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Missing Person Alert: Boston Police Seek Public’s Help Locating 71-Year-Old Justina Ayala of South Boston
The Boston Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 71-year-old Justina Ayala, who was last seen earlier this morning in the area of [...]
Waymo Begins Mapping Boston Streets for Potential Robotaxi Expansion
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company under Alphabet Inc., has initiated mapping operations in Boston, signaling a potential expansion of its self-driving taxi service into the [...]
Ward 6 + 7 Democrats to Caucus this SaturdayÂ
Be informed. Get involved. The annual Ward 6 and 7 Caucus will be held this Saturday May 17, 2025 at the Ironworkers Local 7 Union Hall, 190 [...]
Fire at Dorchester Street Laundromat on Saturday Morning
BFD was called to a fire at 143 Dorchester Street, Maytag Laundromat, around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Upon arrival, lots of black smoke was showing [...]
Senate Approves 264 New Boston Alcohol Licenses – Get the details.
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 29, 2024.....Boston would gain more than 260 new alcoholic beverage licenses under a bill that cleared [...]
Long-time President of South Boston Youth Soccer League Billy Baker has passed away.
If you played soccer growing up in Southie, you probably knew Billy Baker! Billy was a founder and only president [...]
L Street Tavern Named In the 2024 Best Bars in America List by USA TODAY!
Southie's own L Street Tavern just made the 2024 USA TODAY Best Bars in America list! This list, selected by [...]
MBTA Announces Contactless Payments Starting August 1st
How convenient! Starting August 1, the MBTA will officially roll out contactless payment at all of its fare gates, buses, and Green [...]
3-Alarm Fire in South Boston on Saturday
On Saturday around 2 p.m., BFD was called to a fire at 587 East Broadway in South Boston. Upon arrival, [...]
Love + Support for the Blasi Family
On Wednesday, Kenny, a Dorchester native, father of four, and owner of Blasi’s Cafe in Adams Village, passed away suddenly. [...]
Boston 2024 – The Olympics Games that Never Were
Did we dodge a bullet? Right now, in the neighborhood, it would be like St. Patrick's Day weekend on steroids if the 2024 Olympic Games [...]
A message of Gratitude from the McGrath Family
Back in 2018, 2-year-old Colin McGrath was killed at the intersection of L and 6th. Out of this tragedy came Colin's Joy Project - a [...]
Life sentence for man found guilty of 1988 South Boston murder
BOSTON, July 23, 2024 – A judge today sentenced CARL RICHARD VEGA, 61, to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1988 [...]
Abutters Meeting to discuss a new beer + wine license for Southie Gas is TONIGHT
Be informed. Get involved. The owners of Southie Gas, located at 79 West Broadway, are applying for a Beer and Wine License. A Zoom meeting [...]
Could this be end of days? Global Tech Outage Grounds Flights, Knocks Banks, Hospitals Offline, plus the Mind Body and Starbucks app
Good grief. Is this the beginning of the end? On Friday, the world woke up to a large tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks [...]
Take the Curley Community Center Survey
After a $30M renovation and reopening last July, the Curley Community Center, aka the L, would like your feedback! We would love to hear your [...]