A run to honor, an honor to run: 5k remembers Massachusetts Marine
The 15th Annual Boston Marine Corps Honor Run will be held Saturday, May 7, in honor of Marine Sgt. Daniel Vasselian of Abington, Mass. More than 1,500 people - including active-duty military, veterans from all branches of armed services, and local law enforcement groups - will gather at South Boston’s Carson Beach to run in honor of Sergeant Vasselian, who [...]
Signs of the real spring in South Boston
By RICK WINTERSON The arrival of spring in South Boston is definitely spun out gradually (and graphically) by the northerly path of the sun, as sunsets become more or less centered upon Broadway for a couple of weeks. And with our main thoroughfares pointing west, accompanied by views from Dorchester Heights, the spring sunsets here are definitely worth a look. [...]
OWLL performs staged reading at Franklin Park Zoo
By RICK WINTERSON On With Living and Learning (OWLL) brings together underrepresented women and girls with teaching artists and human service professionals. Leadership workshops result in theater performances that focus on social justice issues. These serve as passageways to transforming and developing a community’s future. Mary Driscoll, the founder of On With Living and Learning. (Photo by Rick Winterson) [...]
Community members gather to learn about proposed Starbucks
The crowd outside of 749 East Broadway (northwest corner of its intersection with L Street) early Monday evening was awaiting a meeting with the owner of a proposed new Starbucks at that location. Four Starbucks are located in South Boston now: three on the Waterfront and one at 11 West Broadway by Broadway Station. Ten or more other coffee shops [...]
With some community support, Murphy’s Jewelry relocates
By SUSAN DOUCET For decades, Billy Cosetta has been helping members of the community. If a set of rosary beads needs repair, Cosetta, the owner of Murphy’s Jewelry, fixes them at no charge. This winter, when Cosetta found out he was being evicted from the East Broadway storefront where Murphy’s has long been located, the community rallied around the small [...]
Patriot’s Day honored at local schools with aid from historical society
By RICK WINTERSON You might well ask how we observe Patriots Day in South Boston. It is one of the most important historical dates in Boston’s history – the start of the American Revolution, Paul Revere’s ride, the Lexington Minutemen, and “the shot that was heard around the world” at the Old North Bridge in Concord. This year of 2016 [...]