St. Patrick's Day

The readin' o' the two newspapers

adamg — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:00:58 +0000

Irish for the day.

According to the Herald, Southie had one parade yesterday ("Revelers in Southie have parade down pat!"). But the Globe, which had three reporters manning the parade beat, reports Southie had two parades ("Two parades play to different crowds").

UPDATE: The Herald did post a couple of photos from the second parade in a photo gallery. And it had a detailed look at the issue of the two parades the day before.

Photo copyright Paul Keleher. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

If you're going to play a harp on the T, tonight's the night to do it

adamg — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:49:47 +0000

ChinatownKicks took in a harp performance at the Downtown Crossing stop on the Red Line tonight.

Copyright ChinatownKicks. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

St. Patrick's Day tradition in West Roxbury: Street hockey

adamg — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:41:29 +0000

Temple Street in West Roxbury was closed off today for the annual street-hockey tournament - the street was divided into rinks for teams from kindergarten through sixth grade.

Why one city councilor won't march in the St. Patrick's Day parade

adamg — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:28:28 +0000

At-large Councilor Felix Arroyo tells Bay Windows he deliberately scheduled an LGBT fundraiser on Sunday:

As an At-Large City Councilor, I represent all of Boston and all of Boston's residents. I take that responsibility very seriously. An entire community that I represent is excluded from marching in the parade. While the Supreme Court said it is legally permissible to exclude LGBT groups, I cannot in good conscience march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade until everyone else can.

Begorrah: The drinkin' o' the green will end early on Sunday in Southie

adamg — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:35:57 +0000

The mayor's office alerts us:

To encourage people to get home safely on Sunday after all-day parade celebrations, the City has ordered package stores and bars in South Boston to close early on Sunday, March 20, 2011. Package Stores will close at 4 PM and bars must close by 7:30 PM on Sunday.

Luck of the Irish: If it had been up to British generals, Evacuation Day would have been several months before St. Patrick's Day

adamg — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:18:37 +0000

J.L. Bell fills us in.

Taking St. Patrick's Day to the streets, Westie style

adamg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:35:20 +0000

Temple Street in West Roxbury was closed off today for the block's annual St. Patrick's Day street-hockey festival. Kids of all ages competed in the ten mini-rinks set up along the street, under the watchful eyes of parents and refs:

Erin go pick up the trash on Beacon Hill

adamg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:34:00 +0000

Megan Johnson photographs an appropriately attired trash guy on her street today.

The parade must go on

adamg — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:48:25 +0000

Paul Keleher braved the rain for the St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston today.

Copyright Paul Keleher and tagged as universalhub on Flickr.

Local liquor store offers some advice for this weekend

adamg — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:16:06 +0000

Scott captured the scene on McGrath Highway in Somerville the other night.

Copyright Scott. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Governor seeks to outlaw Bunker Hill Day and St. Patrick's, er, Evacuation Day as paid holidays

adamg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:07:46 +0000

Bill would only affect public workers in Suffolk County (question: And Somerville?).

Via David Guarino.

Confederacy of dunces in the state Senate

adamg — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:06:38 +0000

After watching these excerpts from the Senate battle over getting rid of Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day, I can't tell who's worse: Some senator from Godknowswhere, MA, who briefly affects an Irish brogue to condemn our holidays and who defends Christmas as being "for the children," or our own Jack Hart, who says that unlike the rest of the state, "we have real history here in the city," nay, we have "a historic history" and if you strip that from our bosoms, what's next, gutting Thanksgiving?

Via Bostonist.

McCrea would stop paying for police, fire coverage of Southie parade over gay ban

adamg — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:39:43 +0000

Kevin McCrea acknowledges that Tom Menino has done a good job supporting Boston's GLBT community, but says MassEquality never even talked to him before endorsing Menino and that there's still more a mayor could do:

... For example, the Mayor still pays for the police and fire overtime for the South Boston Parade which he refuses to do for the Tall Ships. As Mayor, I would use that leverage of hundreds of thousands of dollars to breaking down that last vestige of discrimination. ...

Breaking news: Boston filled with Irish-Americans

adamg — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:07:25 +0000

The Boston Business Journal rushes to get us the news.

This lady would probably not beg to differ. Nor would this guy, who explains what gets his Irish up, or, at least, the part of him that is Irish, rather than Hispanic or French.

A green drink you might not actually want to down.

Only 13 St. Patrick's arrests, mostly of out-of-towners

adamg — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:39:20 +0000

Boston Police list all the alleged knucklheads, nine of them from such farflung locales as Natick, Stoughton and New Hamphire. One Roxbury man was charged with assault and battery on a police officer and one South Boston teenager was too young to have his name posted for an arrest on assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (while another did make the cut off and so have his name listed for assault and battery).

Oh, yeah, but police also issued 400 citations for drinking in public. If all of those are paid, that's $80,000 worth of tickets.