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Thursday, July 3
, 2008

Puerto Rican pride takes stage at Franklin Park

Latinos of all heritage rejoiced at the return of the Puerto Rican festival in Franklin Park last weekend. Above, Mariana Ortiz takes her Boriqua pride high up as a Reggaeton band takes the stage, a musical first for the festival. Photo by Pete Stidman

At St. Peter's, high anxiety about church's future

Cabbies seek pay hike, citing gas expense

John Byrne, fixture of civic scene, dead at 96

Fifty years later, Mattapan woman completes high school journey

Allen: One term not enough in state Legislature

MBTA warms to plan for Fields Corner mural

Sculpture additions to Edward Everett Square due in October

After 100 years, trolley clatters down retirement road

City workshops bring art to tot lots, playgrounds

National tennis hopefuls join battle on Blue Hill



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Special Reports

DORCHESTER DAY 2008
DOT DAY MADE NAVY CAPTAIN'S 'DREAM' COME TRUE


Commander Robert A. Hall, Jr. waved to the crowds along the Dorchester Day Parade route on Sunday, June 1. The Billerica native led the men and women of the USS Porter (DDG-78) in a special visit to Boston for the Dorchester celebrations. The visit also marked an important milestone in Hall's naval career. Pictured, lr, USS Porter Exceutive Officer T.J. Dixon, Cdr. Hall, Command Master Chief Dominic Musso. A full report on the Porter's trip to Boston, inside. Bill Forry Photo

DORCHESTER AVE TODAY
For avenue steeped in transition, more changes to come


Read the original, May 15 story
In Grove Hall, radio rebels dig in


TOUCH FM emerges as the "voice of Black Boston"
They are facing huge fines from the FCC and
could even have their equipment confiscated - if the feds ever find their modest studio. But the radio team at TOUCH 106.1 FM are defiant, saying that their role as the "fabric of the Black community"creates a moral imperative that they stay on the air. Above, creative director and morning man MC Spice. Photo by Pete Stidman

Lower Mills buzzes with new developments
Plus: A map shows current Lower Mills projects in play.

STD 'epidemic' seen among many teens in neighborhood


Coakley report: Acute inpatient care
"may not be" Carney's future
In a highly anticipated report released last Thursday, Attorney General Martha Coakley recommends that the Archdiocese of Boston "relinquish control" over Carney Hospital to a Board of Governors and suggests that "acute medical-surgical inpatient hospital care may not be the appropriate future for Carney."

Key Catholic school advisor sees "renaissance" ahead
John Fish, the CEO of Suffolk Construction who is a member of a committee overhauling Dorchester and Mattapan's Catholic school system, laid out his vision for the project's future- and addressed some lingering questions about the reconstruction of local school buildings in an interview with the Reporter.

On the Waterfront
The good, the bad, and the unfinished work of
reclaiming Dorchester's shoreline


Dorchester History
by Peter F. Stevens
Artwork courtesy of Celia McDonough
 

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