Coming Into Focus: Photographer Tells Stories Through A Different Lens
By Ginger DeShaney John McCosh is a storyteller. But he doesn’t use words to tell stories … he uses his camera, living by his philosophy of photo “fabula” (Russian for “story”). “Photography is kind of [...]
The Future Looks Bright: 16 Southie Students Awarded Sports Hall of Fame Scholarships
By Ginger DeShaney Sixteen outstanding South Boston students were awarded $2,000 grants from the South Boston Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship Trust Fund on Nov. 26. “It’s been an incredibly difficult last 20 months for [...]
Hilco Redevelopment Partners Donates 1,000 Turkeys to South Boston Families
By Ginger DeShaney Like a good neighbor, Hilco Redevelopment Partners is there. HRP, the owner and developer of 776 Summer St., a 1.68-million-square-foot redevelopment of the former Edison Power Plant, donated 1,000 turkeys to South [...]
Missing Ingredients: BPL Donation Initiative Looks to Spice Up Local Food Pantries
By Ginger DeShaney They say variety is the spice of life, but you’d be hard-pressed to find any spices in a food pantry. Stephanie Chace, nutritional literacy coordinator for Boston Public Library and organizer of [...]
Bob Monahan Completes 47 Years of Service
Bob Monahan is a born and brought up South Bostonian, who is concluding his 47th consecutive year of community service. He’s a family man, the oldest of five brothers – Bob himself, Kevin, Sean, [...]
Fairway’s ‘Fairgiving’ Initiative Benefits St. Monica’s
By Ginger DeShaney Happy Fairgiving! Or rather, Happy Thanksgiving, thanks in part to Fairway Independent Mortgage. Fairway has donation boxes in nine South Boston businesses to collect food for St. Monica’s Thanksgiving meals. But Fairway [...]
Wicked High Tides a Wake-up Call on Climate Change
By Ginger DeShaney The wicked high tides that flooded Long Wharf and other parts of the city the weekend of Nov. 6 provided a wake-up call for Boston. “Even though this is a natural event [...]
Police Support Vigil Tonight
Boston Clergy to Hold a Police Support Vigil in Wake of Tuesday Police Shootings and a Weekend Police Stabbing Black clergy in Boston will convene tonight, at 7 p.m., at St Peter’s Church in the [...]
VOTE Tuesday, November 2
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2nd is the Municipal Election in the City of Boston! You’ll be voting for Mayor of Boston and Boston City Council. If you haven’t received your vote by mail ballot you should plan on voting [...]
There’s No Place Like MW Hair Studio
By Ginger DeShaney The banter between Lisa Walsh and Nikki McCart is easy because they’ve been friends forever. They finish each other’s sentences. They laugh a lot because, well, they are downright hilarious. The second [...]