Author: mtc9393

This day was originally established to honor those who died while wearing the uniform of our country. It slowly seems to be changing into a day to honor not only those but all who wore the uniform of our country and who are no longer among the living. A couple of years back all 55,000…

I was at Market Basket the other day and I met a guy from Halifax. He was not Canadian. He was from our own little Halifax in Massachusetts. Halifax, MA is one of six places in the United States with that name. Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Virginia also have towns or boroughs so…

Stephen J. Flemmi was sentenced on January 27, 2004. He had been charged with several murders among them the murder of two young women with whom he had sexual relations; one was his step daughter and the other a young, attractive woman who was his girlfriend from the time she was 17 years old. He…

Mitt Romney stepped into the ring in a boxing match for charity last week against former heavy weight champion Evander Holyfield. The faux fight was enjoyed by all. Later a small group gathered in a motel room down the street and sat around having a few beers in the normally dry Salt Lake City. As…

There are not many public parks on Columbus Avenue in the South End for the working folk in that neighborhood to use. As far as I can tell there is one. It is the William E. Carter Playground, pictured here. I stand corrected. The people used to have this park. Unfortunately for them, it is…

I am not aware of any other section of the city that has a song dedicated to it other than South Boston with its “Southie is My Hometown.” That in itself should tell you the people from there are proud of having the connection with it.  Perhaps that is the reason so many others seem…