Annual Senior Salute strikes a celebratory note
By RICK WINTERSON Each year, the mayor of Boston’s office and the South Boston Citizens’ Association host the annual South Boston Senior Salute in St. Monica Hall. This is a noontime corned-beef-and-cabbage banquet to which [...]
St. Patrick’s Day parade route restored
On Tuesday, March 15, a U.S. District Court judge restored the 2016 parade’s original, longer route, allowing it to end in Andrew Square. South Boston’s Allied War Veterans Council held a final meeting Tuesday evening [...]
South Boston Catholic Academy students study animals
Over the past few months, these high achieving students in the Exceptional Learner Program at South Boston Catholic Academy have been working on an inquiry-based project to answer the question: Can these animals live in [...]
Shamrock fundraiser packs Carson Place
By KEVIN DEVLIN On Saturday evening, March 6, at Carson Place, close to 500 people attended the annual South Boston Special Kids and Young Adults annual fundraiser. Richie “Fish” Adams was presented with the Sissy [...]
Editorial: The three saints of winter
By RICK WINTERSON This will be in part an editorial and in part kind of a social commentary. After our recent weather, you don’t need to be told that spring, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, [...]
South Boston Wins Cunniff hockey tournament
By KEVIN DEVLIN Last weekend, the 13th annual John Cunniff Memorial Shamrock Tournament was held at the DCR Murphy Rink in South Boston. Four Pee Wee “A” teams – South Boston, the Cambridge Falcons, the [...]
Cranberry Cafe celebrates 20 years
Cranberry Cafe turned 20 last Friday, March 11. This thriving, bustling cafe has been serving breakfast, lunches, and as its name implies, coffee - coffee, after Araban coffee. Cathe Walsh founded, owns and continues to [...]
Boys & Girls Club celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with annual luncheon
By RICK WINTERSON The South Boston Boys & Girls Club held its 40th annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon on Friday, March 11. It was an auspicious event – the weather, the location in the Westin [...]
South Boston swimmers participate in Shamrock Splash
By RICK WINTERSON Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is a private, nonprofit that has devoted enormous effort to cleaning up the beaches in and around the City of Boston – coast to coast, from Nantasket [...]
Letters to the editor: Residents respond to parade route change
Following the announcement at the end of February that this year's St. Patrick's Day and Evacuation Day parade did not receive approval from the city for its intended and traditional three-mile route, South Boston Online [...]