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5 Things You Should Know This Week – June 17th
The Superette’s Herb Garden has been busy growing cilantro, basil, lavender, and mint, and + it now open on Thursdays for the summer. Stop by the Seaport courtyard for free fresh herbs from 4 to 6 p.m. Bardo’s Bar Pizza Hosts B/SPOKE Pop-Up Event in South Boston. The...
BPD + State Police on scene in Seaport for a reported shooting
Shortly before 12pm on Thursday, BPD and MA State Police were called to the area of 130 Northern Ave in the Seaport for a shooting. According to the Citizens app, a woman was shot in the chest near a waterfront park. This is an active scene. More to follow.
Get to know the Parking Lot King of Southie
A South Boston TikToker is going viral for a hilarious series of videos that poke fun at one of the quintessential Southie experiences: parking. Jon Coughlin, known to his 32k followers as “The Parking Lot King,” has created a comedic universe centered around the Tynan School parking lot at the intersection of K and Emerson.
MBTA’s Red Line History Comes to On the Dot
BOSTON – An icon of MBTA Red Line history arrived yesterday at On the Dot, the mixed-use development in South Boston being planned by Core Investments, Inc., a 25-year-old Boston real estate investment and development company. While the emerging On the Dot neighborhood is already well served by Red...
Dog gone it! It’s the PUPlico pet-friendly outdoor patio party on Thursday!
This Thursday, June 13th, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Publico in Southie will be hosting the official ‘launch’ of Puplico: the pet-friendly outdoor patio! There will be cocktails, Puplico cups, and snacks (for both dogs and humans) available for purchase all night long on the patio. This...
Mayor Wu vetoes budget cuts to police and fire.
On Monday, Mayor Michelle Wu vetoed cuts to police and fire budgets less than a week after Boston City Councilors voted 10-3 to make $15 million of changes to Wu’s $4.6 billion proposed city budget, including redistributing nearly $4 million away from police and fire. But the police and fire budgets have been restored thanks to the vetoes, which caused some city councilors, including City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune, to be very annoyed and frustrated.
Annual Beaches Water Quality Report Card: Southie has the cleanest urban beaches in the country!
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released their 2023 Beach Season Water Quality Report Card at a press conference with Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, DCR Commissioner Brian Arrigo, Revere Mayor Patrick Keefe, Rep. Jessica Giannino, Rep. Jeff Turco, Councillor Ira Novoselsky Councillor Robert J. Haas, III, Councillor Angela Guarino-Sawaya, staff of Sen. Lydia Edwards, staff of Rep. Adrian Madaro, Executive Director Chris Mancini, and members of the Metropolitan Beaches Commission and Save the Harbor’s Better Beach Grant Program in attendance on Revere Beach, just in time for the 2024 Beach Season.
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