Metro Energy remains undefeated by eking out victory against defending champions
By KEVIN DEVLIN On Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Walsh Center gym, the Metro Energy Club in the Gate of Heaven CYO cadet house hoop league eked out a hard-fought three-point victory against the PS Deli Club. In defeating the [...]
Gate of Heaven defeats St. Ann’s of Dorchester
On Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Walsh Center gym, Gatey defeated Saint Ann’s of Dorchester, 38-20. For Gate of Heaven, Caitlyn Fitzgerald, Cara DiMaggio, and Abby Colvin netted eight points apiece, while Sarah Day and Mary Kate Hart contributed six points each. For [...]
Micky Ward visits Peter Welch’s Gym
By RICK WINTERSON Certainly, Peter Welch’s Gym is a mecca for conditioning. Arguably, the boxing regimen creates some of the world’s most perfectly conditioned athletes. And that includes women, too: The membership numbers at PWG are about evenly split between guys and [...]
Predicting a Patriots victory: Southie residents preview the AFC Championship Game
By KEVIN DEVLIN The American Football Conference Championship Game to be held Sunday in Denver is on everyone’s minds in Patriot Nation. Will our heroes prevail or lose to the dreaded Denver Broncos? Here’s what [...]
Annual breakfast is a remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., call for continued progress
By SUSAN DOUCET Boston was a city of significance for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., local politicians, activists and leaders reminded attendees at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Breakfast on [...]
GE will move its headquarters to Boston
By South Boston Online staff General Electric will soon call South Boston home. GE announced in a statement Wednesday that it will relocate its headquarters to Boston, leaving Hartford, Conn. “Boston was selected after a [...]
City solicits input on Dorchester Avenue project
By RICK WINTERSON During the second half of last year, the Boston Redevelopment Authority called for a series of community planning meetings. The objective was to develop a coherent plan for the west side of [...]
Recognizing our city’s public safety servants
By RAY FLYNN About halfway through the funeral Mass for longtime Hub firefighter and union leader Mike Mullane, police Commissioner William B. Evans could be seen hurriedly making his way through the capacity crowd. As Evans, who had been sitting in the [...]
Local organizations receive grant to study health of South Boston’s trees
Last week the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) announced the release of its Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Grants. These grants are offered to municipalities and nonprofit groups in Massachusetts to maximize the social, economic, and environmental quality of communities through enhancing streetscapes and [...]
Former South Boston state representative campaigns for state Senate seat
South Boston attorney Paul Gannon, who once served as a South Boston’s state representative, is now running in a special election for state senator of the Plymouth/Norfolk District. Though he is running in a different district than the one he represented [...]