children served by the program. Julie’s Family Learning Program offers adults opportunities to work on high school equivalency and other life goals, while their children benefit from early childhood education. "I’m so excited to see so many people here today,” said Executive Director Michelle Persson Reilly. The Colin’s Joy Project Library was made possible thanks to the generous support of the McGrath family, who established the Colin’s Joy Project in honor of their son, [...]

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