Youth Ambassadors “Anti-Vaping Initiative” Workshops
Earlier this year, the FDA launched “The Real Cost” Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Campaign in an attempt to educate kids and teens about the dangers associated with e-cigarettes and vaping. The main message: e-cigarettes like JUUL put young people at risk for addiction and other health consequences- just like traditional cigarettes. More than two million middle and high school students were [...]
Boston Harbor Hero Kathy Lafferty Honored at Save the Harbor’s Gala
On Thursday, March 28, 500 corporate and civic leaders, elected officials, community partners, and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay supporters gathered at the Seaport Hotel for Destination Boston Harbor, Save the Harbor's annual fundraising gala. This event celebrated a year of on-the-water programming that connects millions of the region's residents and visitors to Boston Harbor, the Harbor Islands, the region's [...]
The Moakley Park “Vision”
A VISION FOR “Retaining and enhancing Moakley as a key, active, recreational amenity for South Boston and the entire City through elevated sports fields, and destination sports courts and play areas with improved stormwater management.” The words above represent no small goal. From April, 2018, until September, 2018, there were a multitude of media efforts, as well as seven [...]
Giving Back to A Veteran in Need
By: Tara Kerrigan Hayes If there’s one thing to be said for Bostonians, it’s that they rise up to take care of their own, and who better to consider one of our “own” than a Dorchester native, Veteran Marine who served his country in in the Vietnam war, then dedicated his life to serving as a Boston Fire Fighter. [...]
In Memoriam: John Mullen
Perhaps you noticed that a new American flag has been flying at half-mast in Andrew Square these past ten days. This is a flag brought home from Washington, D.C., by Congressman Stephen Lynch, after he first had it flown over the nation’s Capitol Building. The flag was raised in Andrew Square and then lowered slowly to half-mast in memory of [...]
WWII Memorial Cleanup Proceeds
by Rick Winterson Earlier this week, concerned South Boston residents were joined at the World War II Memorial by news media crews, cleanup consultants, and Bob Shure, the sculptor who originally designed the Memorial. Bob expressed his own personal grief at the oil splattering, which left such huge stains. His regret was more for the heroes named on [...]