Kevin Ryan to receive John W. McCormack Award
South Boston Citizens’ Association President Tom McGrath is pleased to announce that Kevin Ryan has been chosen to receive the John W. McCormack Award at the South Boston Citizens’ Association’s 136th Annual Evacuation Day Banquet, March 18. “It is an honor for the association to present this award to Kevin for his countless contributions to the betterment of South Boston, [...]
Shamrock Awards for Community Service to be presented next week
South Boston Citizens’ Association president Tom McGrath has announced the association’s 2016 recipients of the James M. “Jimmy” Kelly Shamrock Award for Community Service. One of the 2016 Shamrock Awards will be presented to Patty McCormick, for her selfless efforts in aiding those in need and pitching in at the drop of a hat, for any benefit or worthy cause [...]
South Boston mites capture jamboree
Congratulations to the South Boston Mite 2 team for capturing the Providence Bruins Mite 2 jamboree at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The kids from Southie went undefeated as they played and beat teams from Rhode Island, Connecticut,and New Jersey. South Boston started off itsmagical ride with Duncan Crowley netting the first goal of the tournament and [...]
Primary 2016: How did South Boston vote?
Massachusetts was one of a dozen states that voted in primary elections or caucuses on Tuesday, March 1 - Super Tuesday. The state results were largely as predicted by numerous polls: Donald Trump won the Republican primary and Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary. Locally, this held true as well. Trump and Clinton were overwhelmingly the most popular candidates on [...]
Bank on East Broadway robbed
By SUSAN DOUCET East Boston Savings Bank in South Boston was robbed Friday morning. The bank at 708 East Broadway was robbed at 8:44 a.m. Friday, March 4, Boston Police Department spokesperson Myesha Henderson confirmed. A District C-6 detective alerted South Boston Online, a neighboring business, around 9:30 a.m. that the bank had been robbed. The suspect, a male in a [...]
Bill Thomas, 2016 parade chief marshal, exemplifies position’s characteristics
By RICK WINTERSON Each year, South Boston’s Allied War Veterans Council, as an integral part of the St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day Parade, selects a worthy person to become its parade chief marshal. You might well ask what goes into the selection of the chief marshal each year. South Boston Online would like to answer that question by describing the 2016 Parade [...]