Mark Rooney, Officially Launches Campaign to Represent 4th District as Governor’s Councillor
Mark Rooney, Officially Launches Campaign to Represent 4th District as Governor’s Councillor Outpaces Incumbents’ Supporter Signatures to Certify Spot on the Ballot in September For Immediate Release June 19, 2018 Today, Mark Rooney [...]
Crossing the Centuries: Bridging Cultures At the UMASS Boston Campus Gallery
By Richard Campbell Opening this week on the UMASS Boston campus is an interesting graduate work art show by Li Wang, who having returned from studying in Japan on a Ruth Butler scholarship, was influenced [...]
South Boston Receives $30,000+ from SH/SB
by Rick Winterson “Save the Harbor/Save the Bay” (SH/SB) is a 32-year-old organization, founded in 1986. Its name is self-explanatory. You have almost certainly seen the results of SH/SB’s efforts. The beaches of South [...]
Summer Take-Aways at the Boston Nutrition 2018 Conference
By Richard Campbell The Nutrition 2018 Conference ran this past week June 9th to 12th at the Hynes Convention Center gathering nutrition professionals from New England and around the nation. The big take-aways were the [...]
Marijuana – Medical and Recreational – in South Boston: Questions Remain
by Rick Winterson It’s well known that marijuana has been legalized in Massachusetts. Medical marijuana is legal as you are reading this. After a long delay, recreational marijuana (Question 4, approved by voters [...]
The Bowery Bar – A Summer Hot Spot
By: Tara Kerrigan Hayes With summer approaching (and the Seaport scene becoming more congested every season), it’s the perfect time to welcome The Bowery Bar to Dorchester, set to open in mid-June. [...]
Dalton and The Sheriffs Come to Southie
by Rick Winterson Country & Western in South Boston? Why, certainly! Every Tuesday night, that is. Plan a Tuesday drop in/hang out downstairs in the Supper Club at Capo Restaurant – 443 [...]
Author Steve Ross Signs His Book: “From Broken Glass”
by Rick Winterson Two months ago, South Boston Online reviewed author Steve Ross’s autobiographical book “From Broken Glass” (our April 12 issue, page 11). We highly recommended it. In his book, Steve narrated [...]
Tommy Noto: 2018 Community Hero
by Rick Winterson Occasionally, South Boston Online runs into people who speak almost entirely about the contributions and efforts others put into the South Boston community. They don’t choose to talk [...]
Airbnb Alternate Bills Head Through State & City Meat Grinders
By Richard Campbell The various short-term revenue bills going through a series of transformations on the city and state levels have been accompanied by a fair amount of revision, delay and controversy. When Airbnb went [...]