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THE PRINT EDITION

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018

VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 51

WPI Seaport Cuts the Ribbon

by Rick Winterson

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Strategically, it anchors the western end of the South Boston Seaport, which is also known as the City of Boston’s “Innovation District”. WPI Seaport joins the high tech enterprises that stretch all along the harborside of the Seaport District, right out to the Design Center to the east, which itself has now been renamed “The Innovation and Design Building” WPI Seaport’s location overlooks the placid, scenic Fort Point Channel and Boston’s Financial District skyline from its windows, along the pedestrian walkway that connects Summer and Congress Streets on the South Boston sides of the respective bridges.

It is directly across Congress Street from the Tea Party Ships and Children’s Museum, opposite their big “milk bottle”.

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orcester Polytechnic Institute, known by everyone as WPI, is a private research university in Worcester. WPI engages in all aspects of technical arts and applied science. As of last Wednesday morning, January 31, it has officially (and ceremoniously) opened a new innovation facility on the South Boston Waterfront.

At noontime, a contingent of officials, led by WPI President Laurie Leshin, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh began their remarks leading up to the ribbon cutting itself.

Entitled simply “WPI Seaport”, this technical facility now occupies the ground f loor at 303 Congress Street. Its location is both strategic and beautiful.

TIME FOR A CHANGE?

by Richard Campbell

The six city tour known as the Battle of the Badges of Police and Fire Hockey Clubs of Boston, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto and Montreal started this past Friday the 2nd, in Dorchester and South Boston, and continued through the weekend. SBO was there to cover teams at Murphy Rink Saturday at noon for the mixed rounds of Police and Fire teams. Sponsored in part by the Boston Bruins, the Boston Police Hockey Club and the Boston Fire Hockey Club, the event involved a lot of travel and logistics. It was running on a tight schedule, as twelve first responder teams duked it out big time. Mayor Walsh and Rob Sweeney, Executive Director of the Bruins Foundation, were on hand with coaches and players to commemorate the South Boston leg of the event. The battle continued well past four o’clock, with the final championship games played at Warrior Arena in Brighton on Sunday. For photo coverage see page 8.

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Global Warming and Energy Sources Global warming is occurring.

That is essentially certain. Not only are temperatures rising, many species are migrating northward to get out of the heat, and sea levels are rising inexorably (a full 9 inches over the 20th Century). Whether this warming is totally caused by human activities is still an open question, but whatever its cause, actions must be taken to reverse this trend. You don’t have to be told about the recent flood waters in Boston’s Long Wharf area or streets that were awash in the northwest corner our own Seaport District. Can you imagine what will soon happen to our tunnels

and subways, if this continues to get worse over the next 10 or 20 years?

South Boston Online has no ready, “magic” answer. Our purpose here is only to insist that a comprehensive, long-term plan (50 or more years before it is completed) has to begin now. In no particular order, we feel there are three huge steps to this plan: 1) Replace all carbon/hydrocarbon fueled transportation engines with electricity-driven devices (this has started with passenger cars already).

2) Make nuclear energy the prime global source of electric power (80% or better; renewables will never generate enough by themselves).

Nick Collins Announces Candidacy for State Senate

by Rick Winterson State Representative Nick Collins is running for office.

Last week, he formally declared his intention to run for the Massachusetts Senate seat (1st Suffolk District) recently vacated

by Linda Dorcena Forry. She resigned that seat as of Friday, January 26, after she accepted an opportunity in the private sector.

A Special Primary Election for the 1st Suffolk District Senate seat will be held on Tuesday, April 3, followed by a Special General Election on Tuesday, May 1.

Nick granted his first exclusive media interview to South Boston Online yesterday morning.

He stressed the fact that all

across the 1st Suffolk community, the same community-driven issues are shared. As he put it during our interview, “The 1st Suffolk District is really a community of communities.” Some specific issues Nick will focus on as our state Senator include housing, transportation, education, and addiction treatment.

Even more specifically, Nick will support careful development/ redevelopment of Long Island as a “recovery campus”. He’ll also support expanded education roles for UMass Boston – both on its campus, and in the surrounding 1st Suffolk District community.

Nick brings more than a decade of public service experience to his 1st Suffolk District Senate campaign. He has been the 4th Suffolk state Representative since 2010. Previously, he was an Aide for then state Senator Jack Hart, and served as a Regional Field Director for the first ObamaBiden campaign. He is married to Olivia (Liff) Collins, a Board Certified Family Physician. They welcomed their daughter Justine into the world just 17 days ago.

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3)Green up the Earth in every way possible (grasslands, roof gardens, trees everywhere, even seaweed “plantations” – you name it. This will not only make us carbon-neutral, it will actually reduce carbon in the atmosphere).

The first step has begun.

Automobiles will soon go all electric.

More and better technology is needed to replace diesel trucks, and especially aircraft and oceangoing ships. But it can be done.

The second step – nuclear energy – will take a generation or two to implement, but it is possible.

Right now, France gets 75% of its electric power from nuclear plants; Germany generates nearly half its power via nuclear reactors. Why can’t we do the same? Look up “small modular reactors (SMRs)” in Wikipedia to get an idea of the possibilities with nuclear

power. SMRs are inherently safe!

The third step (“Greening” the Earth) is something we can do ourselves, locally. How many of us still remember the Victory Gardens grown during World War II? We ask our elected officials to begin extensive technical planning immediately. This crisis won’t be going away. Certainly, expensive short-term measures like dams and dikes are needed right now to prevent floods. But the final solutions desperately require a steady, “longterm” approach to energy supplies.

Renewable energy is not the answer, either. Look at how New Hampshire blocked out access to hydropower from Quebec.

Renewables will help, but the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun shines on us less than half the time.

Let’s roll!

REFERENCES: South Boston Online excerpted chiefly from the article “Boston Sees Rising Floods – and Costs” by Russell Gold, The Wall Street Journal, Monday, January 29, page A5.

Other sources include: MIT Technology Review, Vol. 119, No. 5, POWER, September, 2016, POWER, December, 2016, Boston Herald, 09/09/2016 Wikipedia, “Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)”

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WPI Seaport...

local media, and technical intelligentsia from across the Commonwealth gathered as the speaker took to the lectern.

WPI President, Dr. Laurie Leshin, said, “WPI is already in 26 countries. We want to do more right here in Boston.

WPI Seaport is ‘a wormhole from Boston to to Worcester’” (EDITOR’S NOTE: In space science, the word “Wormhole” refers to a high-energy passage from a gigantic black hole to another universe.). Lt. Gov. Polito spoke about “continual invention of the future” and “corridors of connection”. Mayor Petty contrasted the coming of WPI Seaport to Boston with the (then) upcoming Super Bowl by saying that the WPI Seaport project “has two winners – Boston and Worcester both”. Mayor Walsh compared Boston and Worcester – “Both our economies depend upon life sciences, biotech, and our colleges.” He closed by thanking WPI for their

The WPI Seaport ribbon is cut (!) by Boston’s John Barros and Matt Beaton, Worcester Mayor Joe Petty, WPI President Laurie Leshin, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Acting Senate President Harriette Chandler, State Auditor Suzanne Bump.

Vision (with a capital “V”) in bringing WPI Seaport to Boston.

With WPI President Laurie Leshin expertly wielding the scissors, the team of guests then well and truly cut the footwide ceremonial red ribbon.

A reception followed, while the student/faculty research demonstrations in the technical suites at 303 Congress continued

– robot-assisted surgery, decisionmaking with “big data”, tissueengineered blood vessels, and so on. State Auditor Suzanne Bump sent her greetings to all

her many South Boston friends.

As a kind of editorial comment, many people think of scientific research being performed by a “lone wolf ” scientist in a dimly lit lab, surrounded by a Bunsen burner, a gram scale, and an oscilloscope with glowing green lines.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Today’s scientific research, whether it’s done by a university, the government, or a corporation, is always a team effort. A scientist with an idea is joined by mathematicians, laboratory technologists, computer experts, literature searchers, and many others.

WPI Seaport, by establishing itself here in Boston, furthers the technical team approach that is so essential to investigating modern technology in this day and age.

Welcome!

Robotic assembly monitored on a screen in a WPI Seaport technical suite.

An AI project at South Boston’s WPI Seaport (yes, the penguin talks back).

The clean interior lines in the new WPI Seaport complex in South Boston.

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Plumbing Crisis in Boston Public Schools?

By Richard Campbell

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s a follow-up to the praise South Boston Online has given the MWRA in taking care of the state’s water and sewer management, we wanted to look a little deeper into the status of the drinking fountains at the Boston Public Schools.

The BPS has 125 schools, and approximately 95 of those schools have water fountains designated as “off line” meaning that students cannot use them for a variety of reasons.

Most of the testing done on the source problems of drinking water in the public schools was completed in 2016, and so we should be nailing an action plan, and just how the plumbing crisis in the school’s fits into the master plan for rebuilding.

The testing would seem to fit within the first step of the extensive Build BPS plan initiated in 2015 and published in March 2017. It interesting to note that there is an extensive analysis of possible climate change on schools near water

bodies, very little mention, if any can be found on the drinking water supply in the schools, but for the analysis of “plumbing” and “toilets and fixtures”. So, if one looks at the facility assessment for the Tynan School in South Boston, the report lists the plumbing and fixtures in the school as adequate, but Tynan is on the list of the 95 schools who have drinking water fountains offlinethat is, students cannot use them.

The mayor has pledged 1 billion over ten years (nearly double of the past decade) to upgrade the infrastructure of the old schools,

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which the more one looks at the aging state of them, starts to seem as not substantial the given time period, the amount of work, and the dramatic increase of construction costs. But there isn’t an analysis of how much it would cost to upgrade the plumbing and fountains in all the schools for drinking water to be safe, and where this part of the renovation sits in priority. It is duly noted that many schools only have plumbing on the basement level and inadequate placement of toilet facilities throughout the buildings.

Naturally plumbing and HVAC are listed as primarily components in a schools building profile, and repairs to them are considerable in cost; especially when contractors start gutting walls and replacing pipes and electrics. Usually such work in old buildings involves abatement of contaminants, such as asbestos.

What is interesting is that drinking fountains are not treated separately in the report, though the BPS has its own water quality/ drinking fountain report separate from the 10-year plan. As I mentioned, the fountains in the ten-year plan seemed to be lumped together with toilets and fixtures. Or are they?

School bathrooms at the BPS also point to the plumbing problem and they were rated very low, with 63% of stakeholder respondents rating them “fair” or “poor.” You know what that means- “fairly poor.”

The Massachusetts School Building Authority who has been working with the Boston Public Schools in trying to sure up funds for renovations and replacements, and does have programs like the Accelerated Repair Program.

It is natural that leaking roofs and safety concerns would come before drinking water, but when one considers the waste generated with all the plastic water bottles, and the city of Boston’s presumed interest in going green, the case for attacking the water fountain problem seems even stronger. As this series continues, I hope to get some more accurate estimates on just how much it would cost, and how long it will take, for the children in Boston Public Schools to be able to use a drinking fountain.

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USS Cole To Visit

Winter Streamlining

South Boston Online just heard that we’ll be receiving a (very) distinguished military visitor over the St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day Parade weekend – from Friday, March 16 through Monday, March 19. The visitor is none other than the USS Cole. She was the victim of the al-Qaeda suicide bombing in the Yemeni Port of Aden on November 29, 2003.

It is a signal honor for a ship of the USS Cole’s fame to visit us. Look forward to greeting her – it’s important, and public tours are planned. And please remember that fundraising for the Parade on March 18 is now well underway.

South Boston’s biggest single event is privately funded, and needs your support this year. Google up southbostonparade.org, and then please donate.

The snow formation – either windblown or built up while driving – that masks the rear window of the sedan parked on Dorchester Street shows that Mother Nature and Old Man Winter share a certain knack for streamlining. It’s certainly a relief from today’s ever-present cat’s eye headlights (the equivalent of 21st Century tail-fins) and the chintzy strings of low wattage lights that adorn cars these days (like the penny candy counters in old-time drug stores).

But said snow formation has to be cleared away, before WBZ’s Jon Keller spots it. He has a thing about snow-clogged car windows.

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“Boston XI” at Proof

“Here”, 2017, mixed media collage

by Carol Keller.

By Rick Winterson

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leven times in the last few years, the Proof Gallery has put on small exhibits in its two-level gallery space in The Distillery. The full title of Proof ’s current exhibit is “Boston Does Boston XI”. It opened with a reception last Saturday evening,

February 3; it will close Saturday, March 17. Phone them for gallery hours (617 702 2761). The plainly marked entrance to the Proof Gallery is on the Second Street side of The Distillery.

Twenty-one works of art, ranging from abstract paintings and sculptures to castings to (believe it or not!) embroidery to examples of “found” art, make up “Boston Does Boston XI”. It is a small exhibit with generally compact works of art A viewer can spend a leisurely hour or two and become intimately familiar with Boston XI. What one looks for in this particular exhibit is color and shape.

“Here” by Carol Keller, a 60” x 30” collage executed on aluminum honeycomb panel, consists of hardedged abstract shapes in striking red, black, white, gray, and (a touch of) blue, on a light maple background.

Bend down to view the shapes of

Detail of embroidery, “in a state of becoming”, by Venetia Dale.

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the floor-mounted sculptures from all angles. Iy’s worth the effort.

And there’s more than a touch of the fey in “Boston Does Boston XI”.

Look carefully at the embroidered “in a state of becoming” by Venetia Dale.

Then, go to the second level in the Proof Gallery to view the doll house furniture used by Leikas Akiyama

and Carol McMahon in their works.

Absorb the feelings of “it might have been”, from a century or more ago.

The six exhibiting artists in “Boston Does Boston XI” are (alphabetically): Leika Akiyama, Venetia Dale, Joshua Hart, Carol Keller, Carol McMahon, and Marilyn Ranker.

The well-marked Proof Gallery entrance at 216 2nd St., The Distillery.

“Speak”, 2017, multimedia 3D assembly, Carol McMahon.

My Diner Back in February:

For the past several years, the relocation to Melrose of My Diner, that classic breakfast/lunch spot that used to be on A Street, has been South Boston’s loss.

Well, our loss is about to become our gain once again. During the month of February, My Diner w8ill reopen in Southie, at 455 First Street. There’ll be a space for parking and a fully accessible walkway from The Distillery on Second Street – see exterior photo. It’s a bright, new My Diner with a nice outlook to the West – see interior photo. Best of all, those fantastic My Diner breakfasts will be back. A dozen Breakfast Specials will be served all day.

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March 17th Boxing Show

Yes it’s back, Tommy McGrath, President of the South Boston Citizens Association along with Peter Welch, owner of Peter Welch’s Gym at 371 Dorchester Ave. South Boston, will again be sponsoring this year’s March 17th Boxing Show. Join us for this year’s show on Saturday Night, March 10th at the Peter Welch’s Gym, in South Boston.

Admission is free of charge to all.

The South Boston Citizens’ Association March 17th Boxing Show has been part of the events put together by the Citizens’ Association for over 75 years, and at the request of many past and present South Boston residents, the show must go on.

This year’s Boxing Show Chairman, Suffolk Register of Deeds, Stephen Murphy, along with organizers City Councilor At-Large Michael Flaherty, Mike Larkin, Ed Kelley and Peter Welch, Owner of Welch’s Gym will be looking

for young boxers of all ages to participate in this year’s show. Every young man or lady who participates in this year’s show will be awarded a trophy and fight night tank top.

Tryouts will be held on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s at 7:30 pm, starting Tuesday February 6th at the Peter Welch Gym, 371 Dorchester Ave. South Boston.

All young men or ladies will be trained by expert staff such as Danny Long Tom Connors Jimbo Curran James Murrin Sean Murrin Eric Savard Elizabeth Erna Anthony Cefalo Tim Skolnik Ryan White Raf Montes.

All tryouts and training are FREE to every young man or lady participating in this year’s show.

All boxers will be matched, by age, weight, and experience and must report to the Peter Welch’s Gym with a mouth-guard, shorts and sneakers.

Compass on the Bay Pianist Adam Bergeron

February 15, 2018, 2:00 pm at, 1380 Columbia Road, South Boston. Join us for entertainment by classical pianist Adam Bergeron! A pianist since he was young, Adam studied classical piano at the University of Massachusetts.

Patrick Hoye Entertains at Compass on the Bay

February 28, 2018, 10:30 am at, 1380 Columbia Road, South Boston. Please join us for the entertainment of Irish musician Patrick Hoye, strolling singer and guitarist. Patrick hails from Mullingar Ireland and came to Boston in 1974 to pursue a degree at Berklee College of Music. He has traveled the world performing with Ireland’s Joe Dolan band. Please join us for this festive performance!

Compass on the Bay residents Michelle Peters (left) and Yolanda Cerullo (right) enjoy a relaxing lunch outing to the Olive Garden in South Bay Plaza.

Boxing Show Tryouts Tryouts will be held every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm, beginning Tuesday, February 6th at the Peter Welch Gym 371 Dorchester Ave. South Boston.

A ll tryouts and training are FR E E to every young man or lady participating in this year’s show. A ll boxers will be matched by age, weight, and experience and must report to the Peter Welch’s Gym with a mouth-guard, shorts and sneakers.

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South Boston Woman Running Boston Marathon to Support Heather Abbott Foundation Five Years After Tragic Bombings Taylor Slesinksi and Team Limb-it-Less training to run Boston Marathon to Help Amputees in Need

Pictured at Stephanie’s on Newbury Street following the Charity Teams training run are members of Team Limb-it-Less, which supports the mission of The Heather Abbott Foundation. (left to right) Megan Lybarger of Stoughton, Hillary Cohen of Norton, HAF Founder and Boston Marathon bombing survivor Heather Abbott, and Taylor Slesinksi of South Boston.

Megan and Taylor are running the Boston Marathon. Hillary Cohen is running a half-marathon in March and is hoping to run Boston herself someday. Hillary is an amputee herself and the first ever beneficiary of the Heather Abbott Foundation.

A South Boston woman is running the Boston Marathon to help amputees and support the charitable foundation established by Heather Abbott, who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings. Megan Lybarger of Stoughton has joined “Team Limb-it-Less”, which will run the 2018 Boston Marathon on April 16 to raise money for the Heather Abbott Foundation. Megan and other runners recently participated in a 16 mile training run as part of a Charity Teams training event in Boston. The runners engaged in their weekly training run through the streets of Boston, and followed that up with a “runch” at Stephanie’s on Newbury Street. Charity Teams is an organization that assists a number of charities during Marathon season, including the Heather Abbott Foundation, which works to help people who

lose limbs through traumatic circumstances. Sadly, away from high profile events that inspire media attention and public donations, most amputees live in considerable pain due to poorly fitted prosthetics. Customized prosthetics are very expensive and there are significant insurance gaps that keeps them out of reach of most people.

The 2018 Boston Marathon will mark the 5th anniversary of the

bombings, and like many, this will have special meaning for those running to support the Heather Abbott Foundation.

The Heather Abbott Foundation is holding public events during Boston Marathon weekend. On Sunday, April 15th, there is the Heather Abbott Foundation 4th Annual Boston Marathon Weekend Fundraiser 1pm-5pm at STRIP by Strega in the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.

There is also the Heather Abbott Foundation Boston Marathon Watch Party on Monday, April 16 th at Bar Boulud at 776 Boylston St. in Boston.

Any corporations or individuals interested in sponsoring Team Limb-itLess and the Heather Abbott Foundation should visit www. heat herabbot t fou nd at ion.org.

South BostonStudent Inducted into BC High’s National Honor Society

Chase Thomas of South Boston, a junior at Boston College High School, was one of the 128 students inducted into the Robert J. Fulton, S.J. chapter of the National Honor Society at the Hunter-Fahey

Commons on January 25, 2018.

Mr. Michael McGonagle ‘70, Vice Principal for Ignatian Mission & Identity, opened the proceedings with a prayer. Then the Boston College High Concert Band played the National Anthem.

Next the National Honor Society Officers Kyle Enabulele’18 of Abington, Joseph Kester ‘18 of Wellesley, Kevin McDonough’18 of Milton, Joseph Meschino ‘18 of Hull, Justin Rich’18 of Bridgewater and Nathaniel Stewart ‘18 of Easton welcomed the guests and spoke about the pillars of excellence that guide the work of the Society: scholarship, character, leadership and service.

NHS Moderator Jennifer Ehalt, Associate Director of Admissions,

welcomed the new members and Guest Speaker, Elizabeth O’Donnell, BC High English teacher, delivered a brilliant address to the group.

New members received congratulations and certificates from BC High President Grace Regan P’12, Principal Stephen Hughes ’73, Assistant Principal Charles Drane and NHS Moderator Jennifer Ehalt.

Earlier, the inductees received gold NHS pins that were worn on their jacket lapels during the ceremony.

Next NHS officer Kyle Enabulele led the inductees in the NHS pledge. This was followed by Aidan Gildea ‘19 who gave the blessing.

Dr. Matthew Finnegan and the BC High Concert Band provided the music for the ceremony.

Adam Alto Receives High Honors Belmont Hill School student Adam Alto -- Grade 9, of South Boston achieved academic High Honors for the most recent marking period of the 2017-2018 school year.

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Tynan Happenings CATCH After School Program

The CATCH Program had another great week. Chris Fitzgerald, DYEE worker, did a great job tutoring our participants and helping them with homework.

Activity for the week was basketball. Everyone did a great job participating and displaying skills as well as teamwork. Floor Hockey was a major success, as players get ready for the season to begin this Friday. Star of the week was Danny Fox, who continues to listen and always looks forward to our weekly bowling trip.

BCYF-Tynan Teen Center Our teen center is now opened Monday through Friday from 6-9 pm. We have a variety of activities for our teens to participate, including but not limited to board games/tournaments, trivia nights, Netflix/movie night. We are also equipped with a brand new PlayStation with online access. Stop in and use our chrome books for both educational and recreational purposes. We have been long awaiting our Teen Center and are excited to finally have this space!

Floor Hockey League

The BCYF Tynan Community Center Floor Hockey League will be starting on February 9th.

Games for this week will be at

3:50 p.m. and 4:40 p.m. Players will be contacted on their specific game time this week. The past few weeks, the participants have done various drills, scrimmages and worked hard developing their skills. Star of the week was Joe Leeman, who continues to display some great skills.

Flag Football League

Playoffs began this week for our Youth Flag Football League.

Both games were very close and exciting to watch. In the first game, the Rams took a 38-28 lead at halftime against the Cowboys.

In the second half, the Cowboys came out strong to tie, forcing the game into overtime. In overtime, Evan Peirce lead the Rams to the victory, by the final score of 82-74.

He had 7 touchdowns for the Rams. Michael Quinlan, Thomas Quinlan, and Ryan Patterson all had 3 touchdowns apiece for the Cowboys. The following game was between the Saints and Chiefs. Both teams consistently exchanged touchdowns throughout the game, keeping it very close.

The Chiefs came out on top to advance to the Championship/ Superbowl, winning by the score of 50-48.

Robert Wisniewski had 5 touchdowns for the Chiefs and Rocco Blasi lead his team with 3 touchdowns.

Good Luck to the Rams and Chiefs in the Championship this week.

The Cowboys

Girls Fitness Team

Youth Worker, Katie O’ Connell, will be starting the BCYF-Tynan Girls’ Fitness program.

Fitness Instructor, Amanda McCarthy, will be returning to conduct the (8) week program. Classes will be held on Monday nights, 6-7 pm at the

Tynan Gym for girls ages 10 and over. We will continue registration on Tuesday, Feb. 13th and Thursday Feb. 15th from 3-8 p.m. A $20 registration fee (in check or money order) will be applied at the time of registration. If interested or need further information, please contact Katie O’ Connell or Kathy Davis @ (617)-635-5110.

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South Boston Catholic Academy News Students at South Boston Catholic Academy enjoyed a busy Catholic Schools Week filled with activities following the theme of 2018 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Learn, Serve, Lead, Succeedâ&#x20AC;?.

Students showed their academic excellence through participation in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Our Annual Science Showcase was held on January 31, 2018 and featured the science of the Olympic Winter Games, Engineering is Elementary projects, Lego Robotics and Coding, STEM projects and more.

Students participated in service activities throughout the week, including Buddy Reading within the school as well as Tag Day for the Neighborhood Breakfast Project.

Our week ended with a school

wide Volleyball Game and a visit from the Franklin Park Zoo at Extended Day. South Boston Catholic Academy is incredibly appreciative to all the parents who volunteered through the week for all events, including the Book Fair and Teacher Appreciation Breakfast! Our Open House was attended by several prospective families who we look forward to welcoming next year! For additional information about South Boston Catholic Academy, please visit our website at www. sbcatholicacademy.org or call 617268-2326. We also, offer tours weekly on Tuesday at 9 a.m. or by appointment, to schedule a school tour, please email Mrs. Jamie Brown, Assistant Principal, at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org.

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Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Office of Coastal Zone Management Notice of Issuance of the Designation Report for the South Boston Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary In accordance with applicable regulations at 301 CMR 25.00, public notice is hereby given of the Office of Coastal Zone Management’s (CZM) issuance of the South Boston Designated Port Area boundary designation report.

CZM shall consider written comments relative to the designation report.

Comments must be received by 5:00pm on March 9, 2018 (30 days after publication of this notice in the Environmental Monitor). Comments should be addressed to: Office of Coastal Zone Management Attn: Lisa Berry Engler 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800 Boston MA 02114-2136 CZM will convene a public hearing on the DPA boundary designation report on February 26, 2018 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at: EDIC - Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park 22 Drydock Avenue, 3rd Floor Conference Room Boston, MA 02210 (parking available at Central Parking Garage, 12 Drydock Avenue) Copies of the state DPA boundary regulations (301 CMR 25.00) can be obtained at the State Bookstore, Room 116, State House, Boston, MA 02133, or electronically at: www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/ wl/301-cmr-25.pdf

STEAM at Children’s Museum

by Rick Winterson February school vacation is coming up, and the Children’s Museum is prepared. Ten days ago, South Boston Online received a press release from them that announced they have launched their “Tech Kitchen”. The Tech Kitchen brings together visitors to the Museum and local innovators – anyone from high-tech company entrepreneurs to students, inventors, and tinkerers. It’s all aimed at STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art/Design, and Math fields of study).

Ever since the Mini Makers Faire, it has been apparent that children are thirsty for more hands-on experiences. As the three accompanying photos show, the Tech Kitchen provides this experience, from machines to design to track-activated, small racing robots. During February, give your children a real “vacation break”.

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