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SouthBostonTODAYOnline • On Your Mobile • At Your Door SEPTEMBER 10, 2015: Vol.3 Issue 39 SERVING SOUTH BOSTONIANS AROUND THE GLOBE ‘Wall that WWW.SOUTHBOSTONTODAY.COM Heals’ at Medal of South Boston Today Honor Park SOUTH BOSTON TODAY @SBostonToday SBT Staff Report The Vietnam Memorial ‘Wall Go to our South Boston Today that Heals’ at Medal of Honor page to view online content. Park Sept 17th-20th Make sure you like & share here are many things South Bostonians take great pride Tin. From being a close knit Want to see your ad in South neighborhood of caring people to fielding some of the finest youth BostonSouth Today Boston & SBT Today’s Online? sports teams and professional athletes office: 617.268.4032 or cell: to grace a competitive world, locals 617.840.1355 or email at have always felt good about the town [email protected] they call home. And one of the things that the community has always been CONTINUED ON page 12 th l 16 Annua sttoonn SSStooruueetthhtFBBeoostsival Saturday, September 19th • 11am-4pm • East Broadway Live Entertainmenton 2 Stages • Great Food • Children’s Activities Over 100 Local Merchants, Artists and Organizations Call the Southie Shuttle for FREE transportation to and from the festival For details visit: SouthBostonStreetFestival.com /South.Boston.Street.Festival 2 SOUTHBOSTONTODAY • www.southbostontoday.com September 10, 2015 EDITORIALEDITORIAL “Patriots’ Night” inally the day we’ve to celebrate being a Patriot. ment and staff of Lincoln been waiting and Starting at 6:00 and run- Tavern have supplied a F planning for has ar- ning until 9:00, the Thomas delicious sampling of their rived - Thursday September Fitzgerald Post at East menu for the open house. 11. Although, actually, we Fourth Street will be having It is free and open to all. should be calling it Patriots’ an open house, Donations are accepted and Night not Patriots’ Day. A Long known among will be used to send our lot of hard work has gone veterans for the military remaining WWII veterans on into tonight’s presenta- murals that adorn the walls, a memorable trip to Wash- tion. Now you the people the Fitz Post is opening its ington D. C. September 25. will get an opportunity to doors for a public open So please make every effort share in the glory that these house to allow residents to attend. The Thomas F. Patriots have won for all of to come inside for the first Fitzgerald Post is located at us. The red, white and blue time. The great Norman 715 East Fourth Street. By have been freshened up Crump has put his talent to the way there is some other and the colors will be on full work re-creating these he- group of Patriots who will be display. This is your chance roic mural scenes. Manage- on TV after the event ends. “Resist this war on God, freedom of Religion and freedom of speech ” Dr. Ben Carson Want to see your ad in South Boston Today & Make sure you like & SBT Online? share South Boston office: 617.268.4032 or cell: 617.840.1355 or email at [email protected] Today with your friends! www.southbostontoday.com www.southbostontoday.com PO Box 491 • South Boston, MA 02127 SouthBostonTODAYOnline • On Your Mobile • At Your Door South Boston Today is not liable for errors appearing in advertisements beyond the cost of Publisher Editor In Chief Managing Editor the space occupied by the error. All South Boston Today produced artwork, design, and layout John Ciccone Brian R. Mahoney Brian P. Wallace remain the sole property of South Boston Today. Reproduction in whole or part is strictly forbidden. South Boston Today reserves the right to cut, edit or reject any copy without notice. [email protected] • [email protected] South Boston Today is a Series of the Today Publications Series LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Deadlines 396 West Broadway • 617.268.4032 • Office hours: Mon-Fri 10:00am - 2:00pm Press Copy - Monday at 6:00pm • Advertisements Space Reservations - Friday at 6:00pm • Ad Material - Monday at 4:00pm • Camera Ready Ads - Tuesday at 6:00pm September 10, 2015 SOUTHBOSTONTODAY • www.southbostontoday.com 3 InformationThe Center A growing Majority Now Says: Build that Border Wall SOUTH BOSTON TODAY John Ciccone Note: talk back to John Ciccone by email at [email protected] any, maybe most, con- were several house B&Es reported. For the benefit of all, what needs dealers deserve no sympathy, no sider the Labor Day Not acceptable. But being a neigh- to be done; at least in my opinion second chances and no mercy. In M weekend to be the unof- borhood where news travels fast, is maintaining the same degree of South Boston, if we can muster the ficial end to summer even though using a combination of the famous alertness but also direct our efforts same effort to rid this town of the the calendar says it’s here until Southie word of mouth method, the to getting rid of the drug dealers muggers and the burglars that hit September 23rd this year. From the police alerts, our local newspapers we have roaming our streets prey- our town in early summer; work- talk around town, after last winter, and all the new social networking ing on our young people. There is ing with the police, we should be some people wouldn’t mind if this sites we have now, the awareness a heroin epidemic taking its toll of able to do the same with the heroin summer lasted 6 months more. But rose to the point where virtually lives all over the country. Police dealers. There may not be too much how did we do in South Boston everyone was on the lookout for and FBI data says it’s flowing over we can do to assist the rest of our during the warm months as far as suspicious activity. When you co- the Mexican border like a flood and country with this same problem; public safety and crime? Well, if ordinate that type of cooperating making its way to every corner of they’ll have to go after their own we compare ourselves to other sec- among residents who are willing to America. Overdoses are becoming dealers themselves, but we should tions of Boston as we often do as a make those calls to the very good a common occurrence in so many be able to make a big dent in what’s gauge, not bad at all. crew of police we have working places - cities, suburbs and even going on in our own community. True, early on there were some our streets, the incidents pretty rural areas. The people dealing As mentioned above, heroin is problems. At least 2 reports of much stopped and this town once this poison are just as much an en- flowing over our southern border women walking at night being as- again became probably the safest emy of Americans as are terrorists along with many criminals, poten- saulted; once in July and once in neighborhood in the city. Over all because they are killing our kids. tial terrorists and people breaking June shook things up. Then, there – well done. Again, it’s my opinion but these CONTINUED ON page 10 YOU LOVE THE SEAPORT... AND NOW WE’RE THERE, TOO! 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The ordinance also bans to any product that contains smokeless tobacco or any other cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco product at event sites tobacco and is intended to be for professional, collegiate, high placed in the oral or nasal cavity, school or organized amateur including, but not limited to, sporting events, including snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping baseball, softball, football, tobacco, dissolvable tobacco basketball, hockey, track and products and snus. field, field hockey, lacrosse “With this decisive action, and soccer; and any other event Boston hits a homerun for involving a game or other athletic baseball, cancer prevention and competition organized by a league public health,” said Dr. Howard or association. Koh of the Harvard T.H. Chan “I commend the Boston City School of Public Health. “We Council on passing the ordinance thank Mayor Walsh and the banning smokeless tobacco at Boston City Council for their sports venues in Boston,” said leadership in setting a historic Let Our Family Help Your Family Mayor Walsh. “I’m proud to example for the country.” sign this ordinance today. If we Those managing the event sites continue to take action steps will be primarily responsible for THE CASPER such as these, Boston will be on maintaining compliance with the Funeral & Cremations Services its way to becoming a healthier ordinance. Signs should be clearly Established in 1930 City, full of positive examples posted at entrances to sites as well for our young people to follow.