Please Reserve November 10 for Veterans Events in South Boston
by Rick Winterson Dave Falvey dropped in at South Boston Online last Monday morning for a chat. Dave is the Commander of South Boston’s Allied War Veterans Council (the AWVC), which is the organization responsible for the St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day Parade every year. Specifically, he wanted to discuss the AWVC’s plans for Veterans Day weekend, as well [...]
Truck and Car Pollution On the Rise in Boston
By Richard Campbell As the mayor of Boston has released his climate change goals for the future, a report in August this year from the Union of Concerned Scientists reveals that the state is seeing a serge in vehicular air pollution. Anyone who lives in South Boston and has witnessed the large increase in truck traffic to build the Seaport [...]
Mini Maker Faire at Children’s Museum
by Rick Winterson Likely you’ve heard of the so-called “Makers Movement”, and a movement it really is. The Makers first grew from clusters of curious and creative people in the Bay area around San Francisco/ San Jose in the 1990s. The exact, original location could be in San Mateo, midway between San Francisco and San Jose, where the 13th [...]
Gavin Foundation 2018 Anniversary Dinner
by Rick Winterson In several of our issues this year, South Boston Online has mentioned that 2018 is a Year of Anniversary Celebrations. The Gavin Foundation’s 2018 Anniversary Dinner was no exception. Here are a few they observed on Thursday evening, October 18: The Gavin House – 56 years. Hamilton House – 44 Cushing House – 19 Charlestown Recovery Home – 10 Gavin [...]
Vets Deserve Our Gratitude, Honor
Letter to the Editor: By Ray Flynn Former Mayor of Boston and Former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican The New England Center and Home for Veterans in downtown Boston, founded in 1989, has become one of our nation’s leading private community-based providers of human services — including medical care, shelter and job training — for veterans experiencing challenges following their [...]
Sharp Spike in Auto Larcenies
by Rick Winterson Each month, South Boston Online attends a community information meeting at our local Police Station C-6. The group that attends this meeting is called the Neighborhood Advisory Council (the NAC). The NAC’s purpose is to ensure that information flows and enforcement actions by Station C-6 fit the neighborhoods’ needs as well as possible. All of the [...]