New BSO violist Leah Ferguson, 22, joins the Pops holiday concert series

By R.J. Donovan
December 1, 2016
R.J. Donovan

The Boston Pops annual holiday concerts rank among the city’s most enduring Christmas traditions. They began in 1971 under the baton of venerable Arthur Fiedler with a three-concert series at Symphony Hall.  Those initial performances, titled “A Pops Christmas Party,” were enthusiastically embraced by the public.

More than four decades later, the tradition continues stronger than ever. The 2016 holiday series at Symphony Hall, featuring The Tanglewood Festival Chorus, encompasses 40 evening and matinee concerts, including seven special Kids Matinee performances, through December 24. 

December's Here and There

By Bill O’Donnell
December 1, 2016
Bill O’Donnell

 Hillary’s Defeat Spawns a Thousand Conclusions – Where did it all go wrong?  And why were the polling by so-called “experts” and the similar numbers within the Clinton campaign so sure of victory on Nov.?  Why are American voters calling Donald Trump’s win “the biggest upset since the 1940s?”

FACTS, FALSEHOODS, AND AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Wading through the swamp of the 2016 presidential election

By Peter F. Stevens
December 1, 2016
Peter F. Stevens

“Facts are stubborn things.” In his defense of the British soldiers on trial for the infamous Boston Massacre (1770), John Adams used those words, which are often attributed to him even though they appeared long before he deployed them with telling effect. In regard to the presidential election of 2016, a slight revision is all too apt: “Facts are fleeting things.”

City hails Ray Flynn; It’s now Flynn Marine Park in South Boston

By Ed Forry
December 1, 2016

Some 400 family members, friends, and political and community leaders assembled last Saturday morning in South Boston as the city officially re-dedicated the Marine Industrial Park on the waterfront in honor of former Boston mayor and ambassador to the Vatican Raymond L. Flynn.

The 90-minut e ceremony, led by Mayor Marty Walsh, featured remarks by a number of current and former officeholders, including 1983 mayoral rival and frequent Flynn partner Mel King.  

Ireland awaits Trump moves on the corporate tax rate front

By Joe Leary
December 1, 2016
Joe Leary

Senior Trump economic adviser Stephen Moore, formerly with the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, somewhat gleefully announced on BBC radio the day after the election that Donald Trump’s new reduced tax rate would mean that many American companies now in Ireland would be leaving and returning to the USA. Moore based his statement on Trump’s claim during the campaign that he will reduce the American corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent in order to bring back jobs.

Nonsense!

Four get Silver Keys from Charitable Irish

By BIR News Room
December 1, 2016

Charitable Irish Society President Christopher A. Duggan and honorees Gerard Doherty, Sr. Maryadele Robinson and William Higgins. Steve Allen photoCharitable Irish Society President Christopher A. Duggan and honorees Gerard Doherty, Sr. Maryadele Robinson and William Higgins. Steve Allen photoThe Charitable Irish Society presented Silver Key Awards to Gerard and Marilyn Doherty of Charlestown, Billy Higgins of South Boston, and Sister Maryadele Robinson, director emerita of the Laboure Center in South Boston – at an evening reception on Nov.10 at Boston’s Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.

“We had a wonderful and highly successful Silver Key,” said CIS president Christopher Duggan in a next day email to society members. “Our honorees spoke beautifully about their experiences serving those less fortunate in Boston and Ireland over decades of service.  A big ‘Thank You’ to all those who attended or contributed to this important event.  

“The Charitable Irish Society’s Silver Key Awards Reception is our primary annual fundraising event.  Funds raised are distributed to or on behalf of individual immigrants and provides financial support and services to those in need.”

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