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We are entering into St. Patrick's Day season in the neighborhood! The St. Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston is technically The Evacuation Day Parade. What's Evacuation Day, you ask? [...]

Who doesn’t love a Girl Scout Cookie? Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, Caramel Delights – we love them all!  The South Boston Girl Scouts will be selling cookies on Sunday [...]

45 years ago, the Blizzard of 1978 dropped 27.1 inches of snow on Boston. In addition to the snow, there were wild winds of 86 mph.  It was a doozy.  Here’s an old-school [...]

Reminder: Boston dog licensing deadline is March 31 The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s Animal Care and Control Division remind city dog owners that the annual deadline for licensing their [...]

Distracted Driving Seems like car crashes in South Boston are nothing new....even when there are hardly any cars on the road.  This two-car-smash-up was captured at the intersection of I [...]

Whatever happened to the old-school Southie dogs? You know the ones who just roamed around the streets without a leash and no owner in sight.  When you came across one [...]

Book 1: Counterfeit By Kirstin Chen I’m not one that’s interested in designer bags or name-brand things, but I am interested in scammers - and Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen created [...]

With the Evacuation Day Parade (aka St. Patrick's Day Parade) on the horizon, a quick history lesson via Irish Boston.  On January 24, 1776, 25-year-old Boston bookseller and American revolutionary [...]

I’m not really one to play the New Year’s Resolution game.  For starters, most resolutions are broken by February.  Eat better, go to the gym, save money, and abandon toxic [...]