COMMUNIT Y MEE TING

Massport will host an informational meeting on Cypher/E Street Improvements.

This project will provide safety enhancements for all modes of transportation, pedestrian access, and a new connection to E Street.

Thursday, March 2, 2023 CRISPR Therapeutics

Community Room 105 West First Street South Boston, MA 02127 6:00PM

Please email community@massport.com for more information.

The palate has lively acidity, balanced by a firm, pithy texture central to Chenin Blanc’s character. There are unmistakable citrus notes, offset by creamy lees making this a deliciously moreish wine.

As with so many other varietals, California’s array of climates provide some fantastic support for Chenin Blanc. The 2021 Three by Wade Chenin Blanc California, ($24.95) is made up of 100% Chenin Blanc, offering a welcome change of pace from your Chards and Sauv Blancs. Fermented in stainless steel but with full malolactic conversion, it’s acidic with a perfectly smooth, weighty mouthfeel you’ll love. For a taste of spring with melon-fruit flavors beneath aromatics of lemon blossom and honeysuckle, this one is hard to beat.

2020 Dormilona Chenin Blanc, Margaret River, ( $30.00) Red apple flesh, quince, ripe stone fruits, with superb balance, fresh acid and purity on the palate – good phenolic grip to it. Loaded with aromatic lift, the perfume and palate drive are pure and enticing, a terrific spectrum of white stone fruits with pears and apples that is met with a delicate but striking phenolic grip. Complex and beautifully balanced. Nose of dry hay, with quite delicate and shy aromas of lemon pith. Very similar on the palate, subtle aromas of lemon and lime. The acidity shows the wine is at an early age, green apple, lemon sherbet, spice and a lanolin/waxy lift, bright with a fine texture, crunchy acid and medium palate. It should be noted that it keeps building, delicious, plus the drinkability factor was brilliant. Please

Tuesday, Feb 28th @ 6:00pm

776 Summer Street Deconstruction Update

Please register in advance for this webinar by scanning the QR code. This meeting will provide updates on the deconstruction project schedule, ongoing mitigation and monitoring efforts, and timing updates for the takeover of the East 1st Street sidewalk and parking lane. To submit questions or comments ahead of the meeting please reach out to HRPInfoNortheast@hilcoglobal.com.

South Boston Citizens ‘Association Announces Henry Knox Unsung Heroes

SBCA President Tom McGrath and Executive Board are pleased to announce that on Saturday, March, 4th, 2023, at the Kick-off Breakfast, The Henry Knox Award Presentations will take place at the Seapoint Restaurant, 367 East 8th Street, at 10AM.

Family, Friends and Neighbors are respectfully invited to attend this wonderful event. A $15.00 donation is requested at door to help off-set costs. This year’s event will once again feature great music of Bob Fowkes and Curragh’s Fancy.

The event Chairman, once again will be South Boston’s own State Representative David Biele, who continues to lead the fight to preserve the historical importance of Evacuation Day while serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. “As President of the Association, it is an honor for me to work with David to kick-off the festivities. David’s commitment and involvement with the SBCA and our community has been a tremendous asset to me and the Executive Board.” Said McGrath.

The awards are presented to everyday volunteers in the community who seek no recognition, Who are considered who are considered “Unsung Heroes”, kicks off the monthlong celebration for one of the most important events in American history.

This year’s recipients are BPD C6 CSO Ayesha Lawton, Joe Acarri, Luanne O’Connor and Danny Monahan.

We will have more info on recipients next week

Tom McGrath, President of the SBCA, said “It is an honor to recognize these individuals who dedicate their time and energy to the South Boston Community. I hope the community will join me and others on Saturday the 4th to honor these men and women.”

Tickets are available at the door for a $15.00 donation. Doors open at 9:30AM.

Michael Donovan continued from front page Boston, spent the first seven years of his life in the Old Colony Development and attended Saint Augustine’s School for two years before his family moved to Thornley Street in Savin Hill where he enjoyed his formative years, going to school, playing sports and building friendships to last a lifetime.

After graduating from Boston College High School in 1960 and unable to afford the high college tuition, Donovan went straight to work as a messenger at the old courthouse in Pemberton Square, now known as the John Adams Courthouse. Donovan worked his way “up the ladder” to become the youngest assistant clerk of court appointed by five Superior Court Justices and the first union representative for the clerical workers.

Heeding the advice of the late Robert H. Quinn, a neighbor, friend, and former Speaker of the House and Attorney General, Donovan went to Suffolk ‘night school’ and received a BA in 1972, and his Juris Doctor in 1976.

Immediately after Donovan received his law degree at graduation exercises held at the Hynes Auditorium in June of 1976, he went straight to Charlestown and walked in their annual parade, thus beginning his initial campaign for Clerk of Superior Civil Court for Suffolk County. He won and never looked back, serving forty-six years, the longest tenure ever, and the only courthouse worker who started out as a messenger and then held this office. Donovan retired last December and left content he made the right choice at the right time. “It was a privilege for me to be a public servant for most of my life,” Donovan said. “I’m overjoyed that I was able to fulfill my calling to serve and help people in need. I feel it’s the biggest achievement of my career, the hallmark of my career. “Upon my urging, my longtime First Assistant Clerk, John E. Powers, was named Acting Clerk to serve out the remaining two years of my unexpired term,” Donovan further stated. “Leaving him in charge I feel at ease knowing the important work of this court would continue in a professional manner.”

While serving as Clerk of Superior Civil Court, Donovan was an Adjunct Professor of Law for thirtysix years, teaching night classes at the New England School of Law, now called New England Law/ Boston. He was involved with the Mass Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA) helping young attorneys navigate the ins and outs of the court system and served as Chairmen of Education Committees for Superior Court Magistrates.

In the mid-eighties, Donovan moved back to South Boston with his wife Kathy. When his son James went to the Gate of Heaven School, Donovan coordinated the school’s golf tournament for five years to raise money for school funds. He became a member of the South Boston Civic Association, the Gate of Heaven Neighborhood Association, and subsequently coached first and second graders in Gatey’s CYO basketball program for many years.

Gate of Heaven CYO Athletic Director, Kevin Lally, has nothing but high praise for his instructional league coach. “Mike is one of the main reasons why Gate of Heaven CYO is such a success,” Lally said. “As I have said countless times it all starts with our first and second grade instructional program which he has been dedicated to for more than thirty years. Even though Mike was a local elected official, I never thought of him that way. He was there for the children of South Boston never looking for a vote or seeking the limelight. The kids were all that mattered.”

Gatey Commissioner Sean Monahan also has admiration for Coach Donovan. “Mike taught boys in the instructional program every Saturday (except when he was prepping his law students for their licensing exam) and coached a house league team for many years,” Monahan said. “He was great with the kids, full of energy teaching the basics, always made the drills fun, and seemed to enjoy it as much as the kids. “You’d never know our humble coach was Clerk of Suffolk Superior Court and a law professor,” Monahan added. “Throughout the years we’ve had boys playing for their high school and college varsity hoop teams thanks to Mike’s efforts in teaching them the love for the game. All the players and volunteers thank him for his friendship, his help, and I congratulate my good friend on his retirement.”

Donovan was recently appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu as a member of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Board, and he’d like to volunteer at local schools and conduct weekly readings for students. Both endeavors should help keep him somewhat busy, but his number one priority is to spend more time with his wife Kathy. Moving forward, if they’re not home reading or walking to Castle Island for exercise, they’ll be vacationing. They’ve already been to France and Greece and are going to Italy in the spring. Additionally, he wants to spend quality time with his four children, Michael, Matthew, Michelle, James, and his seven grandchildren. Because he loves them all.

Donovan cherishes his unofficial Savin Hill-Southie duo citizenship. And when he reflects upon his youth and lifelong friendships from his Savin Hill days, his heart beats faster, but doesn’t diminish his love for Southie. It has simply enriched him, as well as the people in both communities, who proudly call him one of their own, simultaneously acknowledging him as a good man and a trustworthy public servant who deserves the utmost respect for his lifelong dedication to helping others.