5 Things You Should Know This Week – St. Patrick’s Edition 2026
An Irish Blessing: May your troubles be less and your blessings be more and nothing but happiness come through the door. REMINDER: Liquor Stores will close at 4 pm on [...]
After 18 years in the neighborhood, Motivated Fitness will close at the end of the month
Tom Regan, local legend and owner of Motivated Fitness, posted on social media that the West Broadway gym will officially close its doors at the end of March. Motivated Fitness [...]
Parking/Traffic Advisory for St. Patrick’s Day Parade Weekend
Here's the scoop on the parking/street closing situation on Parade Day in Southie. Saint Patrick’s Day Parade and Road Race - Sunday, March 15, 2026 The annual St. Patrick’s Day [...]
South Boston History Lesson: How Henry Knox’s Cannons at Dorchester Heights Forced the British Out of Boston
If you’re celebrating Evacuation Day in South Boston, you can thank a young bookseller-turned-soldier named Henry Knox for helping make it happen. Back in December of 1775, Knox arrived at [...]
National Parks of Boston and Partners Commemorate 250th Anniversary of Evacuation Day on March 17th
BOSTON — The National Parks of Boston – partnering with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Boston, the South Boston Citizens Association, and civic and historic organizations – will commemorate the 250th Anniversary of Evacuation Day with a series of events marking [...]
Shamrock Showdown at the Murphy Rink this weekend – raising funds for the Timothy “Doc” Cook Scholarship Fund
Join the Timothy “Doc” Cook Scholarship Foundation on Friday, March 13th, and Saturday, March 14th, at the Murphy Rink for the Shamrock Showdown hockey game, where Boston Fire and friends [...]
Neighborhood Sidewalks are Covered in Dog Poop in the Snow – Let’s do better
Good grief. What is happening on our sidewalks this winter? Dog poop and poop bags, just left in the snow mounds on the sidewalks of South Boston. Is there something [...]
Senator Collins Announces Details for This Year’s St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast
The 2026 St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast will take place Sunday morning, March 15, at the Ironworkers Union Hall, 195 Old Colony Avenue in South Boston. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., Senator [...]
On Friday morning, a woman was found under a train at Andrew Station.
There was a frightening scene at the Andrew Square MBTA station on Friday morning after a woman ended up underneath an inbound Red Line train. According to Transit Police, the [...]
A Light That Never Stopped Shining: Susan Hurley to Receive the Amy K. Murray Angel Award
The family story goes that Susan Hurley once missed the school bus as a kid, so she ran after it. From that day forward, she never really stopped running. That [...]
