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Problem Properties in Southie: An Update
Southie City Councilors are not messing around A few weeks ago, City Councilor Ed Flynn hosted a community meeting to discuss problem properties and quality [...]
Hit + Run on Frontage Road
Massachusetts State Police are looking for help in identifying a driver and car that was involved in a hit and run on Friday night. According [...]
Hey, DCR, step up to the plate! Evans Field needs some help!
Baseball season is upon us - in particular South Boston Little League Season - and it seems as though it's a swing and miss when [...]
Legendary BFD Commissioner Leo Stapleton has passed away
Leo Stapleton, retired Boston fire commissioner and author, has died at the age of 94. Stapleton was a native of South Boston and retired with [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
West Broadway Christmas Tree Redo
We realize that local, neighborhood trees will not look like the one at Rockerfeller Center, but can we at least get one that's not half [...]
Be informed. Get involved: Northern Avenue Bridge
Built in 1908, today’s Northern Avenue Bridge was in service for over a century, before it was closed in December 2014. The City of Boston [...]
More development: 400 West Broadway
Looks like a new development is coming to 400 West Broadway! A new plan has been filed with the BPDA to replace an existing three-story [...]
Senator Collins Advances Gas Workers Bill
Legislation to extend health care, restrict public funds for National Grid moves to Committee BOSTON- State Senator Nick Collins (D-Boston) recently presided over Senate Session, [...]
Take the Survey: Livable Streets
Livable Streets would like Southie residents to take their survey about what your priorities are for improving safety on South Boston streets. Kindly take a [...]
Shots fired in Southie, gun recovered.
On Saturday afternoon around 3pm BPD was called to the area off Moakley Park for reports of shots fired. A gun being fired was believed to [...]