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Parade participants waving flags from the back of a pickup truck in South Boston on Sunday, March, 16, 2025. (Ari Mei-Dan/ Beacon Staff)

‘Good old classic Boston’: An early start to St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

By Hannah Woods and Ari Mei-Dan / 12 hours ago

Vibrant green flooded South Boston’s streets as over one million people gathered for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. People lined up and...

St. Patrick's Day Parade crowd.

‘We’re out here having a great time’: South Boston hosts annual St. Patrick’s Day parade

By Maddie Barron, Magazine Editor & Assistant Opinion Editor / March 22, 2023

On Sunday, attendees of the 2023 South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade did not need the luck of the Irish to have a good time. Spirits were high, both...

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Meryl Prendergast: The artist behind the new exhibit ‘Stitching Earthly Scars’

By Hadera McKay, Content Managing Editor / April 13, 2022

English indie-pop singer-songwriter Dodie is seen wearing Northeastern University student Meryl Prendergast’s clothing collection, “Stitching Earthly...