BCYF Fun Fests Kick Off July

20 at BCYF Condon

Mark your calendar and bring your friends and family to a fun and free Neighborhood Fun Fest Party and learn more about your neighborhood community center! The Fun Fest will be held on Thursday, July 20, from 5-7 p.m. at BCYF Condon Community Center, 200 D Street in South Boston.

The BCYF Fun Fest will offer a variety of free activities including music, a cookout, dunk tank, Mega Obstacle Course, DJ and dance party, snow cones and cotton candy, face paint and balloon magic, Hoop Mania, ice cream and Cookie Monstah trucks, special guest performances, giveaways and information about BCYF Condon Community Center’s programming and activities. There will also be fun activities in the swimming pool.

In the case of rain or other weather issues, please check BCYF’s social media pages, @BCYFCenters, for updates. Additional Fun Fests will be held over the course of the summer at other BCYF centers. Visit Boston.gov/BCYF for dates and locations.

Summer Nights On Carson Beach

Free fun summer evenings for teens with dinner and music!

Enjoy kayaking at MA DCR Summer Nights at Carson Beach and interactive arts activities at Moakley Park. Wednesdays from July 12 - August 23. There will be free dinner, kayaking, volleyball, cornhole, kite flying, arcade games, art, and more. Please Register as a group or individual to save space and ensure we have dinner for everyone! Music by DJ Ashton Lites. We want to thank MA DCR, VOLO, and Piers Park Sailing, for being a huge part of our summer teens’ night event, This wouldn’t have been possible without their collaboration.

Spray Pool is Officially Open

Mayor Michelle Wu, the Boston Parks and Recreation

Department, and The Skating Club of Boston welcomed children and their caregivers with the support of title sponsor Bank of America and presenting sponsors College H.U.N.K.S. Hauling Junk & Moving and H.P. Hood LLC. For information go to bostonfrogpond.com/spray-pool/

It’s been a Jekyll and Hyde type season for the South Boston Sr Babe Ruth team at the halfway point of the 2023 campaign. As of this writing, the team of currently right at the .500 mark with a record of 4-4, good for 3rd place in the South Shore Sr Babe Ruth League.

On Tuesday, June 27th, the team traveled down to Brockton for an early evening game at Tukis Park. South Boston starting pitcher Joey Macomber saw his first action of the season on the mound and started out nicely in the first inning after inducing a double play to get out of an early jam. From this point forward, is where Southie’s luck would run out. The Brockton bats came alive and began to “hit it where they ain’t” as what seemed like bloop