Look Who’s Cooking: Filomena Lograsso
By Carol Masshardt Filomena Lograsso, 75, of Sal’s Italian Ristorante and Pizzeria on L. St., looks back to her childhood in Abruzzi, Italy, and draws a quick connection to her lifelong skill and passion for [...]
Taking the Field for a Good Cause: Kickoff for Kids Tournament Benefits Local Youth
By Ginger DeShaney What started as a pickup flag football game between kids and their moms has grown into a major fundraiser that benefits South Boston children. “My main focus is truly the kids who [...]
Voices in Health Care: Jocelyn Guggenheim
By Carol Masshardt There are many options for talented nurse practitioners in a field with great need and short supply, and South Boston Community Health Center’s Jocelyn Guggenheim, RN, MS, CPNP, could be a leader [...]
Voices In healthcare
By Carol Masshardt Armando Correa’s work is all about breath. As a Respiratory Therapist for the past sixteen years plus at Tufts Medical Center, he thinks about the rhythm of breath, how to evaluate it, [...]
Bo Cleary: We Rise By Lifting Others
By Ginger DeShaney Bo Cleary is just an old-school Southie soul. His Southie upbringing – he grew up in Old Harbor, then in City Point – and so many good people here helped him along [...]
Look Who’s Cooking
By Carol Masshardt (This series focus is on the journey of area restaurant chefs) Joel Howard, 27, is a man of few words with a deep and clear passion for his work as Executive Chef [...]
Voices in Healthcare
By Carol Masshardt (This series will focus on healthcare professionals and their experiences during the Pandemic. All have some connection to South Boston.) Some people seem born into a profession and challenges only seem [...]
Growing Kindness: Volunteers Prepare Mother’s Day Plants for Seniors
By Ginger DeShaney The mother-daughter duo of Karen O’Leary and Nichole Mikshenas are regulars at the Lynch Campaign Mother’s Day Plant Night. Karen has been volunteering for this annual event for 21 years. “It’s fun,” [...]
All Aboard the BioBus! Next Stop: Discovery
By Ginger DeShaney The BioBus was in South Boston Saturday, April 30, and will be back tomorrow, May 1, in conjunction with the City Nature Challenge, a four-day international bio blitz, said Rachel Vincent, a [...]
Look Who’s Cooking!
By Carol Masshardt (This series will focus on local chefs) Moonshine’s owner/chef, Asia Mei, could be doing a million things successfully. A Boston College graduate in Biology and Economics with minors in Film [...]