South Boston Mites crowned Mayor’s Cup champions
By KEVIN DEVLIN and BOBBY MCGARRELL The South Boston Mites were named the champions of the inaugural Mayor’s Cup street hockey tournament that came to an end in Charlestown on Friday. They’re a talented group of kids and Coach Bobby McGarrell was proud of their performance. “Southie played tremendous,” McGarrell said, “with a great display of teamwork and effort. They imposed their [...]
Meet Shawn McDonagh, the Curley Community Center’s new youth worker
By KEVIN DEVLIN I remember this young man when he was a kid playing basketball for the former Saint William’s CYO program in Savin Hill. Then I watched him coach CYO games for Saint William’s and also manage Little League teams at McConnell Park which is located adjacent to Savin Hill beach. After talking with him last week, it only [...]
Tynan Community Center hosts April vacation cookout
By KEVIN DEVLIN While children were home from school for April vacation last week, the Tynan Community Center kept many of them happily occupied. On Thursday afternoon, April 21, the Tynan staff held a wiffle ball tournament at the center’s gym. And while kids were competing in the wiffle ball tournament inside, others played Frisbee, Cam Jam and other games [...]
Letter to the editor: Bring back elected school committee members
Lately, all that we are hearing about are racial issues inside Boston Latin and all we see on the TV news is Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson, who chairs the City Council’s Education Committee. Back in the day, before they eliminated the elected school committee, issues such as this current one would have been dealt with by members of the [...]
Dew Luxe opens on West Broadway
Michaela Bavis welcomes you to Dew Luxe’s new location at 376 West Broadway, which she opened last weekend. The Best-of-Boston Dew Luxe is situated between E and F Street, next to the Lith Club on the left and the new Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation on the right. West Broadway has come alive again! The offerings at Dew Luxe are quite [...]
Boston Shines clean-up planned for South Boston this weekend
As part of an annual effort to beautify the streets of Boston in time for the spring season, Mayor Martin J. Walsh has asked for Boston residents’ to participate in Boston Shines, a citywide initiative to clean the neighborhoods across the city. Boston Shines will bring together thousands of volunteers, including businesses, community groups and residents to clean up after [...]