Marijuana – Medical and Recreational – in South Boston: Questions Remain
by Rick Winterson It’s well known that marijuana has been legalized in Massachusetts. Medical marijuana is legal as you are reading this. After a long delay, recreational marijuana (Question 4, approved by voters 54% to 46%) becomes legal at mid-year: on Sunday, July 1, 2018. Even though the vote on marijuana was unquestionably in favor of legalizing it, [...]
The Bowery Bar – A Summer Hot Spot
By: Tara Kerrigan Hayes With summer approaching (and the Seaport scene becoming more congested every season), it’s the perfect time to welcome The Bowery Bar to Dorchester, set to open in mid-June. As the list of new restaurants grows in our neighbor’s neighborhoods, this one is bound to be an instant hit. Located in the heart of [...]
Dalton and The Sheriffs Come to Southie
by Rick Winterson Country & Western in South Boston? Why, certainly! Every Tuesday night, that is. Plan a Tuesday drop in/hang out downstairs in the Supper Club at Capo Restaurant – 443 West Broadway, not very far from where Blinstrub’s sat for so many years. Combine eating (varied Italian/American dishes), with drinking (inventive designer cocktails), and original [...]
Author Steve Ross Signs His Book: “From Broken Glass”
by Rick Winterson Two months ago, South Boston Online reviewed author Steve Ross’s autobiographical book “From Broken Glass” (our April 12 issue, page 11). We highly recommended it. In his book, Steve narrated two harrowing stories about himself – as a young boy cruelly enmeshed in the Holocaust for five years during World War II, and as a [...]
Tommy Noto: 2018 Community Hero
by Rick Winterson Occasionally, South Boston Online runs into people who speak almost entirely about the contributions and efforts others put into the South Boston community. They don’t choose to talk about themselves. Instead, they talk about those who were good influences on them. Such a person is Tommy Noto – the 2018 recipient of the [...]
Airbnb Alternate Bills Head Through State & City Meat Grinders
By Richard Campbell The various short-term revenue bills going through a series of transformations on the city and state levels have been accompanied by a fair amount of revision, delay and controversy. When Airbnb went after City Councilor Michelle Wu with a mass email campaign in mid-April, they not only got their facts wrong about the proposed restrictions on Airbnb [...]