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Flynn passed out while driving, struck building in his South Boston neighborhood
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12 02, 2016

Flynn passed out while driving, struck building in his South Boston neighborhood

Jeanne Rooney2017-08-27T04:29:27-04:00February 12th, 2016|Categories: Featured|Tags: Susan Doucet|Comments Off on Flynn passed out while driving, struck building in his South Boston neighborhood

By SUSAN DOUCET Former Boston mayor Ray Flynn passed out behind the wheel of his car Thursday and struck a building. "After working out at the Boston Athletic Club for a couple of hours this morning, I drove home and while parking my car on my street, I got weak and completely passed out. Minutes later I woke up, but my car unfortunately had crashed into another house on my street," Flynn wrote in a statement. "Thank God nobody got hurt." Flynn was taken to an area hospital following the accident on Flint Place in South Boston, which was reported at 12:46 p.m. Thursday, according to Boston Police Lt. Michael McCarthy. According to city records, Flynn owns a home on Flint Place in South Boston. [...]

Ray Flynn involved in South Boston accident
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Ray Flynn involved in South Boston accident

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11 02, 2016

Ray Flynn involved in South Boston accident

Jeanne Rooney2016-02-11T19:11:38-05:00February 11th, 2016|Categories: Featured, News|Tags: Susan Doucet|Comments Off on Ray Flynn involved in South Boston accident

By SUSAN DOUCET Former Boston mayor Ray Flynn was involved in an accident in which a vehicle struck a building on Thursday. The accident, according to a statement from Mayor Martin J. Walsh's Office, occurred “while (Flynn was) driving near his home in South Boston.” “Thankfully, Mayor Flynn was not injured, however he has been transported to a local hospital as a precaution,” the statement released Thursday afternoon said, adding that emergency medical services did respond to the scene. An accident on Flint Place was reported at 12:46 p.m., Boston Police Lt. Michael McCarthy said Thursday. According to city records, Flynn owns a home on Flint Place in South Boston. It was a one vehicle accident, McCarthy said, and the driver was a male who was taken to [...]

St. Peter Academy students fundraise for Flint residents
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St. Peter Academy students fundraise for Flint residents

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3 02, 2016

St. Peter Academy students fundraise for Flint residents

Jeanne Rooney2016-02-04T15:22:24-05:00February 3rd, 2016|Categories: Featured, Happenings|Tags: St. Peter Academy, Susan Doucet|Comments Off on St. Peter Academy students fundraise for Flint residents

By SUSAN DOUCET Flint, Mich., is hundreds of miles from South Boston, but to students and staff at St. Peter Academy, the city does not feel so distant. St. Peter Academy, the small private school in South Boston, is partnering with Freeman Elementary School in Flint, one of the city’s public schools, to assist children there affected by the ongoing water crisis. “There are bad things happening, and we can make a difference,” said Caitlyn DeCarlo, the first grade teacher at St. Peter Academy. Flint, a city with a population just shy of about 100,000 people, is in the midst of addressing a drinking water contamination crisis. The city, which changed its water source in 2014, recently declared a state of emergency after realizing that [...]

Winter reminder: Space savers are for snow emergencies
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Winter reminder: Space savers are for snow emergencies

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25 01, 2016

Winter reminder: Space savers are for snow emergencies

Jeanne Rooney2016-02-04T15:37:27-05:00January 25th, 2016|Categories: Happenings, News|Tags: Susan Doucet|Comments Off on Winter reminder: Space savers are for snow emergencies

By South Boston Online staff If you value the traffic cone, lawn chair, trash barrel or other household objects you may have placed in your on-street parking spot, you may want to retrieve it. The city of Boston is collecting and throwing away these items. “Reminder for residents: No snow emergency was declared in Boston. Space savers will be removed as trash,” the city posted on its social media accounts Monday afternoon. Traffic cones and chairs were spotted on South Boston streets late Monday afternoon. Space savers are allowed for 48 hours after a snow emergency is declared, according to the city’s website. This weekend, the city had about 6 inches of snow according to the National Weather Service, though snowfall appeared to have been [...]

Annual breakfast is a remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., call for continued progress
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Annual breakfast is a remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., call for continued progress

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18 01, 2016

Annual breakfast is a remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., call for continued progress

Jeanne Rooney2016-02-04T15:21:34-05:00January 18th, 2016|Categories: Featured, Happenings|Tags: Boston, Convention Center, Martin Luther King Memorial Breakfast, MLK, South Boston, Susan Doucet|Comments Off on Annual breakfast is a remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., call for continued progress

By SUSAN DOUCET Boston was a city of significance for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., local politicians, activists and leaders reminded attendees at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Breakfast on Monday. King studied here, preached here, led peaceful protests on Boston Common, and met with local leaders and officials, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh said during the breakfast. This is where King met his wife, state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz said. “Dr. King had a special relationship with our city, Boston,” Chang-Diaz said during the 46th annual MLK Breakfast at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on Monday morning. “And that is why I believe it would pain him to look down on us from Heaven and see what the Brookings (Institution) [...]