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7 07, 2016

Immigrant Dream Reveals Nation’s Greatness

2016-07-07T10:51:18-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Immigrant Dream Reveals Nation’s Greatness

When Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that he was inviting me to deliver the city’s annual Fourth of July oration at historic Faneuil Hall, I was honored, grateful and overwhelmed. Honored because I was aware of the historic significance of the event. I was aware that great leaders including John Adams, John Hancock and John F. Kennedy had been chosen to deliver the address in the past. And I was grateful because I love the city of Boston and its unique immigrant pride and history. The immigrant pride I’m talking about is something I know about on a personal level, because my family is among the millions of American families whose ancestors came to the United States in search of freedom, independence and opportunity. I [...]

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7 07, 2016

Police Call: East Boston Savings Bank on East Broadway

2016-07-07T10:47:43-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Police Call: East Boston Savings Bank on East Broadway

Several police vehicles with blue lights flashing sirened their way to the East Boston Savings Bank Branch at 708 East Broadway on Tuesday morning, July 5.  South Boston Online, which is located nearby, spotted four BPD vehicles.  Two of these dispersed to drive around the neighborhood, as if they were seeking someone who was on foot.  The Bank Branch itself was closed for a while, presumably to allow the police to investigate exactly what had happened.  If it was an attempted robbery, this would be the third such incident in South Boston this year.  The other two were suspected to be drug-related incidents.

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7 07, 2016

The “Open Hearts/Open Homes” 2016 Gala

2016-07-07T10:45:50-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Tags: |Comments Off on The “Open Hearts/Open Homes” 2016 Gala

   The 2016 Gavin Foundation “Open Hearts/Open Homes” gala was an outstanding success.  The high points of the evening were the well-deserved Gavin Foundation Awards:  “Man of the Year 2016” to Congressman Stephen Lynch and “Caring Hearts 2016” to Sprinkler Fitters local 550.  Some 20 dinner parties followed the festivities at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.   by Rick Winterson      Every two years, the Gavin Foundation, assisted by countless volunteers, puts on a gala fundraising party called “Open Hearts, Open Homes”.  Last Thursday evening, June 30, the biennial cycle came to pass once again.  The gala party’s festivities actually comprised two hugely enjoyable events:  the first was an elegant awards reception in one of South Boston’s many popular gathering points; the second was [...]

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7 07, 2016

Tynan Summer Camp Fun in the Sun Begins

2016-07-07T10:36:30-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Comments Off on Tynan Summer Camp Fun in the Sun Begins

The Boston Public Schools may be closed for the summer vacation, but the community centers are open, and the “Fun and the Sun” summer camp counselors are busy keeping youngsters busy. These summer camps, coordinated by the South Boston Summer Collaborative, are held at the South Boston Neighborhood House (617-268-1619), the South Boston Boys and Girls Club (617-268-4301), the Condon Community Center (617-635-5100), and the Tynan Community Center (617-635-5110). “The South Boston Summer Collaborative is an association of South Boston’s leading youth serving agencies. The purpose of this collaborative is to provide…members with opportunities for growth and development in physical, educational, social, and cultural skills.” These sites offer a variety of programs for children aged six through fourteen. Overall, the four programs include sports games, [...]

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29 06, 2016

Collins Lauds Boston Latin Selections

2016-06-29T14:29:46-04:00June 29th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Collins Lauds Boston Latin Selections

Collins Lauds Selection of Mr. Contompasis as Interim Superintendent of Boston Latin School Earlier this week, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Dr. Tommy Chang, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, announced that Michael Contompasis will be the interim headmaster of Boston Latin School. Mr. Contompasis, a Latin School alumnus, served as headmaster of his alma mater from 1976 to 1998.  Beginning in 1998, he served as chief operating officer of the Boston Public Schools before taking over as BPS superintendent from 2005 to 2007. Since his departure from public service, Mr. Contompasis has been an advocate for the non-profit Mass Insight Education. State Representative Nick Collins, alumnus of Boston Latin School under Mr. Contompasis, praised the decision.  “I applaud Mayor Walsh for appointing Michael Contompasis as interim headmaster of Boston Latin [...]

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29 06, 2016

Yeah I’ve got a gripe

2016-06-29T14:14:54-04:00June 29th, 2016|Categories: News|Comments Off on Yeah I’ve got a gripe

The things people do make me shake my head in disbelief Two times recently I was walking across East Broadway at the K street intersection to go into the SBOL office. Both times I was walking within the crosswalk lines. Both times a car stopped on my left, and both times a second driver from behind the first stopped vehicle decided to drive around and then past me, without any concern for my personal safety. I guess they were late for work, busy talking on their phones, or simply too arrogant or inconsiderate to do the right thing and obey the law. I spoke to one of the local merchants who said that trucks and other vehicles are driven much too fast along this section [...]

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23 06, 2016

The South Boston Hall of Fame Scholarship Winners

2016-06-23T10:28:50-04:00June 23rd, 2016|Categories: News|Comments Off on The South Boston Hall of Fame Scholarship Winners

2016 Scholarship Grant Winners The South Boston Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship Trust Fund board of trustees announced the scholarship grant awardees for 2016, the 22nd year of our successful program. Due to the outstanding support from South Boston Hall of Fame members, business and fraternal groups, educational foundations, friends of the South Boston community and the success of our annual “Bob Nichols Memorial Golf Tournament”, the “Board” approved eleven (11) two thousand dollar ($2000.00) grants for 2016. One of the grants was funded by the Massachusetts Port Authority Charitable Giving Program, one by the “L” Street Brownies, one by the Folan Waterproofing and Construction Co. of South Easton in memory of deceased members of the Folan and Feeney families, one by Sona Nichols in [...]

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23 06, 2016

Medicine Wheel at 25

2016-06-23T10:02:24-04:00June 23rd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on Medicine Wheel at 25

By any measure, reaching 25 years of constant, continuous service to a community is a real milestone, in the best sense of that metaphorical word.  Well, South Boston’s Medicine Wheel Productions, which started up in 1991, has done just that.  Medicine Wheel was always a team effort, of course, but as you know, its founder and “Chief Energizer” was (and is) Michael Dowling. Just consider a few Medicine Wheel accomplishments.  There’s an annual observance of AIDS Day on December 1, which attracts citywide attention.  The next time you walk through the national Park on Dorchester Heights, take a brief tour through the nearby, one-acre, crescent shaped mini-park known locally as No Man’s Land.  Think about emplacing an engraved brick along the path to commemorate someone [...]

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23 06, 2016

VSA Festival Celebrates “COOL Ways to Play”

2016-06-23T09:50:09-04:00June 23rd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on VSA Festival Celebrates “COOL Ways to Play”

South Boston is known for its celebrations.  We call them “Southie times”; they celebrate many, many notable happenings - achievements, community awards, successful fundraising, lives well spent, and so on.  On June 9, about 80 young students in Grades K, 1st, and 2nd from the Condon School on D Street joined with their counterparts from the Ellison Parks and Pappas Rehab Schools at a celebration called the “COOL Ways to Play” Festival.  This Festival was held in the Children’s Museum by South Boston’s Fort Point Channel on Congress Street.  What better place for a young peoples’ Festival?  And the weather was perfect. VSA Massachusetts was the 2016 “COOL Ways to Play” Festival sponsor.  VSA (does that stand for “Very Special Arts”?) is a Boston-based organization [...]

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22 06, 2016

SBAA Creates Boathouse Mural

2016-06-22T14:18:12-04:00June 22nd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on SBAA Creates Boathouse Mural

Dan and Dennis, officers and members of the SBAA (South Boston Arts Association), execute a 9-foot by 30-foot mural on the northwest side of the boathouse at the Harry McDonough Sailing Center on Castle Island.  This mural, a very fitting nautical scene, is a replica of Irish artist John Skelton’s “Landing the Curragh”.  Such an effort is just one chapter in the SBAA’s mission:  Creating community art for the enjoyment and inspiration South Boston’s residents as well as its many visitors.

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