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Last Saturday afternoon saw another of the increasingly popular poetry readings at the Branch Library from 1:30 to 3.  As usual, the event was emceed by Dotty Morris and featured some of the members of her South Boston writing group.  You may or may not know that, in addition to the many other cultural outlets in South Boston, there is an informal but very active number of people engaged in cultural writing.  The public is always welcome at these readings in the Branch Library; watch for the next one yourself.  They are free. Dotty Morris, a poet in her own right, served skillfully as the afternoon’s Emcee.  Rick Winterson began the 90-minute session with a brief discussion of Shakespearean sonnets, and their ongoing value 400 [...]

The South Boston Community Health Center has been a prominent member of South Boston’s support systems. For many years, it has been a bellwether of where modern medicine is headed; it dies this by caring for many thousands of local residents at its two West Broadway locations. Wednesday morning, October 26, the Health Center formally extended its benign footprint to the waterfront. The blue ribbon in front of 505 Con-gress Street (John Drew’s Waterfront project) was cut at 9:30. The “South Boston Health Seaport” facility, dedicated to the memory of Paul Drew, was open. More news on this welcome addition to our waterfront to follow. Stay tuned.

Two months ago, Paul Gannon, who practices law in his South Boston office on Broadway, announced his candidacy for Plymouth/Norfolk County State Senator, which includes Hingham, Hull, Cohasset, Norwell, Scituate, Marshfield, and Duxbury.  If you have friends there, ask them to please consider Paul’s candidacy on Election Day, November 8. And this coming Tuesday evening, you are invited to join Congressman Stephen Lynch, State Representative Nick Collins, City Councilor Bill Linehan, City Councilor Michael Flaherty, and candidate for Register of Deeds Stephen Murphy at a reception honoring Paul.  That’s Tuesday evening, October 25, 6 to 8 p.m., at CAPO, 443 West Broadway. Paul is a third- generation, born-and-brought-up South Bostonian.  He says, “I am very appreciative that South Boston’s elected officials sponsored this fundraiser for [...]