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Jeanne Rooney is the Editor in Chief for South Boston Online.
18 05, 2016

Cyclists ride 1,400 miles to raise money for paralyzed teenager

2016-05-18T13:46:32-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Tags: |Comments Off on Cyclists ride 1,400 miles to raise money for paralyzed teenager

By RICK WINTERSON Describe it however you want: The renowned “Southie time” not only raises money in support of countless people and worthy causes, it also becomes a marvelously enjoyable event in the process. The “Southie time” is a true social phenomenon. This particular “Southie time” is called “A Bike Ride for Mark’s New Ride” and is happening right now. The story began tragically in 2013, when Mark Delamere was only 14 years old. He was in a horrible car accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Despite being wheelchair bound, Mark was not one to hang back. He enrolled in Motivated Fitness (315 West Broadway), where he has worked out at least twice a week ever since his accident. Thomas Regan, the [...]

18 05, 2016

Team Opportunity Foundation holds fundraiser for Quincy-based program

2016-05-18T13:46:12-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Comments Off on Team Opportunity Foundation holds fundraiser for Quincy-based program

By KEVIN DEVLIN The Team Opportunity Foundation held a fundraiser at Carson Place on Saturday, May 14. Hundreds of people attended to support this new endeavor and had a great time seeing old friends and dancing to the music supplied by well-known DJ, Dru Errico. The drug epidemic has worsened and local resident Thomas McCarthy, was devastated by what he has witnessed. But this devastation turned into inspiration for McCarthy, inspiration to found the Team Opportunity pilot program, a one-to-two year plan in a very structured environment offering an intense, 12-step program. He hopes to open this house in June in Quincy. But he needs help. “I’m trying to get people involved in the process,” McCarthy said. “I’m trying to get rid of the stigma [...]

18 05, 2016

East Boston Savings Bank business breakfast celebrates bank, city, local businesses

2016-05-18T13:45:56-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Business|Tags: |Comments Off on East Boston Savings Bank business breakfast celebrates bank, city, local businesses

By RICK WINTERSON On Tuesday morning, May 17, East Boston Savings Bank added another chapter to what has become a tradition in South Boston and beyond – well beyond. Some years ago, before its consolidation with EBSB, Ed Merritt of the then Mt. Washington Bank began having business breakfasts that informed the local business public of the bank’s progress during the past year. Dick Gavegnano, the chairman, president and CEO of EBSB, liked what Merritt was doing and decided to continue this tradition after EBSB merged with Mt. Washington. The Venezia Restaurant in Port Norfolk on the Neponset River estuary was the business breakfast’s 2016 locale. Venezia is located centrally to the many branches that EBSB now has in various business and customer centers around [...]

18 05, 2016

Memorial Day Mass on Dorchester Heights

2016-05-18T13:45:39-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Tags: |Comments Off on Memorial Day Mass on Dorchester Heights

Phil Wuschke, a veteran, called South Boston Online to alert us to the planned Memorial Day observance on South Boston’s Dorchester Heights. Mass, to be followed by appropriate Memorial Day ceremonies, will begin at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 30. Memorial Day began as “Decoration Day” 150 years ago in 1866. Its observance is a historically important American custom, which remembers the ultimate sacrifice paid by those military veterans who died in combat. The public is invited. See you there. -Rick Winterson

18 05, 2016

Yard sales regularly held at Old Colony Housing Development

2016-05-18T13:45:17-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Comments Off on Yard sales regularly held at Old Colony Housing Development

If you’re looking for some good, inexpensive items, you can find them at the Old Colony Housing Development yard sale. Every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 4p.m., weather permitting, Old Colony residents volunteer to sell items to benefit the Old Colony (aka the OC) teen and senior center. The yard sale is located in front of the Old Colony teen and senior citizen center adjacent to the Perkins School. –Kevin Devlin Old Colony residents pictured at their weekly yard sale Saturday. (Photo by Kevin Devlin) Marion (from left), Ce-Ce and Lutrice selling items to benefit the Old Colony teen and senior center. (Photo by Kevin Devlin)

18 05, 2016

South Boston resident provides water bowls for neighborhood pets

2016-05-18T13:44:58-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on South Boston resident provides water bowls for neighborhood pets

By RICK WINTERSON Did you ever think of South Boston as being mostly a desert? Well, it is. Certainly, it rains here, but almost all of the storm water drains away quickly, with only a few puddles temporarily left behind. Otherwise, there is little or no fresh water anywhere out of doors. In other words, South Boston is normally a desert, and that can be hard on our cats, dogs and other pets. Well, Chris Gregorio, who lives in the Msgr. Powers apartments at 120 L St., decided he would do something about this. He has begun to set out water bowls, sometimes on one of his blankets when the wind is calm. He only asks that you sign your pet in – some 60 [...]

18 05, 2016

Ollie student spotlight winner: Alexis Llewellyn

2016-05-18T13:44:43-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Comments Off on Ollie student spotlight winner: Alexis Llewellyn

By KEVIN DEVLIN On a monthly basis, the South Boston Neighborhood House (the Ollie) recognizes their youngsters by announcing two “Student Spotlight” winners. These young members are recognized for their good behavior, kindness, caring and consideration, as well as being super kids overall. Alexis Llewellyn is one of the student spotlight winners for April. Alexis, 7, is the daughter of Paul Llewellyn and Kim Reeves. She has two brothers, Patrick and Paul. She also has a white, brown and black cat named Red Sox and a Yorkshire terrier puppy named Charlie. Alexis is in the first grade at the Condon Elementary School in South Boston. Her favorite subject is dance. Someday she plans on being a cheerleader or a veterinarian. Her favorite food is pizza [...]

18 05, 2016

Ollie student spotlight winner: Talia Scott

2016-05-18T13:44:27-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Comments Off on Ollie student spotlight winner: Talia Scott

By KEVIN DEVLIN On a monthly basis, the South Boston Neighborhood House (the Ollie) recognizes its youngsters by announcing two “Student Spotlight” winners. These young members are recognized for their good behavior, kindness, caring and consideration, as well as being super kids overall. Talia Scott is one of the student spotlight winners for April. Talia, 10, is the daughter of Carla Elwood and Cedric Scott. She has three brothers, Jonathan, Joshua and Anthony, as well as two sisters, Mylee and Aurinna. She also has a Rhodesian ridgeback pit bull mix dog named Kush. Talia is in the Advanced Work Class at the Condon Elementary School in South Boston. She’s doing terrific in school and made the honor roll this past semester. Her favorite subject is [...]

18 05, 2016

Introducing Courtney Mulligan

2016-05-18T13:44:11-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Comments Off on Introducing Courtney Mulligan

By KEVIN DEVLIN She’s a polite, young girl who enjoys living in South Boston. Her name is Courtney Mulligan. Courtney, 12, is the daughter of Kimberly and Joseph Mulligan. She has three older sisters, Chelsea, Casey and Caitlin, as well as one brother named Joseph. She has three pets. One cat that is brown, orange, and yellow is named Autumn and the other black and white cat is Mully. The dog, a pug and pit bull mix, is named Mully. Courtney is in the sixth grade at Up Academy on Dorchester Street (the former Gavin Middle School). She’s doing well in class, her favorite subject is math, and someday she hopes to be a veterinarian. Her favorite color is black and her favorite food is [...]

18 05, 2016

East Broadway resident performs at Quincy’s Curtain Call Theater

2016-05-18T13:43:55-04:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on East Broadway resident performs at Quincy’s Curtain Call Theater

By RICK WINTERSON That’s Lorie Walsh of Broadway in South Boston, of course – East Broadway on the eastern slope of “Pill Hill,” to be exact. Lorie has just completed a run at Braintree’s Curtain Call Theater, where she performed as Felicity in Michael Cristofer’s gripping play, “The Shadow Box,” directed by Peter Kates. Many of Lorie’s friends from South Boston drove down to the Curtain Call stage to see her in that very challenging role. “The Shadow Box” debuted 40 years ago. It deals frankly – sometimes sadly, sometimes humorously – with the hospice movement and the inevitability of death. Even now, our society tends to wall off the experience of death, rather than facing (and eventually accepting) it directly. Almost two generations after [...]

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