The King of Layaway – A trip down memory lane
Contributor2022-12-23T17:05:52-05:00Written by Gino Provenzano Christmas is upon us, and the memories of days gone by and the purchasing power that I had as a kid through the use of the [...]
Southie’s own Matty Fontana’s star is on the rise
Maureen Dahill2022-12-20T11:00:41-05:00Like most kids growing up in Southie, Matty Fontana had a tight-knit group of friends. He grew up on L Street and then on Jason Terrace. As a rite of [...]
Msgr. Thomas J. McDonnell + Frank Kelly Christmas Dinner 2022
Maureen Dahill2022-12-16T08:51:36-05:00This is the time of year to be grateful for all we have. Unfortunately, many need help with the holidays, including Christmas dinner! Christmas Dinner at St. Monica – For [...]
Old School Southie: On this Day in 1911 on Dorchester Ave.
Maureen Dahill2022-12-12T16:25:09-05:00Waaaayyy back in the day! Boston City Archives sent us these fantastic photos of the Dorchester Ave. neighborhood from 1911. A Boston Public Works Department photographer set out to document [...]
South Boston Foundation Now Accepting Proposals
Maureen Dahill2022-12-11T09:20:05-05:00The South Boston Foundation is a not-for-profit Trust formed in 2019 to administer a generous $1.5 million commitment from Massachusetts Port Authority over 10 years to the South Boston Community [...]
Gold Dust Orphans presents: Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors at the Lith. Club
Maureen Dahill2022-12-08T11:00:38-05:00The award-winning, Vaudeville-inspired comedy troupe Gold Dust Orphans moved to the South Boston Lithuanian Club on West Broadway a few years ago with a Christmas who dunnit “Whatever Happened to [...]
Thicc & Tired – A new podcast by Southie resident and model Ashley Elizabeth Gregory
Megan Klein2022-12-07T11:17:54-05:00Click click, click click. The fingers belonging to the photographers assembled in the cramped line outside the event seemingly never left their cameras. Constant flashing captured the smiles of those [...]
South Boston Bars and Taverns That No Longer Exist
Anna White2022-12-08T09:44:00-05:00South Boston Bars We Said Goodbye To A few years ago, we came across a Twitter thread, "Boston Bars that No Longer Exit." This inspired us to start our own [...]
Good Will Hunting – The Southie Factor
Maureen Dahill2022-12-06T11:00:11-05:00Good Will Hunting put us on the map. South Boston was always an under-the-radar, sometimes misunderstood, Irish Catholic working-class neighborhood of Boston. After Good Will Hunting debuted in movie theaters, [...]
CIS Book Review: 3 Books to Give as Gifts
Josie Glausen2022-12-05T10:12:59-05:00It’s a Co-Ho-Ho Christmas! And a completely different type of book is down below! Colleen Hoover is known as the romance author with a flair for the dramatic. Her books [...]
