Billy Higgins Charitable Work in Boston and Ireland in the Name of Love for Kids who Enjoy the Benefits
Billy Higgins of South Boston returned from Ire-land recently warmed by the wonderful reception he re-ceived in County Donegal where he presented a check for $20,000 to the Patient Social Fund of the Ballaghderg Pre-School for children with special needs including moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and complex care needs. The check was given on behalf of the Southhill Children’s [...]
Life Is Good Kids Foundation Comes to South Boston
by Rick Winterson An important issue has been simmering in South Boston for a long time. It was emphatically brought into the open earlier this year of 2017 at a meeting of the South Boston Association of Non-Profits (SBANP). The members of SBANP spoke loudly and clearly that “Trauma” – especially childhood trauma – should become an essential focus of [...]
LIFESTYLE: South Boston’s “Seven Seas” (and Beaches)
by Rick Winterson Certainly, it’s a bit of an exaggeration to call the waters off of South Boston “seas”. And they are most emphatically not the South Seas – they’re much colder. But unlike other Boston neighborhoods, we do have seven beaches, and they stretch for more than three divine miles along our shores. Now, admittedly South Boston is an [...]
Out Across Space & Time: Kennedy Museum Guests Nail the Value of NASA
By Richard Campbell As part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the birth of John F. Kennedy, the astronaut and engineer guest speakers for this past Sunday at Space Exploration Day came well prepared to deliver. “We choose to go to Mars…” said Chief astronaut Christopher Cassidy, echoing Kennedy’s famous inspirational speech that launched the space program. And when space [...]
Fitzgerald Post’s 2017 Wreath Laying Ceremony
by Rick Winterson Last Sunday, May 28, the Thomas F. Fitzgerald Post, VFW No. 561 (Veterans of Foreign Wars) conducted its annual Memorial Day ceremony. This involved a solemn laying of the 2017 ceremonial wreath at the South Boston Vietnam Memorial - the nation’s first such memorial – in Medal of Honor (M Street) Park. The event was led by [...]
ED FLYNN CAMPAIGN CONTINUING TO BUILD STRONG MOMENTUM District Two City Council Candidate is top fundraiser, earns endorsements, support
BOSTON, May 30 – Ed Flynn’s campaign continues to build momentum headed into the summer as he leads all opponents in fundraising, has collected numerous labor and elected official endorsements and saw strong support at Memorial Day weekend events across the district. “I am humbled and excited about the support building for this campaign,” Flynn said. “It’s clear that [...]