A Laboure Auction for Unsettled Times
All of us realize these are unsettled times, and you know the reason why – the COVID-19 pandemic. One resulting problem is a “budget gap” encountered by South Boston’s Laboure [...]
A Call to Fix the Flaws of the PPP
By Tara Kerrigan Hayes For many business owners, the Payroll Protection Program sounded like a saving grace. Until they read the fine print. The forgivable loan, designed to incentivize small [...]
Birthday Motorcade Marks Ottavio Cerullo’s 99th
It was a memorable event Sunday morning. Ottavio “Ott” Cerullo, 99 years of age, viewed a motorcade assembled to mark his birthday properly. You may ask – also quite [...]
MEDIA UPDATE: COVID-19 TESTING AND MARIAN MANOR
From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Marian Manor in South Boston has taken numerous steps to support good hygiene, strong infection control and social distancing, all while providing the [...]
From the South Boston Health Center, with Love
In a recent Easter morning Facebook post, veteran newsmaker Dan Rather wrote “I think of grief, struggle and loss, but also a conviction that love and community can be fountains [...]
South Boston Residents Step Up to Deliver Groceries
It was late on a Friday afternoon when the South Boston Neighborhood Aid Hotline received a call from a hospital social worker: A young woman was about to be released [...]