Walsh Inauguration Sets Inspirational Tone
By Richard Campbell The jewel that is the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre provided a polished backdrop to an eloquent occasion: the inauguration of Martin Walsh as a second term mayor of Boston. From the opening call to order to the closing, the event ran flawlessly, and signified not only Martin Walsh’s ascendency as a time tested mayor, but the preeminence [...]
The 2018 L Street Brownies” Polar Plunge
by Rick Winterson The budding Year of 2018 brought some changes to the Annual L Street Brownies’ Polar Plunge. This year’s Plunge took place through the Curley Community Center’s entrance on the M Street instead of the K Street entrance, which had been used in recent years. Also, the high tide was early this New Year’s Day, so the [...]
Happy New Year to all!
The theme of this year’s South Boston Catholic Academy Annual Christmas Concert was “A World of Christmas” lead by our wonderful Music Teacher, Mrs. Mary Hoy and performed by our very talented students from Preschool to Grade 6. We celebrated Christmas Traditions from around the globe. The program included an opening by the school choir followed by the traditional carols [...]
Mass Bay Credit Union Kicks Off Annual Coat and Warm Clothing Drive for the Homeless with a $2,000 Donation
To celebrate the start of their annual Coat and Warm Clothing Drive, Mass Bay Credit Union donated $2,000 to the Friends of Boston’s Homeless. Dedicated to serving all who live in the community, Mass Bay holds the clothing drive annually as part of the “Warm Hands, Warm Hearts” campaign sponsored by this outstanding local charitable organization. Now in its seventh [...]
“Out with the Old! In with the New!”
by Rick Winterson South Boston Online’s headline above is the time-honored saying that explains our celebration of, and indeed our reverence for, each New Year. The interminable 15-hour nights and the brief 9-hour days of dead winter have just begun to reverse their courses – by only 10 minutes or so – toward the brilliant sunrises and sunsets of [...]
St. Augustine Chapel Turns 200
by Rick Winterson The St. Augustine Chapel at Dorchester and West Sixth Streets is a part of the combined St. Brigid/Gate of Heaven Parish; its Pastor is Fr. Robert Casey. This Chapel, along with its surrounding grounds that are almost entirely a cemetery, is the oldest Catholic Church in the Commonwealth, and the second oldest in all of New [...]