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Annual event held in the Perkins Schoolyard On Saturday, June 25, the Old Colony Tenant Association held their annual South Boston Unity Day in the Perkins Schoolyard, which is located within the Old Colony Development. The weather was welcoming as youngsters and adults alike enjoyed the day’s festivities. The younger kids enjoyed the bouncy house and the older youngsters played various games including basketball. “The Old Colony Tenant Task Force and O’Shea House volunteers celebrated their annual Unity Day for the South Boston neighborhood this past Saturday,” wrote Kristin Taylor, the Director of the Joseph M. Tierney Learning Center. “This team worked tirelessly to secure donations to purchase food and beverages, raffle prizes, and goodies for the community, arranged activities and a ‘Field Day’ for [...]

On the Fourth of July we celebrate the birth of our nation, a democratic nation dedicated to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. We celebrate the birth of a nation of the people, by the people, and for the people, dedicated to serving the people and not the state. We celebrate Freedom. On this holiday during the last few years, I have reflected upon how fortunate we are. This year will be no exception because tyranny did not die when the American rebels successfully repelled England. We take for granted many simple activities because we have had our freedom to do so. We assume and declare Freedom as an unalienable right, but this is not the case elsewhere. Millions of people throughout the world [...]