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6 12, 2024

Sports Hall of Fame Awards Record-Breaking 21 Scholarships

2024-12-06T10:03:29-05:00December 6th, 2024|Categories: Education, Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle, News|Comments Off on Sports Hall of Fame Awards Record-Breaking 21 Scholarships

A  record-breaking 21 scholarships were awarded by the South Boston Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship Trust Fund at its annual scholarship award ceremony Nov. 29 at the Curley Community Center. Twenty high school seniors and one 8th-grader received the awards that included one non-degree scholarship for a trade school and one $5,000 Scholar-Athlete scholarship given in honor of late founder and Board leader Ed Buccigross. Since its inception as a nonprofit in 1995, the South Boston Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship Trust Fund has awarded 270 students with scholarships totaling $466,000. The success is due to the support of the Boston community, vital sponsors, and local Boston businesses and organizations. Congratulations to the 2024 award winners! LEFTERIS MARKOS. It’s one thing to organize an event, it’s [...]

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29 11, 2024

Unleash Your Inner Artist! The Wild One Brings Creative Fun to South Boston

2024-11-29T17:43:42-05:00November 29th, 2024|Categories: Business, Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle|Comments Off on Unleash Your Inner Artist! The Wild One Brings Creative Fun to South Boston

The Wild One Creative Lounge offers a fresh, engaging, and quiet space for people to connect and create. Located in the basement of Love Child, 364 W. Broadway, The Wild One provides visitors with a unique creative escape from the ordinary. Guests can indulge in flower arranging, succulent garden creation, bracelet making, and other fun crafts, making it an ideal destination for a casual outing or a meaningful gift-making session. There will also be seasonal projects on select dates. “Love Child has always been about connecting people in the community,” said owner Colleen Dunleavy. “We wanted to figure out a way to make being creative more accessible.” While South Boston has a ton of restaurants and bars, The Wild One offers something different. It’s a [...]

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21 10, 2024

Empowering the Future: Roadtrip Nation Inspires Boston’s Youth

2024-10-21T20:21:15-04:00October 21st, 2024|Categories: Education, Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle|Comments Off on Empowering the Future: Roadtrip Nation Inspires Boston’s Youth

Young people from Boys & Girls clubs from all over the city battled traffic to gather recently at the Edgerley Family South Boston Club for an inspiring event hosted by Roadtrip Nation, an educational nonprofit on a mission to empower the next generation. It was a night filled with energy and purpose. Opening the event, Josh Davis, Executive Director of the South Boston Club, welcomed  everyone and acknowledged the Clubs’ staffs who work tirelessly every day because they care about the future of the youth they serve. "That's what everything is about today," he said. The spotlight then shifted to the team from Roadtrip Nation, who had just rolled into Boston in their signature bright green RV. But, as they explained, Roadtrip Nation is much [...]

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21 10, 2024

A Southie Tradition Is Back!

2024-10-23T08:24:59-04:00October 21st, 2024|Categories: Featured, Happenings|Comments Off on A Southie Tradition Is Back!

Please join perhaps as many as 5,000 South Bostonians to celebrate the return of the “Children’s Magical Halloween Castle” inside Fort Independence on Castle Island.  The massive green doors on the Fort’s sally port will open wide on Saturday, October 26, and Sunday, October 27, from 12 noon until 4 p.m. each day.  All are welcome, especially the young folks, to view the stunning Halloween displays within the Fort.  Both adults and children are encouraged to come in their Halloween costumes.  And admission is free.  The Castle Island Association (the “CIA”) began holding the Children’s Magical Halloween Castle many years ago; it quickly became a much-anticipated annual occurrence.  However, over the last five years, South Boston has missed the Children’s Magical Halloween Castle, which last [...]

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11 10, 2024

Colin’s Joy Project Library Unveiled at Julie’s Family Learning Open House

2024-10-11T13:30:35-04:00October 11th, 2024|Categories: Education, Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle|Comments Off on Colin’s Joy Project Library Unveiled at Julie’s Family Learning Open House

The Julie’s Family Learning Program’s 50th anniversary Community Open House Thursday featured a new playground, a new Pre-K classroom, and the newly completed Colin’s Joy Project Library! There were also face painters, crafts, and story time. The Open House marked a significant milestone in enhancing the learning environment for families and children served by the program. Julie’s Family Learning Program offers adults opportunities to work on high school equivalency and other life goals, while their children benefit from early childhood education. "I’m so excited to see so many people here today,” said Executive Director Michelle Persson Reilly. The Colin’s Joy Project Library was made possible thanks to the generous support of the McGrath family, who established the Colin’s Joy Project in honor of their son, [...]

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10 10, 2024

Blessing of the animals

2024-10-10T19:18:48-04:00October 10th, 2024|Categories: Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle|Comments Off on Blessing of the animals

In honor of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Animals, the community came with their lovable family pets to the Annual Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, Oct. 6, outside of Gate of Heaven Church. Father Robert Casey, Father Peter Schirripa, and Deacon Tommy O'Donnell, SJ, were happy to be able to bless the pets and greet the families. On Friday, Oct. 4, the students, families, faculty, and staff at South Boston Catholic Academy were able to get their family pets blessed, too. Father Schirripa did the blessings.  

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10 09, 2024

Rick Winterson Honored

2024-09-10T10:48:51-04:00September 10th, 2024|Categories: Featured, Happenings, News|Comments Off on Rick Winterson Honored

By Carol Masshardt Spoke Gallery celebrated their supporter, long-time board member, champion of many non-profits and writer, actor, scientist and neighbor, Rick Winterson at No Man’s Land on August 22, 2024. The urban landscape, really a swatch of land once ruefully overgrown and neglected just behind the high school, and now transformed, was an enchanted and fitting place to honor Rick with youth writing and art adorning the walls and trees. “I’m extremely grateful for this recognition,” said Rick, ever an astute observer, in his brief comments, “but my modest contribution has been multiplied so many times over by Medicine Wheel/Spoke. Look at the young people tonight and their art. It is really something. The gratitude goes to Spoke for what they have done.” Unlikely [...]

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6 09, 2024

24th South Boston Street Fest to be held Sept. 21

2024-09-06T10:43:07-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle|Comments Off on 24th South Boston Street Fest to be held Sept. 21

The South Boston Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with South Boston Neighborhood Development Corporation (South Boston NDC), is excited to announce the 24th South Boston Street Fest, happening on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (In case of rain, the festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 28.) East Broadway, between I and L streets, will be transformed into a bustling celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Building on a rich tradition, the 2024 Street Fest is set to be the biggest yet, with nearly 100 local businesses, artists, and community organizations participating, along with many of the neighborhood’s top restaurants. With more than 5,000 attendees expected throughout the day, the event has solidified its place as a beloved community tradition. Entertainment will be in full [...]

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16 08, 2024

Colin’s Joy Project Rock Painting Event a Celebration of Joy, Love, Remembrance

2024-08-16T19:26:17-04:00August 16th, 2024|Categories: Featured, Happenings, Lifestyle|Comments Off on Colin’s Joy Project Rock Painting Event a Celebration of Joy, Love, Remembrance

Rocks hold a special meaning for the McGrath family.  “After the accident, when we were still in the hospital, people dropped off painted rocks on our front steps. It started with one rock that just said ‘love’ on it,” said Kerri McGrath, Colin’s mom. “And the next thing you know, our entire front steps were covered in rocks.” Colin McGrath was almost 3 years old in July 2018 when he was killed by a vehicle in South Boston. Despite their grief, Kerri and Brendan McGrath started Colin’s Joy Project to bring joy into the lives of others just as Colin did.  Wednesday’s Colin's Joy Project Rock Painting & Music Party was a celebration of love, joy, and remembrance. Kerri said people had also left rocks [...]

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16 08, 2024

Summer Block Party

2024-08-16T09:43:35-04:00August 16th, 2024|Categories: Featured, Happenings|Comments Off on Summer Block Party

Saturday, August 17, 12-9 p.m. Enjoy a FREE summertime event at the Lawn on D with inflatables (adults only after 5), lawn games, entertainment, and food/drink for all ages!  Family activities are scheduled throughout the afternoon, and live music is on tap in the evening.  Limited free parking.  Visit LawnonD.com for schedule and details.

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