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Jeanne Rooney is the Editor in Chief for South Boston Online.
14 07, 2016

SBOL Cares: So does Susan Lenardis

2016-07-14T12:23:33-04:00July 14th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Comments Off on SBOL Cares: So does Susan Lenardis

Last Saturday, July 9, I was proud to accept an award on behalf of South Boston Online (SBOL) from Susan Lenardis, who was representing the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) as well as the Old Colony Task Force. SBOL does care about the community and attempts on a weekly basis to highlight various events and people. We are proud to have been doing so for the past two decades. Just as proud as Susan Lenardis is caring about her Old Colony Development community.   Susan has been working part time as an administration support staff person for the BHA for the past twelve years. She is originally from East Boston where she grew up in the Orient Heights BHA development and served on their local task [...]

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14 07, 2016

District Champions in Mayor’s Cup

2018-02-05T06:20:42-05:00July 14th, 2016|Categories: Featured, Sports|Comments Off on District Champions in Mayor’s Cup

  Savin Hill hoping to win another title at Moakley Park On Friday, July 8, in Charlestown, the Savin Hill Little League 9 and 10 year-old-team won the Massachusetts Little League District 9 Championship. They defeated Charlestown and then South Boston before they cruised to a 13-3 victory against their foe from Allston-Brighton. This was a sweet victory for the boys from Savin Hill, because after losing to Allston-Brighton the first time the two teams met in the Districts at Evans Field in South Boston, the Savin Hill team rallied to win two games in a row in the double-elimination tournament to capture the District 9 crown. The Savin Hill squad will be playing in the Massachusetts Little League Section 3 tournament which is being [...]

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14 07, 2016

Introducing Taylor Cathcart

2016-07-14T12:22:03-04:00July 14th, 2016|Categories: Featured, Sports|Comments Off on Introducing Taylor Cathcart

She’s a nice, young girl who is enjoying her time in the Fun in the Sun program at the South Boston Boys and Girls Club. Her name is Taylor Cathcart. Taylor, 10, is the daughter of Chris and Shannon. She has five siblings. They are Hayley, Matthew, Kayla, Dominic, and Kiely. And she loves her two family cats, Pretty and Lily. Taylor is in the fourth grade at the Michael J Perkins Elementary School which is located within the Old Colony Development. She enjoys going to art class and someday would like to be a lawyer. Taylor has been a Club member since she was six years old and really likes being part of the Fun in the Sun program. She enjoys going to the [...]

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14 07, 2016

Fun in the Sun Camp

2016-07-14T12:17:54-04:00July 14th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Fun in the Sun Camp

The Tynan kicked off its 2016 Camp Program with many enthusiastic boys and girls, ready to have “FUN”.  Many campers have already enjoyed trips to the Condon Pool, our own make shift water slide in the playground, arts program, recreational activities, and much more. The highlight of last week was our Friday Fun Sundae’s.  The campers enjoyed creating their own ice cream sundae’s loading them to the gill with hot fudge, sprinkles, whip cream, and candy. Camper of the week was Tanny.  He has been coming to camp for the last 2 summers.  Tanny is a quiet and fun kid to have.  His favorite camp activities include:  Playing pokeman, he is a whiz at Chess and enjoys the art program.  We look forward for many [...]

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7 07, 2016

Laboure Succession Now in Place

2016-07-07T11:01:33-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Laboure Succession Now in Place

   A critical but often neglected need in all organizations is an orderly, planned succession  -   determining who replaces whom – and when.  As of last Friday, July 1, Jake Bombard now serves as the Executive Director of South Boston’s Laboure Center.  His highly regarded predecessor, Sr. Maryadele Robinson, will continue performing outreach duties at Laboure.  Best of all, this orderly succession assures that Laboure will continue to benefit from the talents of both individuals.   by Rick Winterson   It is a pleasure for South Boston Online to write about the recent change in leadership at South Boston’s Laboure Center on the southwest corner of D Street and Broadway.  Jacob (”Jake”) Bombard, himself from South Boston, assumed the position as the Laboure Center’s  Executive [...]

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7 07, 2016

South Boston Students Win BC High Awards

2016-07-07T10:59:23-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Comments Off on South Boston Students Win BC High Awards

William Higgins and Xavier Minnifield of South Boston, 2016 graduates of Boston College High School, won special awards at a Senior Assembly, a time set aside by the school to celebrate and reward its seniors.   Higgins won a Campus Ministry Hearts on Fire Award – 4 or More Jr./Sr. Retreats, a Kairos Leader award, an Eagle award, a Model UN – Deputy Secretary General award, a Renaissance Yearbook award, a Young Americans award, a Marci Kearney Senior English award, and the William Francis Whalen Social Studies award. He will attend the University of St. Andrews in the fall.   Minnifield won the Kevin O'Neil '90 Memorial award. He will attend Northeastern University in the fall.   Boston College High School is a Jesuit, Catholic, [...]

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7 07, 2016

Opinion Piece – Much ado about nothing

2018-11-27T13:06:36-05:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Featured, Happenings, News|Comments Off on Opinion Piece – Much ado about nothing

Boston Latin School’s alleged problems overinflated by a few By Kevin Devlin The recent news about Boston Latin School was a total joke. The cries of social injustice and the allegations of disciplinary disparities is a false narrative to appease a few disgruntled students. “We must do all we can to change the climate of racial injustice that both students, teachers and administrators face in the Boston Public Schools on a daily basis,” said Jacqueline Rivers of the Ella J. Baker House. That would be sad but it’s not true; totally exaggerated. I worked as a Boston School Police Investigator for fourteen years (1981-1994) and had the opportunity to meet a lot of dedicated teachers and administrators, as well as tons of good kids. The [...]

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7 07, 2016

Boston Fireworks

2016-07-07T10:52:22-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Featured, Lifestyle|Tags: |Comments Off on Boston Fireworks

Flags flew everywhere over South Boston all day long and into the evening on Monday, the Fourth of July – from the crane on the Reserved Channel to Old Glory on Dorchester Heights as the Esplanade fireworks began.  It was a stirring sight from the Heights, the City of Boston’s highest natural point.  The fireworks followed the Pops Concert’s “1812 Overture”, when all of Boston’s church bells are rung.

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7 07, 2016

Immigrant Dream Reveals Nation’s Greatness

2016-07-07T10:51:18-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Immigrant Dream Reveals Nation’s Greatness

When Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that he was inviting me to deliver the city’s annual Fourth of July oration at historic Faneuil Hall, I was honored, grateful and overwhelmed. Honored because I was aware of the historic significance of the event. I was aware that great leaders including John Adams, John Hancock and John F. Kennedy had been chosen to deliver the address in the past. And I was grateful because I love the city of Boston and its unique immigrant pride and history. The immigrant pride I’m talking about is something I know about on a personal level, because my family is among the millions of American families whose ancestors came to the United States in search of freedom, independence and opportunity. I [...]

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7 07, 2016

A Little Independence

2017-07-20T16:59:22-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Editorial, Featured|Tags: |Comments Off on A Little Independence

By Richard Campbell The framers of the American Constitution were not perfect men, though they disagreed strongly, they consistently put the creation of a nation before their own personal desires. They knew how to compromise and they created a system that relies upon the ability to do so.  Americans who look honestly at our history will see there have been many times when the ability to run the government has been more threatened than it is at the present time, but there were also periods of equanimity in which we as a nation understood divisions and were more interested in mending them.   America has been through a lot in the past fifteen years and is now at a crossroads of conscience. This is an [...]

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