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The book introduces his mother, Helen King, a feisty woman who raised her nine surviving children in the projects. The book often mentions Whitey Bulger, a gangster and FBI informant in Southie, who brought the drug trade into the neighborhood, contributing to the deaths of hundreds of young people leading to suicides, murders, and overdoses ...
John "Red" Shea (born August 12, 1965) is an American former mobster from Boston involved in narcotics and an associate of crime kingpin Whitey Bulger and the Winter Hill Gang during the 1980s and 1990s. He was indicted on cocaine trafficking charges in 1990 and served 12 years in prison.
South Boston (colloquially Southie) is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. It has undergone several demographic transformations since being annexed to the city of Boston in 1804.
The Winter Hill Gang was a loose confederation of American organized crime figures in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was generally considered an Irish Mob organization, with most gang members and the leadership consisting predominantly of Irish-Americans, although some notable members, such as Stephen Flemmi and Johnny Martorano, are of Italian-American descent.
The rivalry between Eastie and Southie dates back to 1903, but this was the first time they played each other at Boston's beloved ballpark. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support ...
Bridge is an Easy Game by Iain Macleod, 1952; Country Life Book of Bridge by Maurice Harrison-Gray, 1972; Adventures in Card-Play by Géza Ottlik and Hugh Kelsey, 1979; The Bidding Dictionary by Alan Truscott, 1996; The Big Game: Rubber Bridge in a London club by Richard Sheehan, 1999
Patrick Joseph Nee (born December 22, 1944) is an Irish-American former mobster and Irish republican sympathizer. A former member of the Mullen Gang and the Winter Hill Gang, he is a Vietnam War veteran, and author of A Criminal and an Irishman; The Inside Story of the Boston Mob-IRA Connection.
2022 Completed his 50th Boston Marathon [26] (35th run at night after his race director duties were complete) and fundraiser $100,000 for the Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation. 2022 City of Medford names the track at Medford's Hormel Stadium in McGillivray's honor