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Jeanne Rooney is the Editor in Chief for South Boston Online.
20 04, 2016

Boys youth lacrosse season opens at Moakley Park

2016-04-20T14:19:30-04:00April 20th, 2016|Categories: Sports|Comments Off on Boys youth lacrosse season opens at Moakley Park

By KEVIN DEVLIN Last Sunday, the Boston Youth Lacrosse Association boys’ teams opened their season at Moakley Park. The seventh and eighth grade boys’ team defeated their foe from Braintree, 4-2. The fifth and sixth grade boys’ team defeated Braintree, 5-4, while the third and fourth grade boys’ team battled Braintree to a 3-3 tie. The first and second grade boys’ team did not play. The head coach for the seventh and eighth grade boys’ team is Tim Hill. “We played a hard fought game against Braintree and came out on top,” Hill wrote. “Nolan Callow was in net and had a great game. It was a collective effort in the first game of the season and the boys stepped up big to get key [...]

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13 04, 2016

DeLeo receives ‘Leadership in Recovery’ award

2016-04-13T14:58:21-04:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Tags: |Comments Off on DeLeo receives ‘Leadership in Recovery’ award

By RICK WINTERSON A remarkable cast of characters assembled at the Cronin Group’s headquarters for a double-barreled event on the Waterfront last Thursday evening. It was remarkable because of the extremely positive roles they all play in recovery from drug abuse and addiction. The four leading players were Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Robert DeLeo, the recipient of the first Martin J. Walsh “Leadership in Recovery” Award; Walsh, himself in recovery and presenter of the award named for him; Andy Ward, director of the South Boston Collaborative, the recovery organization that founded this award; and Jon Cronin, president of the Cronin Group, who hosted this celebration and who is a devoted supporter of recovery efforts and programs. It was an all-star cast. Cronin opened [...]

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13 04, 2016

Sr. Maryadele to be honored with service award

2016-04-13T14:58:00-04:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Tags: |Comments Off on Sr. Maryadele to be honored with service award

Please plan to be at John Hancock Financial’s striking fourth floor atrium (601 Congress St. in South Boston’s Seaport District) on Thursday, April 28, 5 to 8:30 p.m. The occasion: the 34th Laboure Spring Reception. Sr. Maryadele Robinson and her three decades devoted to Laboure will be recognized with the 2016 Jack Shaughnessy Service Award. It’ll be an evening of fun and fellowship. By RICK WINTERSON It was an interview very typical of Sr. Maryadele Robinson, the director of South Boston’s Laboure Center, a service site of Catholic Charities. When asked how she felt about receiving this year’s service award, which is named for philanthropist Jack Shaughnessy, she immediately began to talk about how much Jack had done, both for Laboure and for the whole South [...]

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13 04, 2016

Perry School Shark Shout Out: Perry School Rocks fundraiser

2016-04-13T14:57:39-04:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Tags: |Comments Off on Perry School Shark Shout Out: Perry School Rocks fundraiser

A big shout out to all the organizers, donors and attendees to the very successful Perry School Rocks fundraiser at the Seapoint on Saturday night. Thomas Park blew the roof off with their soulful ballads, edgy rock and timeless oldies while the more than 200 party-goers boogied the night away. Stuffed baskets overflowing with everything from sports collectibles to fine wines to hotel stays lined the room as the silent auction bids grew with each passing hour. Suffice it to say merry memories (and mucho mula) was made during the wildly successful event! Thank you South Boston and Dorchester friends!

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13 04, 2016

South Boston has dozens of entrants in the 2016 Boston Marathon

2016-04-13T14:54:00-04:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Sports|Tags: |Comments Off on South Boston has dozens of entrants in the 2016 Boston Marathon

Thousands of people will line up in Hopkinton Monday morning for this year’s Boston Marathon. The competitive and historic race attracts runners from across the globe – as well as locals who have the advantage of training on the course. This year, 64 of the 30,000 Boston Marathon runners call South Boston home. The marathon entrants from this section of the city are first-time runners and veteran athletes, members of charity teams and competitive runners. What follows are a few of the South Boston runners’ stories. Each entrant has a story and motivation for entering the marathon, and we would love to tell them all, though space limits us from doing so. Read on to learn about a few of the runners before they take [...]

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13 04, 2016

New commanding officer named to South Boston police district

2016-04-13T14:31:57-04:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Happenings, News|Tags: |Comments Off on New commanding officer named to South Boston police district

By RICK WINTERSON Each of the Boston Police Department’s stations hold regular meetings with local media and representatives of the various civic associations. These are called Neighborhood Advisory Council (NAC) meetings. South Boston’s station C-6 is no exception; the most recent NAC Meeting took place on Tuesday, April 6. The headline item was the succession of BPD Capt. Joseph Boyle to command Station C-6, replacing Capt. John Greland, who has been assigned to BPD Headquarters. Boyle is a comparatively young looking commander, who speaks in a quiet manner, but he is clearly in charge. He has 22 years on the force, much of it spent on assignments downtown and in Mattapan. He also worked for four years here in South Boston. Welcome back to South [...]

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13 04, 2016

South Boston Catholic Academy students explore tide pools

2016-04-13T14:31:33-04:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Tags: |Comments Off on South Boston Catholic Academy students explore tide pools

On March 31, the early childhood students at South Boston Catholic Academy had a visit from the New England Aquarium’s “Tide Pools Alive” Program. Michael from the New England Aquarium told us about how tide pools are formed and brought some of the small sea animals that are found in tide pools. During this visit, the children were able to look, touch and explore animals that live in a tide pool. The children also had the opportunity to dress up in costumes provided through the program and act out what it is like to live in such an ecosystem. We want to thank Michael and the New England Aquarium for such a fun and informative visit! Together the preschool and K1 programs are continuously working [...]

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13 04, 2016

‘In the Eye of the Beholder:’ Creative fashions at Midway Studios

2016-04-13T14:31:13-04:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Business|Tags: |Comments Off on ‘In the Eye of the Beholder:’ Creative fashions at Midway Studios

By RICK WINTERSON It is an eclectic exhibition entitled “In the Eye of the Beholder” that opened at Midway Studios (15 Channel Center in South Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood) last week. There are colorful abstracts, collages and wall installations, all of them worth a more-than-passing glance. But the most striking part of the overall displays is the uniquely designed fashions – both practical and, well, a bit impractical (to select a word). These wearable fashions – true works of art ¬– reminded one of the larger and heavily advertised (but no more striking) exhibition of fashion, “#techstyle,” now being shown at the Museum of Fine Arts. (The MFA’s exhibit opened last month and runs through mid-July.) The message here is for you to take a pleasant [...]

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13 04, 2016

Boston Youth Lacrosse Association opens season

2016-04-13T15:18:07-04:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Sports|Comments Off on Boston Youth Lacrosse Association opens season

By KEVIN DEVLIN The 2016 Boston Youth Lacrosse Association began its spring season this past weekend with two girls’ home games at Moakley Park. The fifth and sixth grade and the seventh and eighth grade girls’ team played against Revere and went home with victories. This association, originally the South Boston Youth Lacrosse League, recently expanded to include youth from all Boston neighborhoods. The association is currently comprised of eight teams. There are four boys’ teams and four girls’ teams broken down by grades from the first through the eighth grade. Taylor Wallace, Anna Stefanov and Lindsay Birch coach the seventh and eighth grade girls’ team. “I’ve been part of this program for the past three years,” Birch said, “and it’s been an honor to [...]

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13 04, 2016

Perry School Rocks: A real ‘Southie time’

2016-04-13T14:30:15-04:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Happenings|Tags: |Comments Off on Perry School Rocks: A real ‘Southie time’

By RICK WINTERSON It’s fundraising season in South Boston: the time after the St. Patrick’s Day and Evacuation Day festivities are over, and set right in the middle of the so-called gifting season. And these fundraisers are great “Southie times.” You know the motto: “Do well by doing good, and have a great time doing it.” It works. Well, that was certainly true of the Oliver Hazard Perry School’s fundraising party, “Perry School Rocks,” last Saturday. Fortunately, it wasn’t raining (or snowing!) because they raised the roof inside Seapoint’s Banquet Room on Eighth Street. The Perry, a K-8 elementary institution, is the only school in South Boston with a seaside location, they’ll have you know. This fundraiser is for activities such as field trips, as well [...]

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