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Recap of Mayor Walsh’s Press Briefing from September 30th
Please see below for updates from Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s COVID-19 press briefing on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Case numbers: As of today in Massachusetts: [...]
Bring Your Own Bag in the City of Boston
On Wednesday, Mayor Marty Walsh announced that the plastic bag ban is in effect beginning on October 1st. Please be sure to bring reusable, recyclable [...]
Pedestrian stuck at Dorchester Ave. and Southhampton Street
Update: The pedestrian hit at Andrew Square has died. Around 10:49am on Tuesday, BFD, BPD and Boston EMS responded to a call for a pedestrian [...]
BPD Sexual Assault Unit responded to a call for an assault with intent to rape near Public Garden
From BPD News: UPDATE At about 9:45 AM on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, officers assigned to District A-1 (Downtown) and detectives assigned to the Sexual [...]
Southie: Gotta have lots of $$$ to live here!
This is probably not news to those living here in Southie but this new scoop made us realize this is not [...]
Southie Public Safety Meeting
Be informed. Get involved. City Councilor at-Large Michael Flaherty is hosting a community meeting on behalf of all the South [...]
Ed Flynn building momentum
Ed Flynn’s campaign continues to build momentum headed into the summer as he leads all opponents in fundraising, has collected [...]
Parking/Jerk Alert: South Boston
Well, watch where you park if you’re going to dinner, lunch or taking care of other business on West Broadway. [...]
Dueling Piano Bar coming our way!
What’s better than one person playing piano? How about two people playing piano? If we’re lucky, Southie might just be [...]
Nearly1600 Units proposed for Boston Edison Plant
Hang onto your hats - nearly 1600 units could be coming our way at the newly proposed Boston Edison project. [...]
Southie Crime Alert: Loaded Firearm retrieved from juvenile.Â
Yikes! On Wednesday morning BPD made an onsite arrest of a 17 year-old male from Somerville that was packing heat in the area of Old [...]
Ed Flynn Earns Top Labor Support
Ten Unions Back Flynn for District 2 Council Seat District Two City Council Candidate Edward M. Flynn has earned endorsements from 10 labor unions in [...]
Wounds of busing reopen with Lehane speech
Dorchester native and author Dennis Lehane gave the commencement speech at Emerson College over the weekend and evidently dropped the n-word. Yikes. Granted, Lehane was [...]
Southie Traffic Alert: Harpoon 5 Miler
The 16th Annual Harpoon 5-Miler to benefit The Angel Fund for ALS research is on Sunday May 21st at 10:00am. The race starts at the [...]
The Single on M Street will stay!
Remember last month when Southie residents went bananas about the proposed project to tear down the single family at 202 M Street and replace is [...]
Person shot in Southie
A person was shot on Orton Marotta Way on Tuesday night. The shooting happened around 11:38pm. That victim was taken to an area trauma center [...]