South Boston Collaborative Center’s Derby party had numerous winners
Nyquist won the Kentucky Derby, the popular horse race that was the feature of the South Boston Collaborative Center’s annual Derby party. And there were many other winners as well last Saturday evening, namely the clients of the South Boston Collaborative Center, an agency in the front lines of South Boston’s war against opioids like heroin. The Collaborative’s Kentucky Derby [...]
Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 donates to Condon School
Mary Joyce, a board member of Local 17’s Friends for Children Charity, and Neal Kelleher, the charity’s president, arrive at the Condon School to present a $1,500 check for much-needed supplies to the Condon School. Local 17 represents this area’s members of the Sheet Metal Workers International Union; the local is very active in community-related activities. Shown receiving the check [...]
Donnie Lewis’s disco ball fundraiser is a success
Last week, South Boston Online published an article on Donnie Lewis’s “Disco Ball” fundraiser, which he arranged to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and its cancer research and treatment programs. Donnie’s disco ball gala in the Boston Teachers Union Hall was enormously successful, featuring DJ Dru Errico and attracting hundreds of his friends. Donnie’s story is amazing: He’s a [...]
Catholic Charities Child Care Centers host open houses
Open house week at the Catholic Charities Child Care Centers is next week. The open house at the South Boston location (275 West Broadway) is Thursday, May 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. Then open house provides the opportunity to meet teachers, learn about the curriculum, talk to parents with enrolled children, and enjoy light refreshments. For more information, call 617-464-8500 [...]
Looking at the community’s past, present and future
I wanted to comment on two recent items that made news in South Boston. Last week as I read that half-page thank you from the folks behind the Michael Joyce Memorial Playground (in the April 28 issue of South Boston Online), I was struck with the irony that the community forces behind this park amplified everything that Michael Joyce lived his [...]
Cinco de Mayo in South Boston
At 634 East Broadway, Wears + Wares is a fairly recent addition to South Boston’s Broadway scene (there’s a kind of friendly rivalry as to whether East or West Broadway becomes “Big” Broadway in the future. May the “Best” Broadway win). Nikole Roome and Clodagh Fitzharris put on a Cinco de Mayo evening last Thursday at Wears + Wares, complete [...]