Mass Bay Columbus Day Shamrock Classic
By Kevin Devlin Last weekend, the Mass Bay Columbus Day Shamrock Classic was held at the Murphy DCR Rink in South Boston. Overall, four teams in the Under 16 midget division and four teams in the Under 18 midget division age brackets competed in this tournament. The four teams in the Under 16 midget division were the Junior Bruins, Canton, [...]
GE Launches “Brilliant Career Labs” at Excel High
by Rick Winterson General Electric has been making a multi-pronged effort to become part of the Boston community, with special emphasis on South Boston, where its new headquarters facility will be sited. Following the successful launch of “STEM Week” at the Perry School on Monday, October 3 (see Online’s October 6 issue, page four), GE and the City of [...]
Nurture Is 15
"Nurture Salon and Spa, which is located in the heart of South Boston at 127 L Street, celebrated its (very) Happy 15th Birthday last Thursday evening. Nurture’s Proprietor and Lead Stylist Susan Devlin (shown above) is not only an artiste in what she does, she’s also a successful businesswoman. The sur- roundings inside Nurture, the party refreshments, and of course, [...]
Basra-Boston Connections
by Rick Winterson The Fort Point Theater Channel (FPTC) has produced many fine, memorable live performances over the past several years. One of the more remarkable of these was the first performance on October 1 of “Basra-Boston Connections” in the Atlantic Wharf performance space at 290 Congress Street. This stirring production, which was blessedly free to all, will be repeated [...]
Not a Fire
Nope, it’s not a fire. It’s just one of those occasionally brilliant fall sunsets, seen looking up East Broadway to the top of Pill Hill. These occur when the autumn sun drops below the tree line for a few moments, on an evening before the leaves begin to fall.
So What Now? Wait ‘til …
It was something of a shock to see the Red Sox succumb to Terry Francona’s Cleveland Indians in three games. “Something of a shock?” Well, Cleveland had a slightly better regular season record and an identifiably better bullpen going in. In those three games, we saw the Indians outscore the Sox 15 to 7 – more than double Boston’s output. [...]