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GoFundMe for Will Good – a Southie native – who was seriously injured in a car crash
UPDATE FROM MAY 21st: Good news to share today -- Will has officially "graduated" from the ICU at MGH and is currently waiting to be [...]
Councilors Flynn & Flaherty File Hearing Order to Discuss Increased Fines for Large House Parties Disturbing Neighbors’ Quality of Life
See Press Release Below: BOSTON - Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn & Councilor At-Large Michael Flaherty are calling for a hearing at this week’s City [...]
Boston Fire Department Alarm System – 169 years old
Did you know that Boston has the first electric fire alarm system in the world? There are over 1200 signal stations, also know as “boxes” [...]
Ottavio Cerullo celebrates his 100th birthday
Remember last year, Southie came together to wish Ottavio a Happy 99th? Well, he just turned 100 and a celebration was had! By the way, [...]
Can anyone fix the MBTA? Tuesday was a nightmare commute for MBTA commuters.
If you were one social media on Tuesday morning, you saw the frustration of MBTA commuters in real time. In [...]
Groundbreaking: 20 West Fifth, The Ceinture
Construction for the Ceinture has officially broken ground at 20 West Fifth Street. The new luxury condo building will feature [...]
Better Wages For Trillium employees
This week Trillium raised some of its workers hourly-wages after it was revealed that the Fort Point craft brewery cut [...]
Boston City Council Passes Edwards-Flynn Ordinance to Help Low-Income Elders Repay Back Taxes
The Boston City Council voted unanimously to support a tax repayment ordinance filed by Lydia Edwards (District 1) and Ed [...]
Groundbreaking: O’Connor Way Senior Housing in Southie
From the Mayor’s office: Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), and the Boston Planning & Development Agency [...]
Quite a morning in Fort Point: Cab stolen & crashed
Before most of you were up. Before you even had a sip of coffee, the following shenanigans took place on [...]
Welcome to the Neighborhood: USS Thomas Hudner
You may have noticed the warship docked at the Flynn Cruise Terminal in Southie this week! Well, it’s US Navy’s newest destroyer - the USS [...]
Councilors Flaherty & Flynn To Hold SB Waterfront Transit Plan Hearing Fri. Nov. 30th
BOSTON – Boston City Councilor At-Large Michael F. Flaherty and Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn will hold a hearing at the City Council this Friday, [...]
Hang onto your hats! Developers not playing by the affordable housing rules.
Well, this is outrageous. The development that was built at 135 Athens Street/160 West Broadway was supposed to designated two of the 15 units would [...]
Frontage Road Parcel: Is Midtown on the horizon?
Looks like there could be more development is on the horizon for the Frontage Road Parcel - a city owned parcel of land that touches [...]
Northern Avenue Bridge: What’s in store
The Northern Avenue Bridge was built in 1908 and is a piece of history currently sitting in the Fort Point Channel waiting to figure out [...]
Important City Council Hearings Coming Up This Week
Corporate Tax Transparency Thursday, November 29 @ 1:30pm Hearing to examine the benefits to taxpayers of tax breaks given to corporations by the city. Panelist: [...]