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Friday Night Lights!
Evans Field is a hub of activity on Friday nights with the Kickoff for Kids flag football league. South Boston Online caught the girls 7-10-year-old division and the boys 10-11-year-old division tonight. Great job, everyone!
Over Thirty and Under Three: Dolly Pickup
Dolly Pickup has lived all of her sixty-three years in South Boston and could write her own book about a community she knows from experience at four 02127 addresses. Asked about almost anything and she quickly recollects the history of an area, business, family or landscape. One of the eight children, with grandparents and extended family houses away, has raised four daughters in South Boston, ran her own day care program, and commutes to her job at the Copley Fairmount Hotel.
She chooses to focus on her joy and pride in all of life, and not on the challenges that required her to work hard and stay on course.
“We had it all,” she said, recounting days of skating on a flooded “M” St. Park, walking everywhere, going to the beach and to the many stores such as Slocum’s, and then later, dancing and listening to bands at the Quiet Man, Bayside, and Triple O’s. I walked down to my grandmother’s and learned to crochet and sew, really everything and everyone was within a walk.”
She reflects on the enduring beauty of her neighborhood and fully understands how so many people have discovered the place she could easily feel she owns. But her attitude is one of acceptance and recognition of change.
“It is different. People get in cars now and go. They don’t have time to get to know people. And, then the rent and traffic and, you know, parking. I still sit on my front steps though and say hello and instead of the decorated baby carriages, you see so many people with dogs. I enjoy it, but people are too plugged into ear pods and phones. You have to look up to feel connected,” she said.
Caring for others, related and not, was a hallmark of Dolly Pickups early life, and a value and practice she continues.
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The South Boston Street Festival will take place
on Saturday, October 7th Rain or Shine!
Heights Closed for Two Years
Over Thirty/Under Three: Dolly Pickup
Pumpkin Palooza Saturday, October 14th
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South Boston Park up for Sale
A small plot of South Boston land called Sr. Mary Veronica SND. Park is up for sale. The Park is a rectangle of land located along West Eighth Street between F and Grimes Streets on the side that’s toward West Broadway. It’s around 100 feet wide and 50 feet deep – approximately 5,000 square feet of total area. The streets around that block on West Eighth are residential. The Park’s “Sr. Mary Veronica SND.” name is clearly a remembrance of a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur. Her vocational name recalls two of the saintly women who stood along the Way of the Cross. “SND.” is an abbreviation that stands for an order of inspired, hard-working nuns, who have significantly benefitted South Boston for well over 150 years. We aren’t sure who actually holds title to the Park. Should it be sold? It isn’t in very good shape; however, the Park honors a woman who was once a valued resident of South Boston; it has some benches and it’s still used by nearby residents. Speak up about it when you get the chance.
Our C6 Boston Police Department (Official) officers and Commissioner Cox were on hand at Starbucks on East Broadway today for National Coffee with a Cop Day. The event, through Boston Faith & Blue, helps to "build relationships, one cup at a time." There was free coffee, pastries, and giveaways, but most importantly, residents had the opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations with South Boston's dedicated officers. See tomorrow's South Boston Online for more photos!
Hundreds of furry friends and their humans descended on Harpoon Brewery Sunday to welcome in October. Harpoon Dogtoberfest featured the Fast & Furriest 3-mile run/walk, the Fest-Minster Dog Show, which included high-five, trick, look-alike, and costume contests, an on-site adoption meet & greet, and plenty of beer and food trucks. There was even beer for the dogs, including Waggin’ Tail Dog Ale Peanut Butter by Long Trail. The dogs loved the event as much as their humans did.
Net proceeds from this event go to the Kenary Brain Tumor Research Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and MSPCA – Angell.
Amid the haze of the Canadian wildfires, we found a mesmerizing sight at Cruiseport: a lineup of majestic cruise ships as a plane soars above.
Hundreds of people turned out for the Colin's Joy Project 5K Saturday on East Broadway to run and walk in memory of Colin McGrath, a loving, curious, adventurous little boy who was killed in 2018 after being struck by a car on his way home from a day in the park. Money raised through the 5K furthers the mission of Colin's Joy Project to enhance play spaces and sponsor children and family programming in South Boston and surrounding communities.
Before the 5K, which was open to all ages to walk or run, the day kicked off with several heats of kids races: the 100-meter dash for kids 9 and under and the half-mile race for kids 14 and under.
While Drew Fossa won the men’s division of the 5K and Alyssa Fanucci won the women’s division, everyone was a winner!
The final supermoon of the year rose Thursday night. A supermoon occurs when the moon is at or near its closest point to Earth in its orbit. During these moments, the moon appears larger and shines brighter.
This year we had four supermoons:
🌕July's buck moon
🌕August's sturgeon moon
🌕August's blue moon
🌕September's harvest moon
Over Thirty and Under Three
(This series features those who have made South Boston home for thirty years plus and those who are new to the neighborhood.)
If you are ever tempted to think that all new neighbors to South Boston, bring ill-regard and annoyance to the treasured neighborhood, you haven’t met Alabama born and raised, Alan Barlow. At twenty-seven, he completed undergraduate and graduate degrees in Alabama, is a Physician’s Assistant and visited forty-eight states. He has now landed in South Boston, the only place he has lived outside of Mobile.
“I absolutely love my job at Mass. Eye and Ear,” he said. “Everyone who works there seems to want to be there. I randomly applied through Indeed, and interviewed at other Boston places, too, but I couldn’t have been luckier to get this.”
He expresses enthusiasm and joy for his home of less than a year and engages in a natural and intelligent way. He observes some of the behavior he doesn’t like but stays focused and without obvious judgement.
“I always wanted to live in a bigger city and not drive. I am loving it here. There is always something to do. I live right near the beach and played volleyball there this summer, and now we have moved over to Moakley Park. Then, Trivia Night at the Shamrock has become a stable in my life. The same group plays every week, and it is fun and right down the street,” he said.
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Housing A Key Issue in South Boston
Over Thirty and Under Three
Blessing of the Animals Sunday
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With a tropical storm heading toward Boston, the South Boston Street Fest has been postponed from Saturday to Oct. 7.
Summer Street Pilot Program
New Neighborhood with “The LOT”
Condon's MVPs
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The flag at the Heights unfurls its colors amidst Hurricane Lee's winds.
Sunset before Hurricane Lee.
Over Thirty Years in South Boston Featuring: Lynn Morris
(This series will introduce people who have called South Boston home for more than thirty years and others for three and under)
Any neighborhood would be lucky to have a Lynn Morris, and South Boston has been that for the past fifty-eight years. Working for over twenty-five years in Corporate and Event Marketing and Graphic Design, Lynn still manages to keep a loving and astute eye on the neighborhood where she was born, raised and lives. She represents the best of South Boston to those who have known her for generations and the many who move in from different states, cities, and countries. Her roots are deep but that doesn’t imply a lack of interest in new neighbors.
“I have had the bond of lifelong friendships; some established as young as in kindergarten through to the current day. My circle of friends remains through marriages, divorces, deaths, births. It is very rare, and I feel blessed,” she said.
Her stories of children playing on the streets until nighttime, and families looking out for each other, a sense of safety, and a steady faith could make it sound idealized, but that wasn’t all of what formed this remarkable woman.
“I was number five of six children. My father died when I was fourteen, and my mother, in the process with my father of buying the house where I now live, had to work full-time. She also went back to college. We had to contribute, and it was then that I realized how important it was to have a community,” she said.
Her mother, Mary “Marie” Morris got her college degree the same year Lynn graduated from high school and went on to be a most respected counselor for those struggling with mental health, substance use and family issues.
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STREET FESTIVAL POSTPONED TO SEPT. 23rd
Due to predicted high winds, as well as rain, from Hurricane Lee on Saturday, the South Boston Street Festival will be postponed until next Saturday, September 23rd.
STREET FESTIVAL POSTPONED TO SEPT. 23rd
Due to predicted high winds, as well as rain, from Hurricane Lee on Saturday, the South Boston Street Festival will be postponed until next Saturday, September 23rd.
Editorial
The South Boston Soccer League kicked off its second season on Sunday at Saunders Stadium at Moakley Park. After the opening parade was canceled earlier in the week due to heat, the kids met their coaches, got their shirts, ran some drills, and played games on Sunday. The league has a rolling enrollment, so parents can sign kids up at any time. The fee is $10/player or $25/family; financial aid is available for families who can’t afford the fee. To register: bit.ly/3ExlJci
Hundreds of runners and walkers at the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Saturday at Castle Island honored those who were lost during 9/11. Several firefighters ran or walked the course in full gear.
During the opening ceremony, organizer Nick Mancini provided some history about the Foundation.
“Tragedy, confusion, and heartache struck our country,” he said.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was founded shortly after 9/11 by the brothers and sisters of FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller.
“Stephen was off duty on that fateful day and ready to enjoy a beautiful day of golf with his brothers when he heard the news. Without hesitation, he grabbed his gear and headed to the Twin Towers but was stopped at the base of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel,” Nick said. “He was unable to drive through, so he strapped on his 65 pounds of gear and ran through the tunnel to the towers.”
Stephen was one of 343 firefighters to lose his life that day.
“Our goal for all of our events is to honor local first responders like Stephen, to remember 9/11, and never forget those lives lost on that horrific day in 2001,” Nick said. “And we hold all those lost in our hearts and memories.”
In honor of those lives, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation developed the In the Line of Duty program, which provides mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children. The Foundation also builds specially adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders.
The Foundation has supported 22 families in New England and 13 in Massachusetts, Nick said. On Saturday, the Foundation honored US Secret Service Agent Garrett FitzGerald. He and his family are the recipients of a mortgage-free smart home, which should be finished by the beginning of the year.
About seven years ago, Garrett was a rookie Secret Service agent in the Boston office when the car he and three other agents were riding in was hit head-on. It left him paralyzed from the neck down.
Garrett and his family are truly grateful for all the support they’ve gotten from the Foundation. “And we’re thankful that you guys support the work that they do,” he told the runners and walkers.
Garrett has had the chance to meet a number of individuals from Tunnel to Towers. “This is a fantastic organization, a large group of folks that care. They're looking to do the right thing and bring a lot of expertise and background to these projects.”
Tunnel to Towers Boston, MA
Women in Trades: Latisha McQueen
Carpenter Latisha McQueen 50, has built a life around her trade, including having a hand in the new Old Colony Development. Both practical and thoughtful, she is as at home in beautiful buildings, including the Boston Public Library, as in construction sites.
“It hasn’t always been easy, but I do love what I do, and it gave me a way to support my son,” she said. “Carpentry in particular means understanding numbers, and math, and sometimes you get on a job that you know is going right, and you can feel proud to be part of it. Of all the trades, carpentry was the best because I love beautiful buildings.”
Life, beyond work, has had its share of challenges for Latisha, who grew up in Dorchester and graduated from Lexington High School, where she ran on a championship track team. Headed for college she deferred a year. “That was probably a mistake, and it is when things changed, and I had to figure out how to manage,” she said.
Figuring out how to succeed became her goal. Living in transitional situations with her son when in her twenties, she seized the opportunity to join an apprenticeship program, and that became a major part of her life course.
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Mass/Cass Update
Ward 7 Committee Meeting
Women in Trade: Latisha McQueen
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TRAFFIC & PARKING NOTICE
There will be no parking on Day Boulevard in South Boston from I Street to Farragut Road from Saturday, September 9, at 10:00 p.m. through Sunday, September 10, 11:30 a.m, and will be tow enforced to accommodate the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition 5K Race. All four lanes of Day Blvd. will be used for the race. Traffic will be detoured to adjacent roadways: Columbia Road, Farragut Road, and Shore Road will serve as a route to Castle Island.
Despite the daunting task at hand, there were smiles all around Southie today as parents helped their kids move into their new places.
The South Boston Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the South Boston Neighborhood Development Corporation, is thrilled to announce that the highly anticipated 23rd South Boston Street Fest will take place on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. East Broadway between I and L streets will be transformed into a vibrant and lively hub of festivities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
With a remarkable 22-year history, the 2023 Street Fest promises to be bigger and better than ever, showcasing more than 100 local businesses, artists, and community organizations and many of our local restaurants. Drawing more than 5,000 residents and visitors throughout the day, the fest has become a cherished community tradition.
The day will be filled with boundless fun and entertainment as two stages come alive with captivating performances for the
whole family. The lineup includes Southie's very own classic rock and top-40s cover band, Thomas Park; the talented country singer/songwriter, Houston Bernard; the sensational beats of New England's premier dance band, Guilty Pleasure; and an exciting showcase of emerging musical talent from Michael Caputo of MusicBall Entertainment. Kicking off the festivities will be jazz band the Late Risers strolling the grounds and playing the National Anthem. There will also be local dance performances -- by Woods School of Irish Dance and Miss Linda’s School of Dance -- and self-defense demonstrations.
Little ones are in for a treat, as the Street Fest boasts an array of children's activities, including balloon twisters, caricature artists, costumed characters, and princesses. Keep a lookout for a roaming band of pirates. There will even be Barbie backdrops!
And that's not all! As you indulge in the festivities, satisfy your cravings with alfresco dining and libations available at The
Broadway, Roza Lyons, Deja Brew, Café Porto Bello, and the Paramount. Sample delectable grab-and-go options from
some of South Boston's favorite food spots, such as Publico, Sal’s Ristorante & Pizzeria, Capo, Lincoln, Hunter’s, Loco,
the Sausage Guy, and more.
For the shopping enthusiasts, the Street Fest presents an incredible opportunity to enjoy exceptional one-day-only savings from local retailers. Explore treasures from Bringing Up Baby, Bohdii Boutique, Deirfiúr Home, Habit, In Good Company, Love Child, Southie’s Own, Stapleton Floral, and LUXE home interior, among many others.
Immerse yourself in the thriving local art scene as acclaimed artists from South Boston, such as Norman Crump, Deb
Putnam, and Dan McCole, showcase and sell their works.
The festival will also be a platform for South Boston's vital non-
profit agencies to share information about their services.
For all the latest updates and details, visit the official website of the South Boston Street Fest at www.southbostonstreetfest.com.
South Boston Online captured the last Super Blue Moon -- the unification of a supermoon and a blue moon -- until 2037. No, the moon wasn't blue; the name just means a second full moon in one month. A supermoon refers to a full moon that coincides with its perigee, or its closest point to Earth in its orbit. It was quite the sight to see, including some cloud cover earlier in the evening.
Mass/Cass Public Meeting
A public meeting on Mass/Cass was held at the Condon Community Center and a second at "The Base" Tania del Rio, the Director of the Mayor’s Coordinated Response Team, was the keynote speaker at the Condon. Del Rio admitted that previous failure to get Mass/Cass, Atkinson Street, and more than 200 addicted campers had failed, even though on the plus side, many of them had entered recovery programs. The attendees at the meeting uniformly condemned the City’s efforts on Mass/Cass so far. “Do something” was the constant saying from everyone there. Station C-6 Capt. Jospeh Boyle said his police officers were “doing the best they could”. City Councilor Frank Baker was especially outspoken about the Mass/Cass failures.
Both BPD Commissioner Cox and Suffolk DA Hayden stressed how complex the Mass/Cass problem had become. Other participants spoke about temporary shelters, closing the Atkinson Street center, and how Mass/Cass can at least be stabilized. But no quick, realistic answers were forthcoming, even to the direct query, “When will Atkinson Street be cleared out?”
🏊♂️🏃♀️ The Columbia Threadneedle Investments Boston Triathlon encourages fitness and healthy activities in youth by introducing them to the multisport world. Young athletes from Greater Boston dove into that experience, tackling swimming and running at the annual Kids Day Saturday at Carson Beach and Mother’s Rest.
Activities included:
• Kids Fun Run, Ages 1-7: 100-yard
• Kids Splash & Dash, Ages 11-15: 200-yard swim, 2K
• Kids Splash & Dash, Ages 7-10: 100-yard swim, 1K
Thanks to Amazon, the races were free for all the kids! 🙌 💪
Boston’s only triathlon, which is celebrating 15 years, will take place Sunday, Aug. 27, starting at 7 a.m. Participants in the triathlon will swim in Dorchester Bay, bike through Boston city streets, and run along the scenic Southie shoreline.
Long Island Press Conference
Yolanda Cerullo Celebrates 100
Street Festival Sept. 16th
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Family and team games, literacy activities and story circles, face painting and crafts, food and refreshments, music and dancing, and the Musical Bubble Barge were among the highlights of Ollie Palooza Thursday evening at Moakley Park behind the Ollie Preschool. The fun community event, sponsored by South Boston Neighborhood House and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, was a huge success.
The Boston Neighborhood Basketball League (BNBL), the oldest municipal basketball league in the country, has games at Moakley Park this week. The action is fast and fierce!
Youth Leadership Collaborative
South Boston to Get "TOAST"
Virtual Community Meetings
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Giants in the Reserved
These days, the Reserved Channel has become an even greater center for significant maritime traffic. In addition to the much larger docking cranes at the Conley Terminal, which now handle post-Panamax container ships like the Madeira, note the huge passenger liner “Caribbean Princess” at the Flynn/Black Falcon Terminal. It holds 3,150 passengers, as well as seeming to dwarf the container ship on the south side of the Channel.
Increasing Construction in Southie
Long Island Bridge to be Restored
Pigeons Return to Andrew Station
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Check out these upcoming events!
Josh Davis’ career has come full circle.
His first job after graduating from Tulane with a degree in Sociology was Education Director at the South Boston Boys & Girls Club from 2001-2007. He then held several other positions with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, including Director at the Orchard Gardens and Dearborn Clubs, before coming back to Southie to replace Harry Duvall as Executive Director.
“Ever since I was able to work, I was working with children in some capacity,” said Josh, who credits his passion to his parents. “Just the idea of giving back to the community has always been instilled in me since a very young age.”
He has hit the ground running since assuming the ED role on Jan. 4, 2023. He spends a good amount of time on administrative duties – such as general oversight and management of the building, strengthening corporate relationships, fundraising, organizing training and professional development for staff.
“But there’s nothing better than getting out into the program areas and spending time with the staff, participating in an activity, or just having a normal everyday conversation with a member,” he said. “Those organic interactions with the Club members are what makes this place so special; that connection with an adult who really is taking an interest in what they’re doing today and, ultimately, what they want to do as they continue to grow in the Club.”
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Lilah’s Crystals and Tarot Open
on West Broadway
Healing and relaxation are indisputably needed, and If Lilah Evans is correct, there will be a customer base in South Boston just looking for a holistic way to deal with stress. Offering Tarot Card readings, Meditation, Reiki, (transfer energy through palm healing) Chakra (exploring centers of vital energy in the body) are age old practices now available in the neighborhood.
“We moved here in May after being on Tremont St. in downtown for twenty-seven years. The building was sold to developers, and we needed a new location. My older son had been in school at Tynan, and I thought it might work,” she said.
Lilah found the location, former home of Neatly Nested, on the corner of E. and West Broadway and saw the possibilities. It is a calm and interesting place, with quiet meditation spaces, a well-spaced display of candles, soap, crystals, jewelry, and separate, private places for the practice of Tarot readings, Reiki, and Chakra.
“People come in who have things on their mind and are looking to de-stress. I help them find their energy and direction,” she said.
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Josh Davis Returns to Southie
Lilah’s Crystals and Tarot Opens
DCR Recreational Advisory at Castle Island
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