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