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South Boston, MA- East Boston Savings Bank presented the South Boston Catholic Academy with a scholarship donation towards the continuing education efforts of their current students. Good luck in the upcoming school year!

  State Representative Nick Collins (D-South Boston) joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives in passing legislation to ensure that men and women receive equitable compensation for comparable work. The bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in the payment of wages for comparable work unless the variation is based upon a mitigating factor including seniority (provided that paternal, family, and medical leave don’t reduce seniority); a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, sales, or revenue; education, training or experience.   “I am proud to have been a part of this landmark legislation” said Rep. Collins. “There is no reason why my any woman should be paid less for equal work. It is about time we set clear guidelines [...]

Per usual I enjoyed my visit to the South Boston Boys and Girls Club as I walked around taking pictures of staff and Club members enjoying their time in the “Fun in the Sun” program. On the first floor of the renovated Club I saw kids playing on computers and engaged in various games. In the art room I saw youngsters listening to instructions from their art teacher and then they went about drawing and painting. I went into the gym and took and a couple of pictures and then downstairs to the pool and watched the kids splashing and swimming; and truly having fun. Then I went upstairs and saw kids playing paddle ball, ping pong, hockey, and pool. Other younger kids were in [...]

Last Saturday, July 9, I was proud to accept an award on behalf of South Boston Online (SBOL) from Susan Lenardis, who was representing the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) as well as the Old Colony Task Force. SBOL does care about the community and attempts on a weekly basis to highlight various events and people. We are proud to have been doing so for the past two decades. Just as proud as Susan Lenardis is caring about her Old Colony Development community.   Susan has been working part time as an administration support staff person for the BHA for the past twelve years. She is originally from East Boston where she grew up in the Orient Heights BHA development and served on their local task [...]