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Police Reform Legislation is expected to be voted on this week in the House
Last week, the Massachusetts Senate voted to pass a new police reform bill with a 30-7 approval. The bill would ban police from using chokeholds, [...]
Recap of Mayor Walsh’s Press Briefing from Tuesday, July 21st
Please see below for updates from Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s press briefing on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Case numbers: As of today in Massachusetts: 114,033 cases and [...]
Pine Street Inn will turn hotel into shelter at Mass & Cass
Pine Street Inn will lease the old Best Western Plus, located at 891 Massachusetts Ave, and turn it into a temporary homeless shelter. This area [...]
Cocktails to go legislation is now law!
Raise your glass Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation allowing restaurants to temporarily sell mixed drinks to go into law late Monday afternoon. The law makes Massachusetts the latest [...]
State Rep.Nick Collins has a bus plan.
On Wednesday morning, I met with State Representative Nick Collins at the corner of N and Broadway to check out [...]
Forry and Collins push for better T service
So it looks like some of our local officials feel our pain and are working to help alleviate the Southie [...]
Is My Diner the new Starbucks?
Updated Tuesday At least one neighbor is not happy about the news that local favorite My Diner may be moving [...]
Southie Life: Buses
It’s been almost a year since the big MBTA bus community meeting happened at the Tynan. At the meeting, service, bus [...]
Parking and Traffic Advisory – Day Blvd.
East Boston Savings Bank 5K Brace yourself, Southie. Parking restrictions and road closures for the East Boston Savings Bank Road Race. [...]
Is this ethical? Civic Organizations + Developers = shady business
Things seem a little muddy when it comes to real estate development projects and the roles of neighborhood civic organizations. [...]
BPD Incident: Construction Workers with Crowbars
The following police incident that unfolded on Tuesday morning in the neighborhood is bizarre even by Southie standards. At approximately 10:45am, a call came into police [...]
Boston Edison Development – the scoop
Written by Corey Dinopoulos Last night, Hilco and Redgate held their second open house conversation with the South Boston community about some high level ideas [...]
Happy 300th Boston Lighthouse!
         Cake by the ocean! A special 300th Anniversary event will take place on Wednesday, September 14th [...]
2% Alcohol Tax reintroduced in Boston
Boston City Council Bill Linehan and Councilor Frank Baker have recently filed a petition and will reintroduce their proposal to fund addiction recovery efforts through [...]
New Southie Business News
In the ever changing landscape of South Boston businesses, there is always something new on the horizon. Here are some new spots that will be [...]
Starbucks at L and Broadway approved
After a long drawn out battle, the City of Boston Licensing Board has voted on Thursday to approve the common victualler license for Starbucks at [...]