Honoring Our Heroes: Boston’s Tunnel to Towers 5K Remembers Those Lost on 9/11
By Ginger DeShaney The Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk in South Boston today, Sept. 11, had significant meaning for those who participated. “It was one of those days in our country where everyone remembered where they were,” said runner Joe Trecarichi. “Our country stopped. Out of tragedy we found the strength to come back.” The event was all [...]
South Boston Lithuanian Club Makes Comeback After COVID
By Ginger DeShaney Back in the day, the South Boston Lithuanian Club was the place to be. Today, with $1 million in renovations, the Club president is hoping it will regain that status. “The Club has been here forever,” said president Joe Austras. “But COVID shut us down.” Renovations were already under way at the Club, also known as the [...]
Moving Season: Despite Better Timing, It’s Still a Tough Week for Locals
By Ginger DeShaney The Sept. 1 lease cycle puts a lot of pressure on our neighborhood – from clogged traffic and mounds and mounds of trash, to long lines at local businesses. But because the move-out (Aug. 31) and move-in dates fall midweek, we may have gotten a bit of a reprieve this year. Jackie Rooney, broker/owner of Rooney Real [...]
Urgent Care Center Coming to the South Boston Seaport
An exciting new medical service is coming to the Seaport on September 6th. South Boston Health Seaport will be reopening as South Boston Health Seaport URGENT CARE at 505 Congress Street. “We’re thrilled to be able to offer these services to people who live in, work in or visit the South Boston Seaport” said Bill Halpin, CEO of South Boston [...]
Round Table Garden Update
For your information, South Boston is the home of a special and unique organization. The founder of this organization is a local resident, George Benner. George established it more than a dozen years ago in 2008, and he named it the “Round Table”. If you think you remember that the first Round Table was part of the stories about King [...]
Teaching and Learning
There may be teachers who lost heart during the protracted and unpredictable COVID crisis, but John Provenzano is not one of them. In 1995 he had intended to paint a mural at the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School as an artist-in-residence and then return to what was, and is still, an accomplished life as a painter, but once there, his [...]