The Snowstorm: A Commentary
by Rick Winterson The recent snowstorm was quite a storm – no doubt about that. It combined three serious and forceful conditions at more or less exactly the same time. The intensity of the snowfall was remarkable – up to three inches of fall per hour on Thursday afternoon, which created essentially white-out conditions. This continued into Friday [...]
South Boston Catholic Academy Grade 4 News!
Students in Grade 4A at South Boston Catholic Academy listened to J. K. Rowling’s detailed and graphic description of Diagon Alley. Students then took what they heard and used it to draw what they imagined Diagon Alley would look like. The 4B students participated in a genre study of Biography. By reading many examples of high-quality biographies and sharing [...]
Curing Cabin Fever: Big City Culture on a Budget
By Richard Campbell One of the things we try to do at South Boston Online is search out free events for citizens of the town to attend. Boston is blessed with some of the best cultural organizations in the world, though the price tag for attendance has gone up over the years. While the effort to make culture available freely [...]
CPNA Meeting – Zoning
by Rick Winterson All of the neighborhoods in the more residential areas of South Boston have civic organizations that look out for key issues and the well-being of their residents, as well as fostering social, “good neighbor” activities in their areas. There are seven of these civic organizations; they generally meet monthly. It is January of 2018. South Boston [...]
Local Column: Compassion, Dignity and Hope in Boston
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Too many of us are tied to the opioid crisis, whether we are struggling ourselves, or we see and experience the struggle right alongside our coworkers, friends, and family. This is an epidemic and no one -- no matter where you live, your education, your job, your income -- is immune. That’s why it’s [...]
Students Go Where the Robots Live: the MIT Museum
By Richard Campbell After the overview of museums in Boston I decided to cross the river to Cambridge to give science geek nation a glimpse at the MIT Museum’s current exhibits, which span from engineering, big data, to robotics, early modern photography, the hologram room, and a short history of the Polaroid camera. For students engaged in serious cabin [...]