Among the acts deemed inappropriate: public drinking, assaults, overcrowding on roof decks, and public urination.

There's a new start time for the Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade as authorities look to limit "out-of-control behavior." ...

one of Boston's biggest events to celebrate the holiday is the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade, which will be celebrated the day before, on Sunday, March 16. With St. Patrick’s Day ...

shamrock-festooned revelers filled the streets of America’s most Irish big city on Sunday for the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade. Green, white and orange confetti -- the national colors of the ...

The streets of South Boston ran green with Irish pride Sunday morning, as revelers poured out for the earlier, stricter edition of Southies annual St. Patrick’s ...

AIN’T THAT RIGHT? A SEA OF GREEN ON BROADWAY. AS THOUSANDS GATHER FOR BOSTON’S ICONIC SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE. DROVE OUT OF THE WAY JUST TO COME HERE AND DRESS IN GREEN. LOVE IT SO FAR.

Get out your green clothing, four-leaf clover and claddagh ring! The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston is ...

A member of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s honor guard waves an Irish flag during the annual St. Patrick’s day parade. Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe Follow Boston.com on ...

After an “anything goes” St. Patrick’s Day parade in South Boston last year, the celebration will begin an hour and a half earlier in an effort to curb drunkenness and violence. Last year ...

Kiss me, I'm Irish! – but you better behave. Boston officials are hoping an earlier start time for this year's iconic South Boston St. Patrick's Day parade will tamp down on the "tomfoolery.