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Councilor Flynn Passes Resolution Urging City to Require In-Person Work for a Minimum of 4 Days a Week Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn passed a resolution (11 support, 1 present) urging the City of Boston to require in-person work for a minimum of four days per week for city employees. While Fidelity recently announced that employees would be required to return to the office five days a week starting in September, and Mayor Wu indicated on WBUR she’s happy more office workers are coming back to Boston, Councilor Flynn believes the public sector has a responsibility to lead the way in bringing foot traffic back to the City and Downtown Boston to support our small businesses and local restaurants. In 2023, foot traffic was reportedly [...]

Largest-Ever Homeport Vessel and Key Upgrades Signal Continued Growth Coming off a successful cruise season last year, the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is looking forward to another year of growth, highlighted by larger ships, more passengers and key infrastructure upgrades. One week from today, Flynn Cruiseport Boston will kick off its 2026 season, welcoming 23 cruise brands and nine homeport vessels from April through November, including the largest ship ever to homeport in Boston, Norwegian Breakaway. Massport is also installing a new passenger bridge to streamline the boarding and disembarkation process, creating a smoother experience for customers from curb to cabin. “Flynn Cruiseport is poised for another outstanding season as New England’s premier homeport,” said Rich Davey, CEO of Massport. “Cruise lines are investing in [...]

Recently, South Boston Online read in Boston’s media that a move was afoot to reduce – or perhaps even eliminate – the buffer zone between authorized shops legally allowed to sell “cannabis”, which is actually “marijuana”.  This buffer zone is supposed to measure at least one-half (0.5) mile between any and all such shops. Several more variances from this restriction have been requested from City of Boston authorities by potential vendors.  We were told that around the Downtown area, the City of Boston has allowed three such variances. Perhaps a few facts should come next: Cannabinoids are a large (over 100) family of hemp plants, one of which contains THC. CBD is “cannabidiol”, which is sometimes confused with THC.  CBD comes from other, low-THC hemp [...]

by Rick Winterson  It’s always a pleasure to welcome new enterprises to South Boston.  One of these, with the picturesque name of “Sushi Guys”, is an example.  Exactly a month ago, Sushi Guys opened for business at 283C Old Colony Boulevard, in a handsome new building along Old Colony on the block between Vinton and Dorchester Streets. The cuisine at Sushi Guys is deliciously Japanese throughout.  There’s an incredible variety of menu selections that will satisfy every hungry customer.  We chose to dine on tasty bowls of miso broth accompanied by a serving of delicately flavored rice – the kind of rice called “sticky rice” by many South Bostonians (and that’s a compliment).  For entrees we decided upon maki, those sliced rolls of expertly crafted [...]

By Carol Masshardt Dominique Nelson, can turn an ordinary, imperfect, sun backed sidewalk into a stunning work of art. A twenty-five-year-old, life- long South Boston resident, she is an accomplished artist and teacher with a unique honesty and joy in who she is. The chalk drawings outside her East Broadway home near “H” are only the most obvious of the creations. She began drawing when her wise mother thought she needed to express more, and later at Boston Arts Academy and Mass. College of Art. If you know her mother, Luanne Litif, you will hear unmitigated, well-deserved pride and respect for a talented young woman who didn’t always have an easy course. Dominique is currently the Foundations Director at Artists for Humanity, where she teaches [...]