Looking at the community’s past, present and future
I wanted to comment on two recent items that made news in South Boston. Last week as I read that half-page thank you from the folks behind the Michael Joyce Memorial Playground (in the April 28 [...]
Cinco de Mayo in South Boston
At 634 East Broadway, Wears + Wares is a fairly recent addition to South Boston’s Broadway scene (there’s a kind of friendly rivalry as to whether East or West Broadway becomes “Big” Broadway in the [...]
VFW Post 561 decorates for Memorial Day
By RICK WINTERSON Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. Its early beginnings took place about 150 years ago, very likely in the village of Waterloo on the Underground Railway in upstate New York. The [...]
George LoCascio gives lecture on local wildflowers
By RICK WINTERSON The 36th annual Marjorie M. Gibbons Memorial Lecture was a great success. The 2016 Gibbons Lecture, the latest in this endowed series, was “A Beautiful Dismissal: The Unnoticed Nature of South Boston.” [...]
Photo: It’s time to re-tire
“It’s Time to Re-Tire” used to be the slogan of the old, once-famous Fiske Tire Company, featuring the young boy with a candle, a long, white nightshirt, and a tire over his shoulder. This picture, [...]
Team Opportunity plans fundraiser to fight addiction
Team Opportunity Foundation, a recovery program based in Quincy, is holding a fundraiser Saturday. The event is at Carson’s Place (the teacher’s union hall) Saturday, May 14, at 7 p.m. Music will be provided by [...]
Basketball league teaches fundamentals
By KEVIN DEVLIN The South Boston Community Development Foundation has sponsored an under 12 co-ed basketball league at the Tynan Community Center gymnasium. The main purpose of an introductory program such as this one is [...]
Walsh visits Medal of Honor Park for community coffee hour
By SUSAN DOUCET Community members gathered at Medal of Honor Park Tuesday morning for the opportunity to have a cup of coffee with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh. The neighborhood coffee hour allowed South Boston residents [...]
Obituary: Alexandra Johanna Greathouse
Alex Greathouse (left), with her sister Maddy Greathouse Alexandra Johanna Greathouse was a 26-year-old “adopted” daughter of Boston who died on May 3rd, leaving behind: 42 pairs of insanely cute shoes An assortment [...]
Proposed South Boston Starbucks rejected
South Boston will not soon have another Starbucks Coffee. The city's licensing board unanimously rejected the license for a Starbucks proposed for the corner of L Street and East Broadway on Thursday morning. Boston Mayor Martin [...]