The Casper Clan: Siblings enjoying sports, life in South Boston
By KEVIN DEVLIN Every time I have the opportunity to meet great parents and tremendously polite kids, I feel my life enriched, and the need to write their story, not an undertaking, but simply a [...]
Sullivan’s Insurance Club captures men’s league hoop title
By KEVIN DEVLIN On Tuesday, March 15, at the Tynan Community Center gymnasium, the Sullivan Insurance Club defeated Sal’s Club, 54-42, to capture the 2016 South Boston Basketball Association winter league championship. In the end, [...]
Southie hockey team wins Blue Valley League title
By KEVIN DEVLIN and LISA BALLARD On Sunday, March 13, the South Boston Youth Hockey League Mite “A” team won the Mite South AAA Blue Valley League Hockey Championship title by defeating Needham in Haverhill, 5-4, [...]
Spring snowfall underwhelms city
This photo was taken on East Fourth, less than a block away from L Street. It shows the final snow accumulation on Monday, March 21, around mid-morning. It appears that the local weather predictions were [...]
Tara Murphy named Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Club
Tara Murphy of South Boston won the Youth of the Year Award for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, and will be competing against all of the Massachusetts clubs for a statewide honor in [...]
Former mayor Raymond Flynn to receive “Make a Difference” award
Elizabeth Seton Academy in Dorchester will honor former Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn with the “Make a Difference” Award at its annual Spring Gala on April 24 at Granite Links Golf Club in Quincy. The award [...]
Letter to the editor: Parade was a success
This year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was great. Thanks to everyone who made it all possible. The issue of the length of the parade is indeed yesterday’s news, as Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh wisely put [...]
Evacuation Day remembered in annual memorial and historical exercises
By SUSAN DOUCET When Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty asked for a student volunteer to step up to the microphone in front of the Dorchester Heights monument Thursday morning, Thomas Germain’s hand shot in the [...]
A great start in life: The Boston Basics
By RICK WINTERSON As the parent of a small child, you don’t have to be told that your son or daughter is developing very rapidly. Many research studies have shown that kids’ brains develop just [...]