Condon School Seventh Grade Students Receive HarborOne Recognition
By Carol Masshardt Ateacher with two years’ experience in Boston, Kate Fennessey, and her 7th grade Math students at the Condon School showed what is possible with commitment, support and focus. On March 21st, teams [...]
Task Force Formed to Focus on 2025 Parade Safety Plan in South Boston
STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTH BOSTON ALLIED WAR VETERANS COUNCIL & SOUTH BOSTON ELECTED OFFICIALS REGARDING THE 2025 ST. PATRICK’S DAY & EVACUATION DAY PARADE Following the St. Patrick’s Day & Evacuation Day Parade, the South [...]
Why Run a Marathon?
By Carol Masshardt (The next few weeks will profile the running team for the SBNH) “I don’t want to sugar coat it. The dark, brutally cold morning runs can be tough, but then you see [...]
It Takes a Community: Sister Maryadele Robinson
By Carol Masshardt Since age 19, Sister Maryadele, of the Catholic Charities Labore Center, has been guided by her faith, and that has led her, surely and through experience, to work with and on behalf [...]
Family Emergency Shelter in Fort Point Raises Concerns and Support at Community Meeting
By Carol Masshardt Over two hundred attended a zoom meeting on Friday evening to hear and question the plan for 20-25 families to move into 24 Farnsworth St. Leaders from the collaboration with the Commonwealth [...]
Recreational Cannabis Dispensary Requesting to Extend Hours
A virtual abutters meeting (via ZOOM) is now scheduled for Wednesday evening, February 28, at 6 p.m. Last October, Native Sun opened for business on their premises at 115 K Street, at the corner of [...]
Friendship Celebrated for Valentine’s Day
Regardless of gender, age, background or ethnicity, there seems to be a universal pleasure in talking about friendship. It makes sense given that research has shown again and again that having a friend improves mental [...]
Kathy Lafferty: Community Leader
Observant and energetic, Kathy Lafferty, Executive Director of the South Boston Neighborhood House, was shaped by early experiences on the same streets she can nearly see from her office on H St. “I remember looking [...]
Councilor Flynn Selected to Serve on National League of Cities (NLC) Public Safety and Crime Prevention Federal Advocacy Committee
Councilor Flynn was selected to join the National League of Cities (NLC) 2024 Public Safety and Crime Prevention (PSCP) Federal Advocacy Committee. The selection comes in addition to the recent announcement of his selection to [...]
Cafe Porto Bello Takes the Pizza Crown
We asked, you answered. The top vote-getter in South Boston Online’s Best Pizza in South Boston poll is … Cafe Porto Bello! What makes the pizza so good? Donna Palermo, who works at the restaurant [...]