May 2020
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 business owners to get employees [...]
April 2020
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 properly – “What about Social [...]
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 highly compassionate, high quality care [...]
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 of hope for the future”. [...]
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 from the hospital. She was [...]
South Boston Convention Center Facility adds 1,000 beds to Massachusetts’ Healthcare System
Union construction workers are answering the call for more hospital beds, converting the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center into a 1,000 bed field hospital in just 3 days. With the state's health care system facing [...]