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All of the following events will be held at Compass on the Bay Assisted Living and Memory Support Community, 1380 Columbia Road, South Boston. • Irish Music at Compass on the Bay - March 14, 2:30 p.m. – Join us for Irish music with Al Gavaghan! • Adam Bergeron Performs at Compass on the Bay - March 15,10:30 a.m. – Join us the beautiful sounds of classical pianist Adam Bergeron. • Pianist Kenny Morrell at Compass on the Bay - March 21, 2:30 p.m. – Join us for some Irish tunes with Kenny Morrell! • Yoga Class at Compass on the Bay - March 30, 1 p.m. – Join us for Yoga Class with Karen!

Are you Catholic? Christian? A young adult who likes to ask questions? Whoever you may be, the South Boston-Seaport Catholic Collaborative invites you to join us Sunday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at the Seaport Chapel (65 Northern Avenue) for an evening of prayer and fellowship. After Mass we will gather at Outlook Bar at the Envoy Hotel to enjoy each other’s company and any reasonable number of refreshments. This is a great way to meet new, local friends and to share some laughs with the priests of South Boston. We hope to see you there!

South Boston Citizens’ Association President Tom McGrath is pleased to announce that Kevin Ryan has been chosen to receive the John W. McCormack Award at the South Boston Citizens’ Association’s 136th Annual Evacuation Day Banquet, March 18. “It is an honor for the association to present this award to Kevin for his countless contributions to the betterment of South Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States for well over 30 years,” McGrath said. In 1982, Kevin Ryan moved to Washington, D.C. with the assistance of then Congressman Joe Moakley to work at the U.S. House of Representatives Post Office. In 1983, Moakley appointed Ryan to work as a legislative assistant on the Subcommittee on the Rules of the House. In 1989, after Congressman [...]

South Boston Citizens’ Association president Tom McGrath has announced the association’s 2016 recipients of the James M. “Jimmy” Kelly Shamrock Award for Community Service. One of the 2016 Shamrock Awards will be presented to Patty McCormick, for her selfless efforts in aiding those in need and pitching in at the drop of a hat, for any benefit or worthy cause in the town. Patty is a lifelong resident of South Boston, and for the past 25 years a proud resident of Andrew Square. Patty is a 37 year employee of the South Boston Boys & Girls Club. Her most recent accomplishment at the club is working on the Capital Campaign that resulted in an $11.3 million renovation of the Clubhouse on the corner of “F” [...]

Massachusetts was one of a dozen states that voted in primary elections or caucuses on Tuesday, March 1 - Super Tuesday. The state results were largely as predicted by numerous polls: Donald Trump won the Republican primary and Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary. Locally, this held true as well. Trump and Clinton were overwhelmingly the most popular candidates on the Republican and Democratic ballots, respectively, in South Boston. In South Boston (Wards 6 and 7 in Boston), 8,065 Democratic votes were cast and 2,975 Republican votes were cast in the primary earlier this week. On the Democratic side, Clinton received 51.57 percent of South Boston's Democratic votes, while Sen. Bernie Sanders received 45.63 percent. The remaining percent of Democratic votes went to former Maryland governor [...]