Soccer club drops name at Dot Brewing watch party; New one due in ‘coming weeks’

By Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter Staff
March 19, 2025
Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter Staff

The pro women’s soccer team that plans to launch in Boston next year will soon have a new name.

Dorchester Brewing Co. on Mass Ave. was the setting last Friday evening for the announcement by the team’s managers that they’ve heard the criticism and will abandon their plan to call the team “Bos Nation FC.”


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Irish Pastoral Centre packs Florian Hall for St. Patrick’s Day luncheon, fundraiser

By Seth Daniel, News Editor
March 19, 2025
Seth Daniel, News Editor

The Irish Pastoral Centre (IPC) held its annual St. Patrick’s Day Mass and luncheon last Friday (March 14) at Florian Hall, raising funds for a time when the centre has never been busier with services and immigration issues for its community.


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Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack will be buried with full honors at Arlington Cemetery next week; South Boston connection noted

By Reporter Staff
March 19, 2025
Reporter Staff

A Georgia native with South Boston roots who was fatally interred in the waters of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, will receive full military honors during his funeral service at Arlington National Cemetery next week (March 27).


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Volley program connects cops with kids and teens at Sportsmen’s Center

By Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter Staff
March 19, 2025
Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter Staff

Every Friday evening, officers from the Boston Police Department get a break from patrolling the streets and play tennis with kids for two hours at Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center, just off of Blue Hill Avenue near Franklin Field.

The facility’s Volley Against Violence (VAV) community outreach program started 15 years ago and is still going strong with dozens of kids, teens, and cops participating each week with help from the Boston Police Community Tennis Association.

The free program targets youths ages 5-16.


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Red Line train speed hit 50 mph on Braintree branch

By Nik DeCosta-Klipa, WBUR
March 19, 2025
Nik DeCosta-Klipa, WBUR

Commuters on the Red Line’s Braintree branch got a speedy surprise last week. According to the MBTA, trains began traveling 50 mph on certain stretches between Braintree and JFK/UMass stations at the start of service early Friday morning.

T officials said it was the first time in over 20 years that any trains in the subway system had been allowed to go faster than 40 mph, thanks to months of work to upgrade the branch’s previously slow zone-ridden tracks. 


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Beacon Hill showing no urgency on Boston tax package

By Sam Drysdale, State House News Service
March 19, 2025
Sam Drysdale, State House News Service

State Sen. Nick Collins, who last year was one of the most vocal opponents of Mayor Wu’s plan to shift property taxes more onto commercial payers, said he is friendlier to parts of a newly filed relief package meant to temper residential tax spikes through a plan tied to rebates.


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UPCOMING CIVIC MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

By Maureen Forry
March 19, 2025

A “public workshop” to discuss the recently published study by the Morrissey Boulevard Commission will be held in person this week on Thursday (March 20) from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express Boston, 69 Boston St.. See mass.gov/k-circle-morrissey-study for more info,

A virtual public meeting hosted by the Boston Planning Dept. to discuss the proposed re-development of 35-75 Morrissey Blvd. will be held on Wed., March 26, from 6 to 8 p.m.


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